Notes to the Letters' Symbolism in the Zohar

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Intro
From earlier studies the vowels had been proven the most important symbolism-carriers. Therefore
I decided to investigate the vowel-oriented issues in the Zohar

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The Zohar!s e"planation of the intonations# vowels $points%# and letters is given in the following
comment section&
The relationship between the 'ebrew letters# vowels $points% and intonations are
e"plained in terms of their spiritual significance. The Zohar tells us that the letters#
vowels and intonations are not merely the building the bloc(s of language. They are the
building bloc(s of the entire cosmos. They are the sounds of creation# the forces by
which stars and planets are constructed# and by which physical and metaphysical worlds
are erected.
)ust as a human voice in song can shatter glass and evo(e tears# the 'ebrew alphabet
affects both physical and spiritual realities. *e can set these forces in motion by
meditatively scanning the very letters that spea( of the secrets of the letters themselves.
+y so doing# we can draw spiritual sustenance and ,ight into our daily lives.
This documents illustrates my interpretation based on the Zohar!s translations into -nglish and
.erman. /uotations have been capitali0ed as listed in the source file# but the relevant (eywords
have been highlighted.
The 'ebrew of the late centuries +1 and early centuries 23 had a system with five phonemic long
vowels 4a5 e5 i5 o5 u56 and five short vowels 4a e i o u6. 7f these vowels a subset I# 7# 8 and 'ei
intensely has been used for symbolism# which is e"plained in the Zohar.
9ost of the symbolism refers to the creation phase# in which words are being generated by
combining letters. The three basic vowels I# 7# 8 also refer to three pillars# which represent gender#
planets# colors# etc.
There is a stri(ing correlation to the I78-root for the central :oman god )upiter. The words ius#
pius $pious)# justice# judge# iugum, yoke# etc.# which may relate to Jupiter# belong to derived
subsets of the I8-words.
:eferences for the vowel Hei to *est--uropean languages e"ist in the categories& ;w $<custom#
tradition# law=% which has been derived from >roto-.ermanic *aiw# *aiwaz $<law=%# from >roto-
Indo--uropean *oiw- $<custom# tradition# law=%. 1ognate with 7ld ?a"on o# 7l Frisian ewa, we,
, # 7ld .erman wa, ha, a, $.erman -he Matrimony%. -ven <heaven= may be correlating
to the vowel <'ei=.
?ource and numbering refer to the pdf-web document Zohar-ramaic-!nglish-"ilingual
Short o#er#ie$
The %ud represents three dots @ representing & columns# e"panding to ' #o$els( 7f these A vowels
in the Thorah the vowels 1holam $7%# ?huru( $8% and 1hiri( $I% form the holy seed# which is the
core element for the central pillar# foundation $Besod% of the world# surrounded by the right $male%#
respectively the left $female% column.
The sun and the moon have been used to represent the male and the female elements in matrimony.
9atrimony involves the symbolic mating of the vowels shuruk $female# left column# )% and chirik
$male# right column# I%.
The -nglish words for night *'ebrew& kara+ seem to have been shaped by negating the light
4'ebrew& #ayikra+. In 'ebrew the contrast has been symboli0ed by subtracting two vowels %ud 4j6
C
and ,a# 4w6
D
from the light $day% 4#ayikra
-
+ to form the word for the night *kara+ <he called $(ara%
night=. The light had been delivered by two sources# symboli0ed by ,a# and %ud.
7ne of the basic principles is the particle <!t= $the% as a set combining the complete alphabet#
represented by the initial letter leph and the terminal letter .a#.
2dding a letter /ei to words symboli0es a union between objects& wherever male and female are
separate# the letter /ei cannot be found. 2dding a letter /ei to the set of the complete alphabet
$leph-0.a#% symboli0es tah $a singular <you=
E
%.
The addition of /ei changes life $chai% to animal $chayah%.
The 'ebrew letter /ei directly seemed to have been copied from 'ebrew to the .erman language#
especially in </eirat= $.erman& <marriage=% and !he= $.erman& <matrimony=%. The correlation
between the vowel /ei and <e$ig= $.erman for <eternal=% and <eeu$ig= $3utch for <eternal=%
seems to be obvious&
;w $<custom# tradition# law=% has been derived from >roto-.ermanic *aiw# *aiwaz
$<law=%# from >roto-Indo--uropean *oiw- $<custom# tradition# law=%. 1ognate with 7ld
?a"on o# 7l Frisian ewa, we, , # 7ld .erman wa, ha, a, $.erman -he
Matrimony%.
The Tetragrammaton %ud-/ei-,a#-/ei refers to <'eaven
F
= - the matrimonial union of male $chiri(
- I% and 1emale $shuru( - )%# which cannot be divorced. The basic principles of male $chiri( - I%
and 1emale $shuru( @ )%# combined with the 'ebrew letter /ei symboli0es an eternal matrimonial
union I 2 ).
