Like "say," the word "speak" refers to thoughts and feelings moving from our more internal spiritual levels to our more external ones -- and ultimately from the Lord, who is in a sense the most internal spiritual level of all. This is generally called "influx" and "perception" in the Writings, meaning they are thoughts and feelings that flow in in a complete way from the Lord, rather than being things we have to think about and figure out. On a number of occasions "speak" and "say" are used together; in these cases "speak" refers more to intellectual instruction in matters of thought and "say" refers more to feelings and affections that flow in directly.

8109. „So daß sie Tag und Nacht gehen konnten“, 2 Mose 13:21, bedeutet, so sei Leben in beiden Zuständen gewesen.

Dies erhellt aus der Bedeutung von gehen und reisen, insofern es soviel ist wie leben, worüber Nr. 3335, 3690, 4882, 5493, 5605; und aus der Bedeutung des Tages, insofern er den Zustand der Erleuchtung bezeichnet und der Nacht, insofern sie den Zustand der Dunkelheit ausdrückt; worüber Nr. 8106, 8108, somit beide Zustände.