'Waters' particularly signify the spiritual parts of a person, or the intellectual aspects of faith, and also their opposites.

'The waters above the firmament,' as in Genesis 1:7, signify the knowledges in the internal self, and 'the waters beneath the firmament' signify the knowledges of the external self.

'Waters,' as in Ezekiel 47:9, refer to the New Jerusalem, and they signify spiritual things from a celestial origin.

'Many waters,' as in Revelation 17:1, signify truths of the Word adulterated. 'Waters' or 'rivers' signify spiritual, rational, or scientific things pertaining to truth.

'Waters … that go softly,' as in Isaiah 8:6-7, signify spiritual things, and 'waters … strong and many,' signify falsities.

'Waters,' as in Psalms 104:3, signify divine truths.

'Waters' signify truths in the natural self, and in the opposite sense, falsities.

'The waters were dried up from off the earth,' as in Genesis 8:7, signifies the apparent dissipation of falsities.

(Referencias: Apocalypse Explained 17; Apocalypse Revealed 50; Genesis 8)

3966. “神顾念拉结, 神垂听了她” 表预见和圣规. 这从 “顾念” (或纪念) 和 “垂听” 某人的含义清楚可知: 当如此处那样论及神时, “顾念” (remembering或纪念) 是指预见, 因为 “顾念” (remembering或纪念) 含有关注某人需求的意思; 而 “看见” 在至高意义上表示预见 (参看3863节); 当论及神时, “垂听” 某人是指圣规 (3869节).