In this system the basic elements of the creation have been represented by vowels I# 8# '# which
may be derived from the Tetragrammaton %ud-/ei-,a#-/ei&
3hirik 4 I for the male sun#
Shuruk 4 ) for the female moon
/ei 4 / for the eternal matrimonial lin( between I and 8. The 'ebrew letter 'ei may have
been applied to define <heaven= $<the s(y=% as a symbolic lin( between the sun $I% and the
moon $8%.
C %ud 4j6 - Bodh
D ,a# 4w6# or placeholder for G7GHG8G vowel $see mater lectionis%
4 G2nd -lohim called $'eb. ,ayikra% the Light 5ayG
E -rnst 9Iller specifies for this section a singular version for <you=
F The modern -nglish word heaven $<s(y=% is derived from the earlier $9iddle -nglish% heven $attested EA%J this in
turn was developed from the previous 7ld -nglish form heofon. In many languages# the word for GheavenG is the
same as the word for Gs(yG.
,o$els I, 6 and )
The vowels have been specified as the holy seed# which played a (ey-role in the creation process.
This isolates the vowel set I78# from the remaining vowels 2# - in the :oman alphabet and the
ligature K. The vowels named holy seed $I# 7 and 8% also form the core set I78 for the :oman
.od!s name )upiter
7
. The words ius# pious# justice# judge# iugum, yoke# etc.# which may relate to
Jupiter# belong to derived subsets of the I8-words.
The first vowel is Yud (I).
DD. *hen the first point $or !vowel!%# *'I1' I? Bud# proceeded F:79 2:I1'
2L>IL# its light shone upon it according to the sense of !reaching yet not reaching!.
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I noticed the .erman translation of the Zohar by -rnst 9Iller
M
specified the vowels 1holam $7%#
?huru( $8% and 1hiri( $I% in the following section# in which by joining the vowels $points% for the
triad $e.g. I78% had been formed - the last L29- 7F -heyeh&
A. That supernal point# *'I1' I? 2:I1' 2L>IL# sowed inside the temple--*'I1'
I? BI?:2-, - ?2+2 2L3 T-N8L2'-- the secret of the three points $vowels%&
1holam# ?huru( and 1hiri(. ?o they are combined into one secret# a Noice that emerges
from the joining of the three points. *hen T'- N7I1- came forth# its female
counterpart came with it. ?he included all the letters as it is written& GThe heavens...G
$+eresheet &%J that is# the voice and its feminine principle. This voice# which is T'-
?-1:-T 7F the heavens# is the last L29- 7F !heyeh# which is the brightness that
contains all the letters and colors in this manner.
This connects the last L29- 7F -heyeh to the vowel name such as I78.
DM. The three >oints--3holam# Shuruk and 3hirik-- are called holy seed. F7:
T':78.' T'- T':-- ?7*IL.?--12,,-3 1'7,29# 1'I:IO 2L3
?'8:8O--T'- 971'IL 7F 1'71'92' 2:- :-N-2,-3# *'I1' 2:-
12,,-3 /6LIN!SS. T'- T':-- >7ILT? 2:- T'-:-F7:- 12,,-3 /6L%
S!!5.
The central pillar emanating the foundation (Yesod) of the world
The three points I, 6,) are the holy seed for the foundation $Besod% of the world&
DM. For no seed can be sown F7: T'- >8:>7?- 7F T'- 971'IL e"cept according
to this secret# L29-,B T'- ?-1:-T 7F T'- T':-- ?7*IL.? 7F 3/6L7,
S/)8)9 2L3 3/I8I9.
2ll# :-F-::IL. T7 T'- I,,89IL2TI7L 7F T'- T':-- >7ILT?# were united
in the 1entral 1olumn# *'I1' I? .I:!8!.# and it emanated the foundation $Besod%
of the world.
7 ,inguistic studies identify the form PIou-pater as deriving from the Indo--uropean vocative compound PDyu-pter
$meaning G7 Father ?(y-godGJ nominative& PDyus-ptr%.
M ?cribd-document& -:L?T 9Q,,-: - 3-: ?7'2: - 3as heilige +uch der Oabbala
M4. T'- .2T'-:IL. 7F LI;/.S I? T'- ?-1:-T 7F T'- T':-- !,6<!LS! @
3/6L7, S/)8)9# 2L3 3/I8I9.
Intonations
?everal sections of the Zohar refer to intonations# which also involve vowels such as the 1holam
$7%.
CR. In the holy name# Bud-'ei-Nav-'ei ascends to the fourth T8L- 7F T'-
ILT7L2TI7L?.
C. 1orresponding to the fourth ILT7L2TI7L# which ascends +B T'-
ILT7L2TI7L# there is the 3holam 297L. T'- >7ILT? $N7*-,?%# *'I1' I?
