# Megalleh Amukkot on Parashat VaEtchanan: Glossary This unified glossary consolidates the terminology, names, operative Hebrew forms, and rabbinic abbreviations used in the complete translation. Recurrent entries are merged; chapter ranges identify where each sense or mechanism is used. ## Transliteration and Naming Conventions - Core sefirotic forms: Ḥokhmah, Binah, Daʿat, Ḥesed, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzah, Hod, Yesod, and Malkhut. - Other recurrent technical forms: Shekhinah, sefirah/sefirot, kelippah/kelippot, sitra aḥra, gematria, notarikon, tzeruf, gilgul, ibbur, partzuf/partzufim, and merkavah. - The written Tetragrammaton is YHWH in textual or kabbalistic analysis and the LORD in translated biblical quotations. `השם` is HaShem; `הקב״ה` is the Holy One, blessed be He. ## Alphabetical Glossary ```text ┌──────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────┐ │ Term / name / abbreviation │ Hebrew, Aramaic, or operative form │ Definition and use │ Chapter ranges │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ 96 │ — │ Chs. 98–107: ⁧עבדך⁩ = ⁧אל אדני⁩; Temple windows and Asiyah forces. │ 98–107 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ 1,024 │ — │ Chs. 98–107: Four species, altar area 32 × 32, and ⁧את גדלך ואת ידך החזקה⁩. │ 98–107 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ 2,100 │ — │ Chs. 98–107: Plant-governing angels encoded by ⁧ארץ⁩ and, incompletely, by ⁧קבה⁩. │ 98–107 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ 600,000 │ — │ Chs. 242–249: A recurring mystical collective: the number of Israelite souls, │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ Torah letters, conduits, windows, sparks, or inclusions. The source sometimes │ │ │ │ │ obtains it through multiplication or by reading ⁧א⁩ as ⁧אלף⁩, one thousand. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Aaron │ ⁧אהרן⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Moses’ brother; co-recipient of the decree after the waters of │ 1–14, 29–42 │ │ │ │ Meribah. Chs. 29–42: Moses’s elder brother and recipient of the priesthood; │ │ │ │ │ identified through reincarnation with Samuel in Chapter 33. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ AB / SaG / MaH (⁧ע״ב⁩ / ⁧ס״ג⁩ / │ ⁧מ״ה⁩ / ⁧ס״ג⁩ / ⁧ע״ב⁩ │ Chs. 219–233: YHWH fillings totaling 45, 63, and 72; together with BN they total │ 219–233, 234–241 │ │ ⁧מ״ה⁩) │ │ 232 and contain thirty-nine letters. Chs. 234–241: Conventional names for │ │ │ │ │ configurations of the Divine Name whose numerical values are 72, 63, and 45. In │ │ │ │ │ Chapter 235 their sum, 180, structures the argument about the three worlds and │ │ │ │ │ the patriarchal lifespans. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ AB, SaG, MaH, BaN │ ⁧ע״ב⁩, ⁧ס״ג⁩, ⁧מ״ה⁩, ⁧ב״ן⁩ │ Chs. 29–42: The standard values 72, 63, 45, and 52 of four fillings of YHWH. Chs. │ 29–42, 43–61, 87–97, │ │ │ │ 43–61: Four standard fillings of YHWH, identified by their values 72, 63, 45, and │ 141–149, 167–179, │ │ │ │ 52. Chapters 55–56 count the letters in successive expansions. Chs. 87–97: The │ 197–207, 208–218 │ │ │ │ four principal filled spellings of YHWH, with values 72, 63, 45, and 52, │ │ │ │ │ correlated with Atzilut, Beriah, Yetzirah, and Asiyah. Chs. 141–149: Four │ │ │ │ │ fillings of YHWH, conventionally valued at 72, 63, 45, and 52. Chapters 144, 148, │ │ │ │ │ and 149 analyze their fillings, squares, and distribution through the four │ │ │ │ │ worlds. Chs. 167–179: The four principal filled forms of YHWH, valued at 72, 63, │ │ │ │ │ 45, and 52. In Chapter 179, ⁧ס״ג⁩ instead denotes the sixty-third triplet of the │ │ │ │ │ seventy-two-fold Name; the note distinguishes the uses. Chs. 197–207: Four filled │ │ │ │ │ spellings of YHWH with values 72, 63, 45, and 52, assigned to Atzilut, Beriah, │ │ │ │ │ Yetzirah, and Asiyah. Chs. 208–218: Fillings of YHWH conventionally valued at 72, │ │ │ │ │ 63, 45, and 52. This range especially analyzes SAG in Beriah, its filling of 37, │ │ │ │ │ and MAH in the twenty-eight-letter second filling. