изрек
Like "say," the word "speak" refers to thoughts and feelings moving from our more internal spiritual levels to our more external ones – and ultimately...
Бог
Господь есть сама любовь, выраженная в виде мудрости. Тогда любовь - это Его сущность, Его крайняя сущность. Мудрость - любящее понимание того, как воплотить любовь...
слова
'Word,' as in Psalms 119:6-17, stands for doctrine in general. 'The Word,' as in Psalms 147:18, signifies divine good united with divine truth. 'Word,' as...
Господь
The Bible refers to the Lord in many different ways, which from the text seem indistinguishable and interchangeable. Understood in the internal sense, though, there...
Земли
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...
дома
A "house" is essentially a container - for a person, for a family, for several families or even for a large group with shared interests...
пред
В большинстве случаев значение слова "до" довольно прямолинейно, как в качестве способа оценки относительного времени, так и в смысле его использования "в чьем-то присутствии". Однако...
земле
"Земля" в Библии может означать человека или группу единомышленников, как в церкви. Но это относится конкретно к внешнему виду человека, или к общему мышлению группы....
ниже
In the Bible, things that are lower down, or under, physically, generally represent things that are lower or more external spiritually. In some cases, the...
милость
To some degree, there really is no spiritual meaning to the word “love” in the Bible. Why? Because if you truly love another, that is...
тысячи
As children, most of us at some point frustrated our mothers into using the phrase “if I've told you once, I've told you a thousand...
Господа
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...
имя
It's easy to see that names are important in the Bible. Jehovah changed Abram and Sarai to Abraham and Sarah, changed Jacob to Israel and...
помни
'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...
день
The expression 'even to this day' or 'today' sometimes appears in the Word, as in Genesis 19:37-38, 22:14, 26:33, 32:32, 35:20, and 47:26. In a...
шесть
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...
дней
"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...
работай
'Works,' as in Genesis 46:33, denote goods, because they are from the will, and anything from the will is either good or evil, but anything...
суббота
In Exodus 31:13, 'verily my Sabbaths ye shall keep,' signifies continuous holy thought about the union of the Lord’s divine with His human.
Сын
'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...
дочь
"Behold I have two daughters,” etc. (Gen. 19:8), signifies the affections of good and truth, and the blessedness perceivable from the enjoyment thereof, by those...
скот
"Beasts" represent the affection for doing good things, a true desire to do them from the heart. In the negative sense, "beasts" stand for the...
небо
"Воздух" в Библии представляет собой мысль, но в очень общем смысле - больше похоже на нашу способность воспринимать идеи и то, как мы склонны думать,...
море
Water generally represents what Swedenborg calls “natural truth,” or true concepts about day-to-day matters and physical things. Since all water ultimately flows into the seas,...
мать
In general, mothers in the Bible represent the Lord's church on earth, or the church among those who know and follow the Lord. In some...
дает
Like other common verbs, the meaning of "give" in the Bible is affected by context: who is giving what to whom? In general, though, giving...
жены
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...
громы
When the Lord speaks through the heaven, it descends into the lower spheres and is heard as thunder. As He speaks through the whole of...
трубный
'Trumpets,' and all other wind instruments, relate to celestial affections.
Слушать
'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...
говорил
Like "say," the word "speak" refers to thoughts and feelings moving from our more internal spiritual levels to our more external ones – and ultimately...
умереть
Dead (Gen. 23:8) signifies night, in respect to the goodnesses and truths of faith.
сказал
As with many common verbs, the meaning of “to say” in the Bible is highly dependent on context. Who is speaking? Who is hearing? What...
Моисей
Moses's name appears 814 times in the Bible (KJV), third-most of any one character (Jesus at 961 actually trails David at 991). He himself wrote...
пришел
As with common verbs in general, the meaning of “come” in the Bible is highly dependent on context – its meaning is determined largely by...
Страх
The fearful signify people who have no faith.
стоял
'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...
видели
To look,' as in Genesis 18:22, signifies thinking, because seeing denotes understanding. Look not back behind thee,' as in Genesis 19:17, means that Lot, who...
серебряных
'Money' relates to truth.
жертвенник
Первый алтарь, упомянутый в Слове, был построен Ноем после того, как он вышел из ковчега. На этом алтаре он приносил в жертву Господу чистых животных....
овец
A flock, as in Genesis 26, denotes interior or rational good. A flock signifies those who are in spiritual good. A flock signifies natural interior...
месте
'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...
Память
'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...
нагота
'Unclothed' signifies being deprived of the truths of faith.
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