2,?7 :-,2T-3 T7 1'-?-3.
CD. The :evi!i $fourth% 7F T'- 12LTI,,2TI7L 92:O? is for raising the voice#
the Tevir of the cantillation mar(s is for lowering the pitch. ?halshelet holds to the two
columns li(e a chain 2L3 )7IL? T'-9 T7 -21' 7T'-:. It is li(e the :evi!i# with
which one prolongs the word *IT' 9-,73B. It is a point li(e the 3holam. There is
no point 297L. T'- >7ILT? that does not have a corresponding cantillation mar(.
For e"ample# the vowel ?egol corresponds to the ?egolta intonation# the vowel ?heva
corresponds to the intonation Za(ef gadol. There is always a vowel corresponding to a
cantillation mar( for all those who (now the hidden secrets.
The vowel Cholam as a crown on all vowels Yud-Hei-av-Hei
CME. The letters# arranged properly# B83 '-I N2N '-I# ascend through the dot of
3holam $the vowel 7%# which is Oeter# above them.
The four letters e"pand from 1hochmah to holy 9alchut# as 1hochmah is %ud# +inah is
/ei# the si" ?firot 1'-?-3# .N8:2'# TIF-:-T# L-TZ21'# '73 2L3 B-?73
are ,a# and 9alchut is the last /ei. 3holam is a crown on all the letters.
.he #o$el hierarchy in the .orah
The 'ebrew of the late centuries +1 and early centuries 23 had a system with five phonemic long
vowels 4a5 e5 i5 o5 u56 and five short vowels 4a e i o u6.
The letter Yud ! representing " vowels
The %ud represents three dots @ representing & columns# e"panding to ' #o$els(
. '- -S>,2IL? F8:T'-: ?2BIL.& 2nd this is the secret. The letter %ud is one
point $dot% and even though it is one point# its shape has a head above# *'I1' I? T'-
8>>-: TI> 7F T'- B83# a tip below# 2L3 T'- 37T IT?-,F. T'-:-F7:-# it
amounts to three points li(e the 'ebrew dot Segol# IL T'- ?-1:-T 7F :I.'T#
,-FT 2L3 1-LT:2,# *'I1' I? T'- ILL-: 9-2LIL. 7F T'- ./8!!
36L)7NS. Therefore# the e"pansion to four sides# three on each side# eTuals nine
T7.-T'-: *IT' T'- B83# and eight *IT'78T T'- B83 IT?-,F# 2?
-S>,2IL-3.
#ine owels in the Torah
The %ud represents a triad of dots# e"panding to ' #o$els 9amat=
'
>?@a@?), Aatach
BC
>?@a@?),
.=erei
BB
>?@e@?), Segol
BD
>?@e@?), Sh#a
B&
>?@i@?)# 3holam
B-
>?@o@?), 3hirik
BE
>?@ee@?), 9ubut=
BF
>?@oo@?), Shuruk
BG
>?@oo@?)
BH
&
C. These -I.'T >7ILT? are pillars that stem from the secret of the luminary to
support the letter Bud# and they are considered its 1hariot. They are not called by name#
just by the secret of the nine dots >#o$els) in the .orah# *'I1' 2:- 97.Z#
A.3/# .Z!8!I# T'- FI:?T T':-- ?FI:7T.
S!;6L# S/, 2L3 3/6L7 2:- 1'-?-3# .N8:2' 2L3 TIF-:-T.
3/I8I9# 9)").Z# S/)8)9 T'2T 2:- 2,?7 12,,-3 3/I8I9# S/)8)9#
7!L:)7# 2:- L-TZ21'# '73 2L3 B-?73# +-128?- T'- ?FI:7T 7F
1'71'92' 2:- 12,,-3 !37T?.!
A In modern 'ebrew $?ephardiHIsraeli%# the 9amat= usually indicates the phoneme HaH
R The Aatach and 9amat= sound li(e a long and short GaGJ the >atach is used when there is a closed syllable# and the
amatz is used when there is an open syllable.
The Segol and .sere ma(e a medium to long GeG sound# such as in the -nglish words Gelephant#G -s(imo#G and
Gegg.G
C In modern 'ebrew# it indicates the phoneme HeH
D The Sh#a appears as two small dots in a vertical line beneath a 'ebrew letter and is used to indicate that either there
is no vowel for that particular 'ebrew letter# or that there is only a short half-vowel# sounding li(e the short GiG in
the -nglish words Git#G Gis#G and Gin.G
4 In modern 'ebrew the 3holam indicates the mid bac( rounded vowel# 4UV 6 the !ho"em has a short GoG sound# such as
the -nglish words Gdot#G Ghot#G Gcaught.G
E the 3hirik is pronounced as Gee#G such as in the -nglish words GweG and Gneat.G.