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Abaye / Nahmani (⁧אביי⁩ / │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Babylonian Amora and orphan who restricts Agrat’s power. │ 189–196 │ │ ⁧נחמני⁩) │ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Abba │ ⁧אבא⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: “Father”; the partzuf associated with Ḥokhmah. Chapter 20 pairs Abba │ 15–28, 167–179 │ │ │ │ and Imma with the Name YH and with the intended supernal character of the Temple. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 167–179: “Father,” a supernal partzuf associated here with Rabbenu Tam’s │ │ │ │ │ tefillin and the line of Ḥesed. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Abba, Imma, Zeʿir, Nukva │ — │ Chs. 129–140: Four partzufim—Father, Mother, the Small Countenance, and the │ 129–140 │ │ │ │ Female—associated in Chapter 135 with Lebanon and the four holy Names. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Abel │ ⁧הבל⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Abel; Chapter 11 treats Moses as a later gilgul of Abel and makes │ 1–14, 197–207 │ │ │ │ letter-play from the Hebrew name. Chs. 197–207: Biblical Abel, treated as an │ │ │ │ │ earlier incarnation of Moses. The same consonants mean “vapor,” enabling the │ │ │ │ │ Chapter 198 wordplay. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Abijah son of Jeroboam │ — │ Chs. 250–252: Identified in Chapter 252 with a holy spark and Messiah son of │ 250–252 │ │ (⁧אביהו בן ירבעם⁩) │ │ Joseph. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Abraham │ ⁧אברהם⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: First Patriarch; associated with Ḥesed, “Your greatness,” and the │ 1–14, 117–128 │ │ │ │ first of the three vavs. Chs. 117–128: Embodiment of Ḥesed; one of the │ │ │ │ │ self-taught figures and part of the Job/Terah gilgul argument. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Achan │ — │ Chs. 234–241: The Israelite who took banned spoil from Jericho (Joshua 7). │ 234–241 │ │ │ │ Chapter 240 attributes to him four earlier trespasses as well and connects his │ │ │ │ │ mantle with the kelippot of Babylonia and Esau. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Adam the first man │ ⁧אדם הראשון⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: His book contains the generations shown to Moses; his tree-sin is │ 1–14, 43–61 │ │ │ │ linked to Moses by the Masorah in Chapter 2. Chs. 43–61: His sin introduced │ │ │ │ │ death; Moses seeks to repair his soul and is told that Adam is the “master” on │ │ │ │ │ whose account he must die. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Adar / Elul │ — │ Chs. 234–241: Hebrew months treated in Chapter 237 as the two annual periods of │ 234–241 │ │ │ │ concentrated academy study. Adar is associated with Purim and favorable reversal; │ │ │ │ │ Elul with repentance and the supernal court. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Adonai │ ⁧אדני⁩ / ⁧אדנ״י⁩; ⁧אדני⁩; ⁧אדנ״י⁩; Adonai │ Chs. 15–28: A Divine Name associated with the Shekhinah and Malkhut. Chapter 18 │ 15–28, 29–42, 62–73, │ │ │ │ distinguishes it from YHWH vocalized with the pointing of Elohim. Chs. 29–42: │ 74–86, 87–97, │ │ │ │ Adonai. Its value is 65; Chapters 29, 37, 39, and 42 treat it as a kabbalistic │ 98–107, 117–128, │ │ │ │ configuration rather than merely a spoken title. Chs. 62–73: Divine Name │ 129–140, 141–149, │ │ │ │ associated here with Malkhut. Retained as Adonai when its letters or value are │ 150–166, 167–179, │ │ │ │ operative. Chs. 74–86: Divine Name associated in these chapters with the Oral │ 180–188, 189–196, │ │ │ │ Torah, Malkhut, the final letter ⁧ה⁩, and the moon. It is retained in Hebrew when │ 197–207, 208–218, │ │ │ │ its spelling or gematria is operative. Chs. 87–97: The Divine Name associated in │ 219–233, 234–241, │ │ │ │ these chapters with the Shekhinah and Malkhut. Retained as Adonai when the Name │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ itself is being analyzed. Chs. 98–107: Divine Name whose four simple letters │ │ │ │ │ govern the four seasons and whose filled form supplies twelve letters for the │ │ │ │ │ months; associated with Asiyah and judgment. Chs. 117–128: Adonai when the Divine │ │ │ │ │ Name is discussed. Chapter 128 reconstructs its letters from ⁧נ״א⁩ and ⁧י״ד⁩. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 129–140: Divine Name with the standard value 65. In this range it is associated │ │ │ │ │ with the Shekhinah, the final ⁧ה⁩, the “hall” (⁧היכל⁩), and two and a half YHWHs. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 141–149: The Divine Name associated with Malkhut and the mild attribute of │ │ │ │ │ judgment. In biblical quotations it is rendered according to context; its Hebrew │ │ │ │ │ form is retained when its letters or value are operative. Chs. 150–166: Divine │ │ │ │ │ Name associated here with Malkhut and used at the opening of Moses’ prayer before │ │ │ │ │ YHWH vocalized with the pointing of Elohim. Chs. 167–179: The Divine Name │ │ │ │ │ associated in Chapter 172 with the arm tefillin and treated as a sheath or palace │ │ │ │ │ for YHWH. Chs. 180–188: Divine Name associated here with Shekhinah, earth, │ │ │ │ │ conversion, and the sixty-five surplus Torah letters. Chs. 189–196: Adonai, value │ │ │ │ │ 65, when the Divine Name itself is discussed. Chs. 197–207: Divine Name with the │ │ │ │ │ value 65, associated in this range with the Shekhinah, Malkhut, the final ⁧ה⁩ of │ │ │ │ │ YHWH, the land, softened judgment, and the fourth leg of the merkavah. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 208–218: The Divine Name associated with Malkhut and Asiyah. Chapters 208–210 │ │ │ │ │ analyze its twenty-four permutations, ninety-six constituent letters, and │ │ │ │ │ division into masculine ⁧א״י⁩ and feminine ⁧ד״ן⁩. Chs. 219–233: Divine Name │ │ │ │ │ associated with the lower unification, Malkhut, and the Tree of Knowledge. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 234–241: The Divine Name spelled ⁧אדני⁩. Chapter 239 joins its numerical value with │ │ │ │ │ YHWH to produce the value of amen. Chs. 242–249: The Divine Name associated with │ │ │ │ │ the Shekhinah and Malkhut. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Af │ ⁧אף⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: “Wrath”; a destructive power paired with Hemah. │ 15–28 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Afafimiyah-El (⁧עפפימיהאל⁩) │ — │ Chs. 87–97: The opaque name of the prince assigned to the eagle’s face. │ 87–97 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Agrat bat Mahalat (⁧אגרת⁩ / │ ⁧אגרת בת מחלת⁩ │ Chs. 189–196: Nocturnal female harmful being opposed by Rabbi Ḥanina ben Dosa and │ 189–196, 219–233 │ │ ⁧איגרת בת מחלת⁩) │ │ Abaye. Chs. 219–233: Female demonic figure associated with Lilith and the │ │ │ │ │ kelippot of Ishmael in Chapter 221. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Agrisyon (⁧אגריסיון⁩) │ — │ Chs. 87–97: The name given to a death-power governing ages thirteen through │ 87–97 │ │ │ │ twenty in Chapter 90. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Ahavah Rabbah │ ⁧אהבה רבה⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: Blessing before the morning Shema; Chapter 62 extracts ⁧בי״ב⁩ from its │ 62–73, 150–166 │ │ │ │ closing formula. Chs. 150–166: Morning liturgical blessing; Chapter 150 assigns │ │ │ │ │ it to Beriah in a three-world meditation on ⁧המרחם⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Aher / Elisha ben Avuyah │ ⁧אחר⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: “The Other,” the name used for Elisha ben Abuyah in the account of │ 15–28, 208–218 │ │ │ │ his error concerning Metatron. Chs. 208–218: The sage who became a heretic after │ │ │ │ │ entering the Pardes. Chapter 217 links his two errors with Metatron’s sitting and │ │ │ │ │ Rabbi Hutzpit’s discarded tongue. