1165. In the Word 'Mizraim' or Egypt means knowledge, that is, various facts, by which people wish to probe into the arcana of faith and so confirm the false assumptions acquired in that way. 'Mizraim' also means simply knowledge, and so knowledge that is useful. This is clear not only from the places just quoted but also from very many others which would fill up page after page if they were all included. See Isaiah 19:1-end; Isaiah 30:1-3; 31:1-3; Jeremiah 2:18, 36; Jeremiah 42:14-end; Jeremiah 46:1-end; Ezekiel 16:26; 23:3; Ezekiel 29:1-end; Ezekiel 30:1-end; Hosea 7:11; 9:3, 6; 11:1, 5, 11; Micah 7:12 [NCBS: 7:15]; Zechariah 10:10-11; Psalms 80:8 and following verses.

1958. 'Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bared' means its nature, that is to say, He saw what the nature of this truth was, and so what the nature of the rational was. This is clear from the meaning of 'Kadesh and Bared'. That 'Kadesh' means truth, and also conflicts over truths, has been shown already in 1678. 'Bared' however means that which is below, and so means true factual knowledge, from which also the rational is formed. As regards names in the Word meaning real things, see 1876, 1888, 1889, and also 1224, 1264.