ဘုရားသခ
The Lord is called "Jehovah" in the Bible when the text is referring to his essence, which is love itself. He is called "God" when...
အောက်မေ့
'To remember,' as in Genesis 41:9, signifies conjunction. 'Remembering' denotes conjunction because the remembrance of anyone in the other life joins them together, because as...
မြေ
Land' in the Word, denotes the church, for the things which signify the church also signify the things relating to the church, for these constitute...
လေ
Because a nearer and stronger divine influx through the heavens disperses truths among the wicked, 'wind' signifies this dispersion of truth and the resulting conjunction...
ရေ
Water was obviously of tremendous importance in Biblical times (and every other time). It is the basis of life, the essential ingredient in all drinks,...
ကောင်းကင်
Heavens are celestial and spiritual things. Consequently, they are inmost things, both of the Lord's kingdom in heaven the and in the earth. This also...
ပြ
'Shew' signifies instruction to the life.
တရာ
It's a landmark for a young child to count to 100; it sort of covers all the "ordinary" numbers. One hundred is obviously significant for...
ငါးဆယ်
God rested on the seventh day of creation. That represents a state of holiness and tranquility that was preserved in the form of the sabbath....
ယုတ်လျော့
For something to “fail” in the Bible means there is not enough understanding of truth and desire for good for someone to attain a higher...
လ
'A month' has respect to the state of truth in a person. 'A month' signifies a full state. Month,' as in Genesis 29, signifies the...
နေ့
"Day" describes a state in which we are turned toward the Lord, and are receiving light (which is truth) and heat (which is a desire...
တောင်ပေါ်မှာ
'Hills' signify the good of charity.
တောင်
'Hills' signify the good of charity.
လေးဆယ်
'Forty' means completeness because 'four' means what is complete, as does 'ten.' Forty is the product of four and ten. Compound numbers have a meaning...
နောဧသည်
'Noah,' as in Genesis 5:29, signifies the ancient church, or the parent of the three churches after the flood.
ကျီး
'A raven,' as in Genesis 8:7, signifies falsities. The spiritual self only knows general truths from the Word, and forms its conscience from these, and...
မျက်နှာ
“The eyes are the windows of the soul.” That’s a sentiment with roots somewhere in murky antiquity, but one that has become hopelessly cliché because...
ချိုး
A dove (Gen. 8.) signifies goodness and truth. A dove, as in Hosea 11:11, signifies rational good.
လွှ
The symbolic meaning of "seeing" is "understanding," which is obvious enough that it has become part of common language (think about it; you might see...
ပြန်.
There are many instances in the Bible which describe people turning back, looking back or going back. In most cases it is a negative, sometimes...
ခြေ
The foot, as in Deuteronomy 33:3, signifies an inferior principle. To set the right foot on the sea and the left on the earth, as...
ပြန်လာ
Everyone knows the phrase "the natural order of things." It means that everything is in its proper place, occupying the niche it is meant to...
လာ
Coming (Gen. 41:14) denotes communication by influx.
လက်
Scientists believe that one of the most crucial developments in the evolution of humans was bipedalism – walking on two legs. That left our hands...
သိ.
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
အချိန်
Time is an aspect of the physical world, but according to Swedenborg is not an aspect of the spiritual world. The same is true of...
သိ
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
သံလွင်
'An olive,' as in Isaiah 17:6, signifies celestial remains. 'An olive' signifies love and charity, because 'the olive tree' signifies the celestial church, and so...
ခြောက်
Like most numbers in the Bible, "six" can have various meanings depending on context, but has a couple that are primary. When used in relation...
ပဌမ
Why would it be insulting for a man to refer to his married partner as his “first wife”? Because it implies there will be a...
မြင်
The symbolic meaning of "seeing" is "understanding," which is obvious enough that it has become part of common language (think about it; you might see...
နှစ်ဆယ်
'Twenty,' when referring to a quantity, signifies everything, or fullness, because it is ten twice. In Genesis 18:31, 'twenty', like all numbers occurring in the...
သား
'A son,' as in Genesis 5:28, signifies the rise of a new church. 'Son,' as in Genesis 24:3, signifies the Lord’s rationality regarding good. 'A...
မယား
The Hebrew of the Old Testament has six different common words which are generally translated as "wife," which largely overlap but have different nuances. Swedenborg...
ငှက်
Fowl signify spiritual truth; a bird, natural truth; and a winged thing, sensual truth. Fowl signify intellectual things. Fowl signify thoughts, and all that creeps...
ငှက်များ
Fowl signify spiritual truth; a bird, natural truth; and a winged thing, sensual truth. Fowl signify intellectual things. Fowl signify thoughts, and all that creeps...
ဘုရား
The Lord, in the simplest terms, is love itself expressed as wisdom itself. In philosophic terms, love is the Lord's substance and wisdom is His...
ယဇ်ပလ္လင်
The first altar mentioned in the Word was built by Noah after he came out of the ark. On that altar, he sacrificed clean animals...
အနံ့
Fragrance means the affection of truth derived from good.
နှလုံး
The heart means love. A good heart means love to the Lord and to the neighbor while a hard or stony heart means the love...
ဆောင်း
'Winter' signifies the same thing as 'night,' that is, the end of the church.
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