ယောရှုသည်
Joshua is first mentioned in Exodus 17, where he is told to select men to fight for the children of Israel against the Amalekites in...
ယောရှု
Joshua is first mentioned in Exodus 17, where he is told to select men to fight for the children of Israel against the Amalekites in...
ရှ
Joshua is first mentioned in Exodus 17, where he is told to select men to fight for the children of Israel against the Amalekites in...
နံနက်
Morning comes with the rising of the sun, and the sun – which gives life to the earth with its warmth and light – represents...
စောစော
Since the sun represents the Lord, the early morning and sunrise represent a state of enlightenment, with a new and clear understanding coming after a...
ထ
It is common in the Bible for people to "rise up," and it would be easy to pass over the phrase as simply describing a...
သား
A child is a young boy or girl in the care of parents, older than a suckling or an infant, but not yet an adolescent....
ယော်ဒန်မြစ်
The land of Jordan,' as in Psalm 42:6, signifies what is lowly, consequently, what is distant from the celestial, as the external parts of a...
သုံး
The Writings talk about many aspects of life using the philosophical terms "end," "cause" and "effect." The "end" is someone’s goal or purpose, the ultimate...
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...
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...
သေတ္တာကို
There are three arks mentioned in the Word, the ark of Noah, the ark of bulrushes for the baby Moses, and the ark of the...
သေတ္တာ
A coffin (Gen. 1:26) signifies that wherein something is shut up or concealed.
က
To command is to give an order that something must be done, and is directed to an individual, or a group. It is an imperative,...
ယဇ်ပုရောဟိတ်
Priests' represent the Lord regarding His divine good. When they do not acknowledge the Lord, they lose their signification of the Lord.
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...
နေရာ
'A dry place,' as in Luke 11:24, signifies states of evil and falsity which are in the life of someone who does the work 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...
လမ်း
'To set a way,' as in Genesis 30:36, signifies being separated.
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...
အနီး
'Near,' in the Word, signifies presence and conjunction. 'To be near' signifies being on internal levels. Near,' as in Genesis 19:20, signifies truth bordering upon...
နီး
'Near,' in the Word, signifies presence and conjunction. 'To be near' signifies being on internal levels. Near,' as in Genesis 19:20, signifies truth bordering upon...
နက်ဖြန်နေ့
'Tomorrow' signifies eternity.
နက်ဖြန်
'Tomorrow' signifies eternity.
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...
ရေ
'Waters' signify truths in the natural self, and in the opposite sense, falsities. 'Waters' signify particularly the spiritual parts of a person, or the intellectual...
ရပ်နေ
'To stand,' and 'come forth' as in Daniel 7:10, refers to truth. In Genesis 24:13, it signifies a state of conjunction of divine truth with...
ရပ်
'To stand,' and 'come forth' as in Daniel 7:10, refers to truth. In Genesis 24:13, it signifies a state of conjunction of divine truth with...
နားထောင်
'To hearken to father and mother,' as mentioned in Genesis 28:7, signifies obedience from affection. 'To hearken,' as mentioned in Genesis 30:22, signifies providence. See...
ဟိတ္တိ
'A Hittite' in a good sense, signifies the spiritual church, or the truth of the church. The Hittites were among the upright Gentiles who were...
ဟိဝိလူ
The Hivites' represent those who were in idolatry, but in which there was something of good.
မြေကြီးတပြင်
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...
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...
ရှေ့မှာ
In most cases, the meaning of "before" is pretty straightforward, both as a way of assessing relative time, and in its use meaning "in someone's...
လူ
The relationship between men and women is deep and nuanced, and one entire book of the Writings – Conjugial Love or Love in Marriage –...
နှစ်
The number "two" has two different meanings in the Bible. In most cases "two" indicates a joining together or unification. This is easy to see...
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...
ခြေဘဝါး
Our feet are the lowest parts of our bodies, and they're very useful! In the Bible, feet represent the lowest and most utilitarian part of...
ရေကို
'Waters' signify truths in the natural self, and in the opposite sense, falsities. 'Waters' signify particularly the spiritual parts of a person, or the intellectual...
တဲ
'The tabernacle' has almost the same meaning as 'temple,' that is, in the highest sense, the Lord’s divine humanity, and in a relative sense, heaven...
စပါးရိတ်ရာကာလ
'A harvest' symbolizes the state of the church with respect to Divine truth. The reason is that a harvest yields the grain used to make...
မြို့
Cities of the mountain and cities of the plain (Jeremiah 33:13) signify doctrines of charity and faith.
အာဒံ
Adam is one of the most crucial and most controversial figures in the Bible, dividing even the faithful into camps: those who believe he literally...
လွင်ပြင်
'A plain' signifies good and truth in the natural self, because 'the people who dwell in plains,' or 'beneath mountains and hills' are in the...
ယေရိခေါမြို့
Jericho' signifies instruction and also the good of life because no one can be instructed in the truths of doctrine but he who is in...
ယေရိခေါ
Jericho' signifies instruction and also the good of life because no one can be instructed in the truths of doctrine but he who is in...
အလယ်
'Middle' denotes what is primary, principal, or inmost.