'Waters' particularly signify the spiritual parts of a person, or the intellectual aspects of faith, and also their opposites.

'The waters above the firmament,' as in Genesis 1:7, signify the knowledges in the internal self, and 'the waters beneath the firmament' signify the knowledges of the external self.

'Waters,' as in Ezekiel 47:9, refer to the New Jerusalem, and they signify spiritual things from a celestial origin.

'Many waters,' as in Revelation 17:1, signify truths of the Word adulterated. 'Waters' or 'rivers' signify spiritual, rational, or scientific things pertaining to truth.

'Waters … that go softly,' as in Isaiah 8:6-7, signify spiritual things, and 'waters … strong and many,' signify falsities.

'Waters,' as in Psalms 104:3, signify divine truths.

'Waters' signify truths in the natural self, and in the opposite sense, falsities.

'The waters were dried up from off the earth,' as in Genesis 8:7, signifies the apparent dissipation of falsities.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 17; Apocalypse Revealed 50; Genesis 8)

8138. “在法老和他全军身上” 表那些沉浸于邪恶所生的虚假之人被淹没在地狱里, 他们在那里被虚假如同被水那样包围. 这从刚才所提到的 (8137节) 清楚可知, 即: “法老” 和 “他全军” 表示那些被扔进地狱的人; “法老” 是指那些沉浸于邪恶所生的虚假之人, “他的全军” 是指这些邪恶本身. “军队” 是指源于良善的真理 (3448, 7236, 7988节), 因此在反面意义上是指由邪恶所生的虚假 (3448节). 之所以说 “被虚假如同被水那样包围”, 是因为由邪恶所生的虚假, 就是存在于那些属于教会, 捍卫分离之信, 并过着邪恶生活的人身上的那种虚假, 在那里看似诸水 (8137节). 这也是为何水的泛滥表示真理的荒凉, 而存在于它们里面的水表示虚假 (705, 739, 756, 6346, 6853, 7307节).