F The 9ubbut= appears as three small diagonal dots below a 'ebrew letter and ma(es a long GooG sound# such as in
the -nglish words GblueG and Gcrew.G
7 The Shuruk appears as a single dot inside the letter #av and sounds li(e a long GooG such is in the -nglish words
GpoolG and Gschool.G
M He$rew Nowels
Ten $firot
C74. Ten Lames are engraved by the Oing!s authority. T'- T-L L29-? :-F-: T7
T'- T-L S:I86.J there are ten ?FI:7T# 2? -S>,2IL-3 IL ?-F-: B-TZI:2'
$T'- +77O 7F F7:92TI7L%J T-L -S21T,B# L7T LIL- 7: -,-N-L.
L-N-:T'-,-??# T'-B 2,?7 add up to a greater number# *'I1' I? 2
:-F-:-L1- T7 T'- 7C L29-?. T'I? 12L +- -S>,2IL-3 F8:T'-:. These
seventy colors that glow in all directions derive from these Lames# T'2T I?# F:79
T'- 7C L29-?. 2L3 T'-?- ?-N-LTB 17,7:? *-:- -L.:2N-3 and formed
into the secret of the seventy Lames of the angels# which are the secret of the heavens.
%& #ames
C7E. 2nd they are 9ichael# .avriel# :efael# Luriel. 9amat= >a #o$el)& e%umie",
Ma"&ie", 'za%&ie". >atach >a #o$el)& (e%ae", 'umie", !has%ie". .=ere >a #o$el)&
'zurie", )azie", *ofie". Segol >a #o$el)& +tuteriyah, ,azrie", #atrie", -amae". 3hirik >a
#o$el)& !haz&ie", )ehatie", a%shie". She#a >a #o$el)& +hemae", .ar/hie", 0hie"1
3holam >a #o$el)I !hanie", -aha%ie", Ma/hnie". Shuruk >a #o$el)I +hamshie",
)ehavie", amshie". Shuruk >a #o$el) called mela1um. ?hemar!el# :ehatiel# Oarshiel.
C7F. 2haniel# +ar(iel# .adiel# 3umiel# 'adriel# Naderga0iyah# Zahariel# 1haniel#
Tahariel# Ba!a0riel# Oariel# ,amdiel# 9al(iel# Lehariel# ?aniyah# 2nael# >atchiel#
T0uriel# Oanael# :emiel# ?ha!ariel# Tav(iel.
C77. Tefuriya# ?hachniel# :enael# Oamriyah# T0uriyah# >sisiyah# Iriel# ?amchiel# Leriel#
9adoniyah# ,asniyah# Oamsariyah# Beriel# Tasmasiyah# 1haniel# Zachriel# Nadriel#
'inael# 3enabael# .adiel# +edael# 2diriron. 2donai is above them all.
:emale ) 2 7ale I
The sun and the moon seemed to have been used to represent the male and the female elements in
matrimony. 9atrimony involves the mating of the vowels shuruk $female# left column# )% and
chirik $male# right column# I%. This section defines the male $I% and female $8% elements.
' female (oon uniting with a male $un
DFC G+ut on the ?habbat day it shall be opened# and on the day of the ne$ moon it shall
be opened#G because at those times# the sacred ma(es use of the sacred# and the moon#
*'I1' I? T'- :!7L! >:IL1I>,-# shines in order to unite with the sun#
*'I1' I? Z!I8 NAIN.
R. They proceeded on their way# and after a while he said& *hen the moon# *'I1'
I? T'- :!7L! >:IL1I>,-# approaches the sun# *'I1' I? Z!I8 NAIN# then
the 'oly 7ne# blessed be 'e# stirs up the northern side# *'I1' I? T'- ,-FT
17,89L T'2T I? 3:2*L F:79 T'- >7ILT 7F S/)8)9# and 'e grasps her
lovingly and draws her toward 'imself.
T'I? I? T'- ?-1:-T 7F 2?OIL. >-:9I??I7L T':78.' 2>>-2?-9-LT.
2nd then the southern side# *'I1' I? T'- :I.'T 17,89L# is aroused from the
other side# L29-,B F:79 T'- ?I3- 7F T'- >7ILT 7F 3/I8I9. 2nd eventually
the moon# *'I1' I? T'- F-92,- >:IL1I>,-# rises and joins the east# *'I1' I?
Z-I: 2L>IL. Thus# ?he draws sustenance from both sides# F:79 T'- ?78T' 2L3
F:79 T'- L7:T'# and receives the blessing 7: T'- 2+8L32L1- 7F T'-
92TIL.# in silence.
!IL ?I,-L1-! 9-2L? T'2T ?'- I? IL T'- ?T2.- 7F T'- ?IS -L3? 2L3
8L3-: T'- ILF,8-L1- 7F T'- >7ILT 7F 3/I8I9# *'I1' I? T'- ?-1:-T
7F T'- N-:?-# G+8T '-: N7I1- *2? L7T '-2:3G $I ?'98-, &D%.