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ahorayim (⁧אחוריים⁩) │ — │ Chs. 29–42: “backs” or the rearward configuration; mediated governance contrasted │ 29–42 │ │ │ │ with face-to-face governance. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ AIQ BKR │ ⁧אי״ק בכ״ר⁩; ⁧אי״ק⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: An extended gematria system in which final letters may take hundreds │ 1–14, 62–73, 87–97, │ │ │ │ values; Chapter 12 assigns final nun the value 700. Chs. 62–73: A numerical │ 98–107, 242–249 │ │ │ │ system in which final letters can take enlarged values. Chapter 65 uses a final ⁧ם⁩ │ │ │ │ │ valued at 600 so that ⁧שחקים⁩ totals 1,018. Chs. 87–97: A numerical substitution │ │ │ │ │ system in which final or “large” letter values may be used. Chs. 98–107: A │ │ │ │ │ numerical substitution system in which final letters may take hundreds-values; │ │ │ │ │ Chapter 107 counts final ⁧ץ⁩ as 900. Chs. 242–249: A decimal gematria system in │ │ │ │ │ which letters are grouped by units, tens, and hundreds; invoked when final mem is │ │ │ │ │ treated as 600 in the Abraham calculation. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Akatriel │ ⁧אכתריאל⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: The third of the three Princes of the Presence in Chapter 14, │ 1–14, 208–218 │ │ │ │ associated there with Beriah and with the ending ⁧אֵל⁩ (El). Chs. 208–218: A │ │ │ │ │ supernal angelic Name associated with Beriah. Chapter 218 reads ⁧נ״א⁩ as ⁧נער⁩ │ │ │ │ │ ⁧אכתריאל⁩, “the youth, Akatriel.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Akhzariel (⁧אכזריאל⁩) │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Angel ordered to seal the windows of heaven against Moses’s final │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ prayer. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ al daʿat rabbim │ ⁧על דעת רבים⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: “On the understanding or intention of the many.” Chapter 15 invokes │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ the rule that a vow undertaken on this basis has no release. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ALBaM │ ⁧אלב״ם⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: Substitution alphabet pairing the first and second halves of the │ 62–73, 189–196, │ │ │ │ Hebrew alphabet. Chapter 62 characterizes it as “ascending and not descending” │ 208–218, 242–249 │ │ │ │ and uses it to transform ⁧שמש⁩ into ⁧יב״י⁩. Chs. 189–196: Substitution system or │ │ │ │ │ alphabetic configuration used in Chapter 196 for the throne and the creation of │ │ │ │ │ the world. Chs. 208–218: A Hebrew substitution pairing the first eleven letters │ │ │ │ │ with the second eleven (⁧א⁩↔⁧ל⁩, ⁧ב⁩↔⁧מ⁩, and so forth). In Chapter 213, ⁧כסא⁩ becomes ⁧תדל⁩. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 242–249: A Hebrew substitution cipher that pairs letters according to the │ │ │ │ │ ALBaM alphabetic scheme. Chapter 244 uses it in the transformation of ⁧כסא⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ alef, large / small │ ⁧א רבתי⁩ / ⁧א זעירא⁩ │ Chs. 150–166: Scribal and mystical forms of ⁧א⁩. Chapters 159–164 analyze its size │ 150–166 │ │ │ │ and its component shapes ⁧יו״י⁩, ⁧יו״ד⁩, or ⁧יו״ן⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Aleinu le-Shabbeaḥ (⁧עלינו⁩ │ — │ Chs. 129–140: Liturgical declaration attributed here to Joshua; Chapter 133 links │ 129–140 │ │ ⁧לשבח⁩) │ │ its first section to the Forty-Two-Letter Name and its later section to Achan. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Amalek │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Adversarial nation whose eradication is tied to the completeness of │ 117–128, 129–140 │ │ │ │ the Divine Name and throne. Chs. 129–140: Israel’s archetypal enemy. Chapter 140 │ │ │ │ │ connects ⁧עמלק⁩ with ⁧כלב⁩ (“dog”), the outer back side, and the Name Ban. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Amen (⁧אָמֵן⁩) │ — │ Chs. 234–241: Liturgical affirmation. Its gematria, 91, equals YHWH (26) plus │ 234–241 │ │ │ │ Adonai (65), and therefore signifies their union in Chapter 239. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Amidah │ — │ Chs. 234–241: The central standing prayer. Chapter 239 maps its first three, │ 234–241 │ │ │ │ thirteen middle, and final three blessings onto gates, Temple structures, and the │ │ │ │ │ phrases of Psalm 100. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Amon │ — │ Chs. 197–207: Word from Proverbs 8:30 interpreted in Chapter 202 through four │ 197–207, 242–249 │ │ │ │ levels: tutor, hidden, concealed, and “great amon,” corresponding to the Torah’s │ │ │ │ │ four garments. Chs. 242–249: A traditional play on ⁧אמון⁩ in Proverbs 8:30: │ │ │ │ │ “artisan” or “nursling.” The source gives the series “Amon the pedagogue,” “Amon │ │ │ │ │ concealed,” “Amon covered,” and “Amon the great.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Amon of No (⁧אמן מנא⁩) │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Great celestial prince of Egypt, holding the Isaac ram and Joseph │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ goat as accusations. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ amora / amoraim │ ⁧אמורא⁩ / ⁧אמוראים⁩ │ Chs. 219–233: Sage(s) of the Talmudic era; Chapter 223 discusses Rabbi Joshua ben │ 219–233 │ │ │ │ Levi’s classification and the titles Rav/Rabbi. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ amoraim │ — │ Chs. 74–86: Rabbinic sages of the period after the Mishnah, associated especially │ 74–86 │ │ │ │ with the Gemara. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Amram │ — │ Chs. 197–207: Moses’ father. Chapter 199 discusses his marriage to his aunt │ 197–207 │ │ │ │ within the author’s theory of Moses’ inability to enter the Land. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Amtziyah (⁧אמציה⁩) │ — │ Chs. 87–97: The opaque name of the prince assigned to the ox’s face in Chapter │ 87–97 │ │ │ │ 93. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Ana be-Khoah │ — │ Chs. 141–149: A liturgical hymn formed from the Forty-Two-Letter Name and invoked │ 141–149 │ │ │ │ in Chapter 145. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Angel of Death │ ⁧מלאך המות⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: Personified power of death. Several chapters compare its numerical │ 62–73 │ │ │ │ value with phrases in Moses’s prayer. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Ḥanina │ — │ Chs. 250–252: A name of Messiah evoked through Moses’ ⁧ואתחנן⁩ in Chapter 252. │ 250–252 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Anpial (⁧ענפיאל⁩) │ — │ Chs. 208–218: The angel named in Chapter 217 as striking Metatron with sixty │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ fiery lashes; ⁧ראם⁩ is said to equal his name. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ anpin be-anpin (⁧אנפין⁩ │ — │ Chs. 29–42: face to face; a configuration of direct union, especially of the │ 29–42 │ │ ⁧באנפין⁩) │ │ cherubim. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Antoninus │ — │ Chs. 242–249: The Roman ruler paired in rabbinic tradition with Rabbi Judah the │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ Patriarch; Chapter 246 uses their relationship in its account of the Oral Torah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Arad │ ⁧ערד⁩ │ Chs. 219–233: Canaanite royal/cultic power in “the Canaanite, king of Arad,” │ 219–233 │ │ │ │ linked to Joshua’s command. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Aravot │ ⁧ערבות⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: The seventh firmament; encoded by ⁧ר״ב⁩ and by the permutation of │ 98–107 │ │ │ │ ⁧תעבור⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Aravot, Makhon, Maʿon, │ — │ Chs. 197–207: Seven firmaments as ordered and named by the source, each assigned │ 197–207 │ │ Zevul, Shehakim, Raqia, │ │ a distinct throne. │ │ │ Shamayim │ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ARGAMAN (⁧ארגמ״ן⁩) │ — │ Chs. 167–179: A five-letter angelic mnemonic: Orpaniel as covering, with Raphael, │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ Gabriel, Michael, and Nuriel as four partitions. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Arikh / Arikh Anpin │ ⁧אריך⁩; ⁧אריך אנפין⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: “Long [Countenance]”; paired with Zeʿir in Chapter 27’s │ 15–28, 62–73, │ │ │ │ interpretation of ⁧א״ז⁩. Chs. 62–73: “Long Face,” a supernal partzuf. Chapter 73 │ 98–107, 167–179, │ │ │ │ associates it with the ⁧ש⁩ of the tefillin and the seven tikkunim. Chs. 98–107: The │ 189–196, 242–249 │ │ │ │ “Long Countenance,” associated with Keter and the three upper attributes. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 167–179: Arikh Anpin, the “Long Face”; associated with thirteen rectifications, │ │ │ │ │ the white head, and Shimmusha Rabba. Chs. 189–196: “Long Countenance,” the │ │ │ │ │ supernal partzuf associated with Keter, longevity, and long-suffering in Chapter │ │ │ │ │ 190. Chs. 242–249: The “Long Face,” the extended divine partzuf associated here │ │ │ │ │ with the crown of the yod and with one of the three supernal heads. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Arikh / Zeʿir │ ⁧אריך⁩ / ⁧זעיר⁩ │ Chs. 150–166: “Long” and “small”; configurations used in Chapter 156’s account of │ 150–166 │ │ │ │ nine tikkunim of each. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Ḥaron Af │ ⁧חרון אף⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: “Fierce Anger”; the tenth kelippah that Moses must subdue after │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ death. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ‘Arvei Pesaḥim │ — │ Chs. 29–42: The final chapter of tractate Pesaḥim. │ 29–42 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Asarah Ma’amarot │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Kabbalistic work by Menaḥem Azariah of Fano; Ma’amar Hiqqur Din is │ 43–61, 197–207 │ │ │ │ cited regarding Metatron. Chs. 197–207: Kabbalistic work cited concerning Moses’ │ │ │ │ │ years in Cush, David’s life from the patriarchs, and the duration of David’s │ │ │ │ │ leprosy. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ḥashmal │ ⁧חשמל⁩; Ḥashmal │ Chs. 108–116: Ezekielian/heavenly term used in the “habitations of Ḥashmal” │ 108–116, 167–179, │ │ │ │ opened for Moses’ prayer. Retained as a proper technical term rather than reduced │ 189–196, 219–233 │ │ │ │ to “electricity.” Chs. 167–179: An Ezekielian/mystical entity or radiance; │ │ │ │ │ Chapter 174 gives it the value 378, equal to malbush and avnei yeqarah. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 189–196: Angelic or visionary configuration through which prayer first ascends; │ │ │ │ │ Chapter 196 describes it as comprising fire and hail. Chs. 219–233: Esoteric │ │ │ │ │ luminous/angelic term paired with Orpaniel at the end of Chapter 231. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Ashmedai │ — │ Chs. 74–86: The king of demons in the Solomon narrative cited from Gittin 68a. │ 74–86 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Asiyah │ ⁧עשייה⁩; ⁧עולם העשייה⁩; Asiyah; ⁧עשיה⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: The World of Action; associated here with Ezra, Sandalfon, and │ 15–28, 43–61, 87–97, │ │ │ │ Elijah. Chs. 43–61: The world of Action, the lowest of the four worlds; │ 98–107, 108–116, │ │ │ │ associated in Chapter 54 with Sandalfon and the Name El Adonai. Chs. 87–97: │ 150–166, 189–196, │ │ │ │ “Action,” the fourth of the four worlds. Chs. 98–107: The World of Action; │ 219–233, 242–249, │ │ │ │ governed here by ⁧אל אדני⁩ = 96 and associated with Sandalfon. Chs. 108–116: World │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ of