6515. 'Saying, Behold, I am dying' means that it - the Church - has come to an end. This is clear from the meaning of 'dying' as existing no more, dealt with in 494, and as the final period of the Church when it breathes its last, 2908, 2917, 2923.

In general, digging in the Bible means applying your own mind, your own faculties to find or create spiritual things. This is reflected in our everyday language; we often speak of investigators “digging for the truth.” In most cases, the idea of digging is connected with wells, and to dig a well means to investigate the Lord’s Word and draw ideas from it. In a more negative sense, a pit – which is like a well but with no water – represents falsity, so to dig a pit represents using your intellect to fabricate falsities. Finally, there is the idea of digging through walls in order to steal from others, which represents doing evil in a cunning and concealed way, invading someone’s life and attacking their desires for good and concepts of truth.

In Genesis 26:18, to dig signifies to open.