F7: T'- *7:3? !N7I1-! 2L3 !?>-2OIL.! ?I.LIFB T'- 8>>-: T':--
?FI:7T. 2nd now the moon is blessed and filled *IT' T'- 2+8L32L1-# as a
woman approaches her husband. T'I? 9-2L? T'2T 2 179>,-T- 92TIL. '2?
7118::-3# IL *'I1' T'- -LTI:- 971'IL 2:- :-N-2,-3 T7 T'-
*7:,3.
DA. The left is set abla0e by the force of might and smells. It e"udes the odor throughout
the grades# and from the glow of this fire it emanates the 1eminine principle called
moon. This bla0ing I? 17L?I3-:-3 T7 +- dar(ness# because it e"tends from
dar(ness. 2nd these two sides# T'- :I.'T 2L3 T'- ,-FT# produce these two
grades# one male and one 1emale# +-128?- B-?73# *'I1' I? 7L!#
-92L2T-3 F:79 T'- :8,- 7F T'- 8I;/. 7F Z-I: 2L>IL.
DA. T'- :!7ININ! >:IL1I>,- -92L2T-? F:79 T'- L!:. 17,89L 7F
Z-I: 2L>IL.
4. The night# 9aster of all -arth# is the feminine principle. ?he emanated from the left
side# from that dar(ness.
Night and Light
The -nglish words for night seem to have been shaped by negating the light. In 'ebrew the contrast
had been symboli0ed by subtracting two letters# which have been used to represent vowels&
%ud 4j6 - Bodh
,a# 4w6# or placeholder for G7GHG8G vowel $see mater lectionis%.
#ight )* su)tracting two letters from +ight (, -a*)
The -nglish words for night *'ebrew& kara+ seem to have been shaped by negating the light
4'ebrew& #ayikra+. In 'ebrew the contrast had been symboli0ed by subtracting two vowels %ud
4j6
A
and ,a# 4w6
CR
from the light $day% 4#ayikra+ to form the word for the night *kara+ <he called
$(ara% night=. The light had been delivered by two sources# symboli0ed by ,a# and %udI
4D. The 9usaf# *'I1' I? B-?73 7F Z-I: 2L>IL# contains the secret of the
supernal point# *'I1' I? 2:I1' 2L>IL
C
# and the secret of the 1entral 1olumn#
*'I1' I? TIF-:-T 7F Z-I: 2L>IL
CC
T'2T :-17L1I,-? all sides.
+ecause of this# two letters were added to B-?73# *'I1' 2:- ,, 2L3 %)5# IL
T'- >':2?-& G2L3 -,7'I9 12,,-3 $'-+. ,%I98% T'- LI;/. 5%G
$+-:-?'--T &E%# IL *'I1' T'- ,-TT-: ,, 2,,83-? T7 T'- ,I.'T 7F
1'2??23I9 T'2T IT :-1-IN-3 F:79 T'- 3!N.8L 36L)7N 2L3 T'-
%)5 T7 T'- ,I.'T 7F 1'71'92' T'2T IT :-1-IN-3 F:79 8I3/
NAIN.
IL T'- -92L2TI7L 7L T'- F-9ILIL- >:IL1I>,-# *'I1' I? night# these two
letters were missing. ?o 7F '-: IT I? *:ITT-L kara# without the ,a# and %ud. 7F
T'- 32B# *'I1' I? B-?73# it is written #ayikra.
'e subtracted# IL T'- F-9ILIL- >:IL1I>,-# T'- ,-TT-:? ,a# and %ud from
#ayikra# and so it is written 7F '-: only Ghe called $kara% night.G
'ere lies the secret of the name with the 7C letters that are inscribed in the supernal
crown - :-F-::IL. T7 T'- ?-1:-T 7F T'- ,-TT-:? N2N 2L3 B83.
A %ud 4j6 - Bodh
CR ,a# 4w6# or placeholder for G7GHG8G vowel $see mater lectionis%
C <ikipediaI rich npin or rikh npin $2ramaic& meaning G,ong FaceH-"tended 1ountenanceG
$also implying GThe Infinitely >atient 7neG#46 called 7acroprosopus in the Oabbala 3enudata% is an aspect of
3ivine emanation in Oabbalah# identified with the sephirah attribute of Oeter# the 3ivine *ill.
CC <ikipediaI ZeJir npin $2ramaic& meaning G,esser 1ountenanceH?mall FaceG# called 7icroprosopus
in the Oabbala 3enudata% is a revealed aspect of .od in Oabbalah# comprising the emotional sephirot attributes&
1hesed# .evurah# Tiphereth# Let0ach# 'od and Besod.
