Mouth
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.
Arcana Coelestia #8937
8937. ‘Greges tuos et armenta tua’: quod significet bona interna et externa, constat ex significatione ‘gregum’ quod sint bona interna, et ex significatione ‘armentorum’ quod sint bona externa, de quibus n. 2566, 5913; quod per ‘greges’ significentur bona interna, est quia ad greges pertinent agni, oves, haedi, caprae, arietes, hirci, per quos significantur talia quae sunt innocentiae, amoris caelestis et spiritualis in interno homine; et quod per ‘armenta’ significentur bona externa, erat quia ad armenta pertinent boves, juvenci, vituli, per quos significantur talia quae sunt' boni et veri in externo homine; quid ‘boves’ significabant 1 , videatur n. 2180, 2566, 2781, quid ‘juvenci’ et ‘vituli’, n. 1824, 2830, quid ‘agni’, n. 3519, 2 3994, 7840, quid ‘oves’, n. 4169, quid ‘haedi’ et ‘caprae’, n. 3519, 4005, 4006, 4872, quid ‘arietes’, n. 2830, 4170, et quid ‘hirci’, n. 4169 fin. , 4769.
Footnotes:
1. significant
2. The editors of the third Latin edition made a minor correction here. For details, see the end of the appropriate volume of that edition.
