'Meaning' in the Bible
The Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were confined in the prison, each had a dream. Both had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.
He and I had dreams on the same night; each dream had its own meaning.
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, meaning, “God has made me forget all my hardship in my father’s house.”
And the second son he named Ephraim, meaning, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
“When your son asks you in the future, ‘What is the meaning of the decrees, statutes, and ordinances, which the Lord our God has commanded you?’
and he said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’
They read out of the book of the law of God, translating and giving the meaning so that the people could understand what was read.
Help me understandthe meaning of Your preceptsso that I can meditate on Your wonders.
ה HeTeach me, Lord, the meaning of Your statutes,and I will always keep them.
I approached one of those who were standing by and asked him the true meaning of all this. So he let me know the interpretation of these things:
“Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, the one different from all the others, extremely terrifying, with iron teeth and bronze claws, devouring, crushing, and trampling with its feet whatever was left.