What I said was in response to a statement about Jesus' spoken words, not God's metaphorically spoken words. What I will countenance is that the Logos was the one doing all the speaking in Gen 1 etc, as the Logos is God in action per Jn 1:1c.
What was created was physical light as in day / night, not spiritual light, I believe from the LXX where φῶς is used for light meaning
luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative) Derivation: from an obsolete φάω (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays. Conceivably the Hebrew word has a wider import in Gen, but that I don't know.
אוֹר (ca. 120 ×): אור; MHb., Ug.
ar (UMGl. 76; Driver
Myths 13510 ?), Ph. in n.m. ארמלך,
Uru-milki (Tallqvist
Names 244a), Akk.
urru day: אוֹרוֹ/רָם; אוֹרִים Ps 136:7 †; masc. (Jr 13:16 → Rudolph; Jb 36:32 rd. עליו as MSS): —1. brightness,
daylight Gn 1:3f Is 5:30 Jb 3:9 24:13 (prp. אֵל), cj. Is 26:9 (כָּאוֹר Gaster VT 8:438), becomes dark Jr 4:23 (→ Gressmann
Eschatologie 69f; Fensham ZAW 75:170f); יֹצִא א׳ brings to light Jb 28:11; —2.
light (emanating from a body): א׳ הַלְּבָנָה and א׳ הַחַמָּה Is 30:26, א׳ אֵשׁ firelight Ps 78:14, א׳ נֵר lamplight Jr 25:10, א׳ עֵינַיִם light of the eyes Ps 38:11, כּוֹכְבֵי א׳ bright stars Ps 148:3; א׳ (rising) sun Jb 31:26 (|| יָרֵחַ) 37:21 Hab 3:4, אוֹרִים גְּדוֹלִים sun and moon Ps 136:7 (cf Gn 1:16); א׳ flash of lightning Jb 36:32 37:11, 15; בְּיוֹם א׳ in broad daylight Am 8:9; —3.
dawn (to state the time): לָאוֹר at dawn Zeph 3:5 Jb 24:14 (prp. לֹא אוֹר before dawn) מִן־הָא׳ Neh 8:3 עַד־הָא׳ Ju 19:26, עַד־א׳ הַבֹּקֶר Ju 16:2 (4 ×) and כְּא׳ הַבּ׳ 2S 23:4 and בְּא׳ הַבּ׳ Mi 2:1 (here rather inf., Nestle ZAW 23:337f); —4.
metaph. א׳ הַחַיִּים light of life (or of the living) Ps 56:14 Jb 33:30 (prp. בְּאֶרֶץ הַח׳); רָאָה א׳ = to be alive Ps 49:20 Jb 3:16, = to have full knowledge Ps 36:10, cj. Is 53:11 (rd. יִרְאֶה אוֹר, 1QIsa.b Sept. :: Seeligmann BiOr. 6:7b: cj. יִרְוֶה, cf. Ps 91:16); נָתַן א׳ לְ to call to life Jb 3:20, רָאָה בָא׳ to stay alive Jb 33:28; א׳ || שִׂמְחָה Ps 97:11; א׳ פָּנִים benevolence (alt. inf. or pf.) Jb 29:24, of the king Pr 16:15, of God Ps 4:7 44:4 89:16; א׳ the epitome of happiness Ps 97:11 112:4 Jb 12:25 and of salvation Am 5:18; א׳ = God (prp. אֵל) Jb 24:13; Y. is or has א׳ Ps 36:10, (v.s.), is the א׳ of the devout Mi 7:8 Ps 27:1 הָלַךְ בְּא׳ י׳ Is 10:17; א׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל Is 2:5; אוֹרֵךְ salvation for you Is 60:1, א׳ גּוֹיִם Is 42:6 49:6 and א׳ עַמִּים 51:4 = salvation for the nations; —Am 8:8 rd. כַּיְאֹר; Zech 14:6 rd. קוֹר; Ps 139:11 prp. יִסְגֹּר; Jb 25:3 rd. אֹרְבוֹ; 36:30 rd. אֵדוֹ; 38:24 cj. רוּחַ, but better אוֹר =
Amurru west wind, AHw. 46a (Torczyner
Job 529; Aalen
Licht).
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The Hebrew and Aramaic lexicon of the Old Testament (electronic ed., pp. 24–25). E.J. Brill.