!ternity, 7atrimony, La$
The particle ./t0 as a set of all letters from ' to T
7ne of the basic principles is the particle <!t= $the% as a set combining the complete alphabet#
represented by the initial letter leph and the terminal letter .a#.
. The particle -t $the% is created by combining the letters leph and .a## which are
the first and last letters of the alphabet. Thus# -t includes all the letters from beginning
to end.
The letter Hei
3hanging li1e to animal
The addition of /ei changes life $chai% to animal $chayah%&
CMD. T'- ?IS >-:98T2TI7L? 7F B83 '-I N2N consist of eighteen letters of the
si" directions 1'-?-3# .N8:2'# TIF-:-T# L-TZ21'# '73 2L3 B-?73#
included in the :ighteous# the life $'eb. 3haiWM% of the worlds# *'7 I? B-?73 7F
Z-I: 2L>IL.
Together with /ei# 92,1'8T# it becomes 3hayah $lit. !animal!%. The mystery of this
is 'ei# such as the ar( of Loah# 92,1'8T# in which every (ind was gathered two and
two# and seven and seven of the animals for offering. Two and two are four# seven and
seven are fourteen# 2L3 T7.-T'-: they are eighteen $'eb. chai%. The ar( itself is
'ei# +-IL. 92,1'8TJ thus# the *7:3 1hayah is completed.
:orming the $ord tah >you)
2dding a letter 'ei to words symboli0es a union between objects. 2dding a letter /ei to the
complete alphabet $leph-0.a#% symboli0es tah $a singular <you=
CD
%.
. 2fterwards# the letter /ei was added to !t# so all the letters would be united with
/ei.
This formed the word tah $you%# which consists of the letters leph-.a#-/ei. Thus#
the verse reads& G2nd you do preserve them allG $Lechemyah A&F%. !t is the secret of
2donai and is so called.
.he matrimonial link
In section CF the matrimonial lin( between male and female is e"plained by adding a letter /ei to
a word&
CF. *hence do we (now thisX From the words# GIf a girl $na!arah% is a virginG 3evarim
CC&CD%# Gna!arahG is written without a letter /ei $i.e.# na!ar%. *hat is the reason for thisX
CD -rnst 9Iller specifies for this section a singular version for <you=
It is because she has not been lin(ed to a male. 2nd wherever male and female are
separate# the letter /ei cannot be found. N8/ I? T'-:-F7:- ?>-,,-3
*IT'78T T'- '-I# and T'- '-I ascends# while T'- L8ON2 stays *IT' T'-
,-TT-: 5alet# *'I1' 2,,83-? T7 >7N-:TB.
?ometimes the 'ebrew letter /ei directly seemed to have been copied from 'ebrew to the .erman
language# especially in </eirat= $.erman& <marriage=% and !he= $.erman& <matrimony=%. The
correlation between the vowel /ei and <e$ig= $.erman for <eternal=% and <eeu$ig= $3utch for
<eternal=% seems to be obvious&
;w $<custom# tradition# law=% has been derived from >roto-.ermanic *aiw# *aiwaz
$<law=%# from >roto-Indo--uropean *oiw- $<custom# tradition# law=%. 1ognate with 7ld
?a"on o# 7l Frisian ewa, we, , # 7ld .erman wa, ha, a, $.erman -he
Matrimony%.
The 'ebrew letter /ei may have been applied to define <heaven= $<the s(y=% as a symbolic lin(
between the sun $I% and the moon $8%.
The modern -nglish word heaven $<s(y=% is derived from the earlier $9iddle -nglish%
heven $attested EA%J this in turn was developed from the previous 7ld -nglish form
heofon. In many languages# the word for GheavenG is the same as the word for Gs(yG.
YU--H/I-'-H/I , Heaven
The following section e"plains the Tetragrammaton %ud-/ei-,a#-/ei as <'eaven= - the
matrimonial union of male and 1emale# which cannot be divorced.
R. The term Gthe hea#ensG alludes to the union of the male and female# and it is
forbidden to separate them# +8T :2T'-: 179+IL- T'-9# F7: T'-B 2:- T'-
?-1:-T 7F T'- N7I1- 2L3 T'- 8TT-:2L1---%)5-/!I-,,-/!I-56NI#
*'I1' 2:- 8LIT-3 ILT7 7L-.
. 'eaven is %ud-/ei-,a#-/ei# which is superior T7 T'- L29- 237L2I# F7:
Z-I: 2L>IL# 12,,-3 GT'- '-2N-L?G 2L3 2,?7 12,,-3 GN7I1-G# I? T'-
?-1:-T 7F T'- L29- 7F %)5-/!I-,,-/!I.
2L3 'I? F-9ILIL- >:IL1I>,-# 12,,-3 !-T! 2L3 !?>--1'#! I? T'- ?-1:-T
7F T'- L29- 237L2I.
