In most cases, "mouth" in the Bible represents thought and logic, especially the kind of active, concrete thought that is connected with speech. The reason for this is pretty obvious, but it also holds when people, for instance, remove a stone from the mouth of a well, which represents gaining access to spiritual ideas. The mouth is used for eating as well as speaking, of course. In those circumstances, it represents our first, most external perception of a new spiritual idea or desire. This also makes sense, mirroring the way tasting food in the mouth gives us an instant impression of the quality of the food.

6417. ‘Filius fecundae Joseph’: quod significet Ecclesiam spiritualem, in supremo sensu Dominum quoad Divinum spirituale, constat ex repraesentatione ‘Josephi’ quod sit in supremo sensu Dominus quoad Divinum spirituale, in sensu interno regnum spirituale et bonum fidei, et in externo fructificatio et multiplicatio, de qua n. 3969, 3971; et quia ‘Josephus’ est fructificatio boni et multiplicatio veri, dicitur ille ‘filius fecundae’. Per ‘Josephum’ hic agitur de spirituali regno Domini, et supra per ‘Jehudam’ de caelesti regno Ipsius, nam sunt duo regna quae caelum constituunt, caeleste et spirituale; regnum caeleste ¹ constituit intimum seu tertium caelum, regnum spirituale ² medium seu secundum, ³ regno spirituali apparet Dominus ut luna, ⁴ regno autem caelesti ut sol, n. 1053, 1521, 1529-1531, 4060. Dicitur quod per ‘Josephum’ in supremo sensu repraesentetur Dominus quoad Divinum spirituale, sed cum hoc ita se habet: Dominus non est nisi quam Divinum Bonum; quod ex Divino Ipsius Bono procedit ac influit in caelum, in caelesti regno Ipsius vocatur Divinum caeleste et in spirituali regno Ipsius Divinum spirituale; ita Divinum spirituale et Divinum caeleste dicitur respective ad receptiones.

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