вспомнил
'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...
Бог
В Библии Господь называется "Иегова", когда в тексте говорится о Его сущности, которая есть сама любовь. Его называют "Богом", когда в тексте говорится о выражении...
ветер
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...
воды
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,...
Земли
'Lands' of different nations are used in the Word to signify the different kinds of love prevalent in the inhabitants.
пятидесяти
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....
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...
месяце
'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...
день
"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...
Ной
'Noah,' as in Genesis 5:29, signifies the ancient church, or the parent of the three churches after the flood.
окно
'Window' signifies truth in the light.
ворона
'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...
Земля
'Lands' of different nations are used in the Word to signify the different kinds of love prevalent in the inhabitants.
видеть
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...
лица
"Глаза - это окна души". Это чувство, корни которого уходят где-то в мрачную античность, но которое стало безнадежно клише, потому что и поэтично, и очевидно...
голубь
A dove (Gen. 8.) signifies goodness and truth. A dove, as in Hosea 11:11, signifies rational good.
нашел
Finding, or being found, can have different meanings in the Word, depending on the context. Here are two examples, From Arcana Coelestia 5756, 'Behold, the...
ног
Наши ноги - это самые низкие части тела, и они очень полезны! В Библии ноги представляют собой самую низкую и самую утилитарную часть нашего духовного...
Семь
The number 'seven' was considered holy, as is well known, because of the six days of creation, and the seventh, which is the celestial self,...
время
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...
лист
'Leaves' symbolize rational truths because a tree symbolizes a person, and every part of the tree symbolizes accordant elements in the person.
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....
двадцать
'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...
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...
жена
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...
сыновья
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....
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...
пресмыкающихся
Creeping things (Gen. 6:7) signifies pleasures as well corporeal as sensual. Creeping things, in a proper sense, are what were the vilest of all which...
птицы
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...
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....
жертвеннике
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....
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...
благоухание
Sweet' signifies delightful things from the good of truth and the truth of good. Everything sweet in the natural world corresponds to delightful and pleasant...
сердце
Сердце означает любовь. Доброе сердце означает любовь к Господу и ближнему, в то время как твёрдое или каменное сердце означает любовь к себе или к...
сердца
Сердце означает любовь. Доброе сердце означает любовь к Господу и ближнему, в то время как твёрдое или каменное сердце означает любовь к себе или к...
зло
'Wickedness' signifies evil, and 'iniquity' signifies falsities.
лето
Summer' signifies the full state of the church, the same as 'noon.'
зима
'Winter' signifies the same thing as 'night,' that is, the end of the church.
ночь
The sun in the Bible represents the Lord, with its heat representing His love and its light representing His wisdom. “Daytime,” then, represents a state...