7221. ‘Et mittat filios Israelis e terra sua’: quod significet ut abeant et relinquant illos, constat ex significatione ‘mittere’ quod sit abire et relinquere; ex repraesentatione ‘filiorum Israelis’ quod sint qui ab Ecclesia spirituali, de qua saepe; et a significatione ‘terrae Aegypti’ quod sit status infestationum; ex quibus patet quod per ‘mittat filios Israelis e terra sua’ significetur quod relinquant illos qui ab Ecclesia spirituali, nec infestent.

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 is it about? Is it a command, a message, an apology, instruction? All these things enter into the meaning of “say.” In general, though, “saying” has to do with sharing truth at various levels -- from the most exalted power people can have to perceive the Lord's desires directly to the most basic of orders issued to people at their lowest.