1oth Heis as width and length in YU--H/I-'-H/I
CRF. This is T'- ?-1:-T 7F the two 'eis IL T'- L29- B83-'-I-N2N-'-IJ T'-
FI:?T '-I 2,,83-? T7 *I3T' 2L3 T'- ,7*-: '-I T7 ,-L.T'# 2?
-S>,2IL-3 -,?-*'-:-.
.he letter leph K )nity
The letter 2leph as a beginning of all beginnings represents unity.
DM. The 'oly 7ne# blessed be 'e# said# 2,->'# 2,->'# even though the world is
created with the letter +et# you shall be the first $lit. !head!% of all the letters. 9y
attachments shall be e"pressed only by you and all calculations and actions of the
people shall commence with you. Therefore# all unity shall be e"pressed by the letter
2lephY
.he pronouns I 2 %ou
I 2'ni3 - formed )* the letters 'leph-#un-Yud
AE. 2s it is written# G2s I was in e"ileG $Beche0(el &%. T'I? 9-2L? that a certain
grade# which is called I $2ni# which is formed by the letters 2leph# Lun# and Bud%#
*'I1' I? 92,1'8T# was in e"ile.
You 2'tah3 - formed )* the letters 'leph-Tav-Hei
2dding a letter /ei to the complete alphabet $leph-0.a#% symboli0es tah $a singular <you=
C4
%.
Using the vowel Chiri4 instead of 5atach (6a6)
The vowel >atach $HaH% seems to be avoided in vowel symbolism&
F7. 3o not say 2mi $my people% 2ta $Bou are%# but rather Imi $with me% 2ta $Bou are%.
3o not say mi ta# *IT' T'- N7*-, A.3/# but rather Imi ta# *IT' T'-
N7*-, 3/I8I9# *'I1' 9-2L?# !be my partner.!
C4 -rnst 9Iller specifies for this section a singular version for <you=
3reation
The first two da*s
F. 2lthough 7L T'- ?-17L3 32B# the upper and lower waters were divided# the
dispute +-T*--L T'- :I.'T 2L3 T'- ,-FT# *'I1' 2:- T'- ,-TT-:?
2,->'-,29-3 2L3 '-I-B83-9-9# did not cease until the third day# *'I1' I?
TIF-:-T. T'- T'I:3 32B settled the dispute +-T*--L T'- :I.'T 2L3 T'-
,-FT# 2? T'- .<6 36L)7NS--2,->'-,29-3 2L3 '-I-B83-9-9Z
-L1,7T'-3 -21' 7T'-:# and both were established properly in their places.
+ecause of this dispute# even though the world e"ists upon it# it is not written& Git was
goodG about the second day# because the wor( was not yet completed 7L T'2T 32B.
.he third day
FC. 2lthough the separation 7F T'- ,7*-: *2T-:? F:79 T'- 8>>-: *2T-:?
occurred on the second day# the dispute +-T*--L -,# *'I1' I? T'- :I.'T# 2L3
'-I-B83-9-9# *'I1' I? T'- ,-FT# was unresolved. 7L,B the third day
reconciled between them. +oth became one 2L3 )7IL-3 T'-9 ILT7 T'- 7L-
L29- -,7'I9. T'- T'I:3 32B# *'I1' I? Z-I: 2L>IL# I? the name# upon
which is engraved 'ei-Nav-'ei# to ma(e the upper waters# +IL2'# eTual to the lower
waters# 92,1'8T.
HH
+-128?- T'- ,-TT-:? /!I-,,-/!I 2:- T'- ?-1:-T 7F T'- T*7 '-I?
*IT' N2N +-T*--L T'-9& the upper 'ei I? +IL2'# and the lower 'ei I?
92,1'8T.
The Nav in between I? Z-I: 2L>IL 2L3 it completes 2L3 I,,89IL2T-? both
sides# 2+7N- IL +IL2' 2L3 +-,7* IL 92,1'8T.
This was signified by T'- ?>,ITTIL. 7F the waters of the Barden $the )ordan :iver%#
where the upper waters rose in a heap 2L3 3I3 L7T 3-?1-L3 ILT7 T'- 3-23
?-2.
T'I? I? T'- ?-1:-T 7F T'- 8>>-: '-I 7F T'- L29- B83-'-I-N2N-'-I#
L29-,B +IL2'. 7L T'- 7T'-: '2L3# the lower waters--*'I1' 2:- T'-
?-1:-T 7F T'- ,7*-: '-I# 92,1'8T--flowed down into the 3-23 ?ea--
*'I1' I? T'- ?-1:-T 7F T'- ,7*-: '-I# 92,1'8T. 2nd Bisrael# T'-
?-1:-T 7F T'- ,-TT-: N2N# went in the middle +-T*--L T'- 8>>-:
*2T-:? 2L3 T'- ,7*-: *2T-:? 7F T'- B2:3-L. T'8? BI?:2-,# T'-
?-1:-T 7F T'- N2N 7F B83'-I- N2N-'-I# :-1-IN-3 T'- 2+8L32L1-
F:79 T'- 8>>-: '-I 2L3 +-?T7*-3 IT 8>7L T'- ,7*-: '-I.
