Ok. There are extensive metaphors in later sections of bible.Show me an ancient reference to something other than water that is called water. Such a reference will then lead doubt to the generic creationist theory that at least one god separated two bodies of water to make the sky and the oceans. I play Scrabble and am anxious to hear a new definition for water.
Ezekiel 8:6 "Because this people has rejected the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, And melts with fear before the loftiness of Rezin and Remaliah's son. Therefore the Lord raises against them the waters of the River, great and mighty [the king of Assyria and all his power]. It shall rise above all its channels, and overflow all its banks; It shall pass into Judah, and flood it all throughout: up to the neck it shall reach; It shall spread its wings the full width of your land, Immanuel!"
The King of Tyre representing Satan had his fortress in the sea.
Read Ezekiel 26-28
Revelation 13:1 "Then I saw a beast come out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads; on its horns were ten diadems, and on its heads blasphemous names." Water represents the holy spirit.
Water represents the holy spirit. This is why Peter was called a fisher of men. Another verse is "living waters flow within him."
Isaiah 51:10 "Was it not you who crushed Rahab, you who pierced the dragon. Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, Who made teh depths of the sea into a way for the redeemed to pass over?"
Ezekiel 17:12 "Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of every kind shall grow; their leaves shall not fade, nor their fruit fail. Every month they shall bear fresh fruit, for they shall be watered by the flow from the sactuary. Their fruit shall serve for food and their leaves for medicine.