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.

6513. 'Speak, I beg you, in Pharaoh's ears, saying' means an anxious plea that it should consent to it. This is clear from the meaning of 'speak, I beg you' as an anxious plea; and from the meaning of 'ears' as obedience, dealt with in 2542, 3869, 4551, 4652-4660, in this instance consent since the plea is addressed to the king. Obedience too is consent; but the word obedience is used in reference to inferiors, consent in reference to superiors.