3410. And the Philistines envied him. That this signifies that they who were in the mere memory-knowledge of knowledges did not apprehend, is evident from the signification of “envying,” as being here not to apprehend, as is evident from what follows; and from the signification of “Philistia,” as being the memory-knowledge of knowledges; thus by the “Philistines” are meant those who are in this memory-knowledge (n. 1197, 1198).