'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)

6118. “说, 给我们食物吧” 表祈求维持属灵生命。这从 “给” 和 “食物” 的含义清楚可知: “给” 当论及 “食物” 时, 是指维持; “食物” 是指属灵生命。“食物” 在特定意义上表示爱与仁之良善; 但在一般意义上表示属灵生命, 因为在这种情况下, “食物” 是指所有食物, 如前所示 (2165节)。当用来表示总体上的所有食物时, 它是指属灵生命; 因为就灵义而言, 总体上的食物是指一切爱之良善和一切信之真理。这二者就是那构成属灵生命的。