4833. 'And Jehovah caused him to die' means that there was no representative of the Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'dying' as ceasing to be such, dealt with in 494, and also as the end of representation, 3253, 3259, 3276. The meaning here therefore is that no representative of the Church could exist with any who would have been descended from him, as accords with what has been stated immediately above in 4832.

In general, mothers in the Bible represent the Lord's church on earth. In some cases "mother" more specifically refers to the truth of the church, the true teachings the church has about the Lord and about life. This makes sense if you think about it. Mothers are the vehicles through which new people are created; the church (in a broad sense) is the vehicle through which new ideas about the Lord and new good actions are created. And just as a mother is filled with love -- for her children and husband -- so also is the church filled with love, both for its ideas and uses and also for the Lord.