'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.

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

2971. “那块田和其中的洞” 表在信之良善与真理方面. 这从 “田” 和 “洞” 的含义清楚可知. “田” 是指教会, 以及构成教会的良善本身. 属天之物或源于对主之爱和对邻之仁的良善好比 “土地”, 以及 “田”, 也被如此称呼. 因为属天之物或良善是信之真理的接受者, 这些真理好比 “种”, 也被如此称呼. “洞” 是指处于模糊状态下的信之真理 (参看2935节). 之所以说信之真理处于模糊状态, 是因为它在属灵之人身上 (参看1043, 2708, 2715节).