7etals
direction -lement Nowel 1olumn ?firah 9etal
Lorth Fire ?huru( $8%
- moon
,eft column .vurah gold
-ast 2ir 1hriri( $I%
- sun
1entral column Tiferet silver
?outh *ater 1holam $7% :ight column 1hesed brass
*est -arth - - 9alchut iron
DE. These four -,-9-LT? - FI:-# 2I:# *2T-: 2L3 -2:T'-correspond to the four
directions of the world# +-128?- T'- :-,2TI7L +-T*--L T'-9 I? T'2T 7F
2L 78T-: T7 T'- ILL-:.
T'-:-F7:-# T'-B are situated in these four - north# south# east and west - which are
the four directions of the world# and the four -,-9-LT? abide in them. Fire I? to the
north side# *'I1' 2:- T'- N7*-, S/)8)9# T'- L!:. 17,89L 2L3 T'-
?FI:2' 7F ;,)8/.
ir is to the east side# *'I1' I? T'- N7*-, 3/I8I9# T'- 3!N.8L
17,89L 2L3 T'- ?FI:2' 7F .I:!8!..
<ater is to the south side# *'I1' I? T'- N7*-, 3/6L7# T'- 8I;/.
17,89L 2L3 T'- ?FI:2' 7F 3/!S!5.
!arth is to the $est# *'I1' I? T'- ?FI:2' 7F 7L3/). T'2T :-1-IN-?
T'- T':--# FI:-# 2I: 2L3 *2T-:.
2nd these four -,-9-LT? - FI:-# 2I:# *2T-: -2:T' @ are connected to the four
3I:-1TI7L? - L7:T'# ?78T'# -2?T# 2L3 *-?T. 2nd they are all one# -S1->T
T'-B 2:- *:2>>-3 7L- *IT'IL T'- 2L7T'-: 2? 78T-: 2L3 ILL-:.
2nd these FI:-# 2I:# *2T-:# -2:T' produce four metals# L29-,B +B 9-2L?
7F 8LI7L *IT' 92,1'8T# which are gold# silver# brass and iron.
3olors
*e are told that there are three colors in the eye - $hite# red and green - which are li(e
the three colors of Zeir 2npin. The pupil of the eye is black# the mirror that does not
illuminate. :abbi ?himon says that the secret of seeing the three concealed lights is to
close your eyes and turn them inwardly toward 3holam, Shuruk and 3hirik - the three
places that receive love# power and beauty.
*hen the eye is closed it sees the higher colors as did 9oses# but when it is open it sees only
the lower colors.
Contents
Intro......................................................................................................................................................
?hort overview......................................................................................................................................C
Nowels I# 7 and 8.................................................................................................................................D
The first vowel is Bud $I%.................................................................................................................D
I78..................................................................................................................................................D
The central pillar emanating the foundation $Besod% of the world.................................................D
Intonations.......................................................................................................................................4
The vowel 1holam as a crown on all vowels Bud-'ei-Nav-'ei ....................................................4
The vowel hierarchy in the Torah.........................................................................................................E
The letter Bud @ representing A vowels............................................................................................E
Line Nowels in the Torah.................................................................................................................E
Ten ?firot.........................................................................................................................................F
7C Lames.........................................................................................................................................F
Female 8 [ 9ale I...............................................................................................................................7
2 female 9oon uniting with a male ?un.........................................................................................7
Light and ,ight.....................................................................................................................................M
Light by subtracting two letters from ,ight $W 3ay%.......................................................................M
-ternity# 9atrimony# ,aw.....................................................................................................................A
The particle <-t= as a set of all letters from 2 to T..........................................................................A
The letter 'ei...................................................................................................................................A
1hanging life to animal...............................................................................................................A
Forming the word 2tah $you%......................................................................................................A
The matrimonial lin(...................................................................................................................A
B83-'-I-N2N-'-I W 'eaven .....................................................................................................R
+oth 'eis as width and length in B83-'-I-N2N-'-I.................................................................R
The letter 2leph W 8nity.....................................................................................................................
The pronouns I [ Bou........................................................................................................................
I 42ni6 - formed by the letters 2leph-Lun-Bud.............................................................................
Bou 42tah6 - formed by the letters 2leph-Tav-'ei........................................................................
8sing the vowel 1hiri( instead of >atach $HaH%..............................................................................
1reation..............................................................................................................................................C
The first two days..........................................................................................................................C
The third day.............................................................................................................................C
'N'...............................................................................................................................................C
9etals.................................................................................................................................................D
1olors.................................................................................................................................................D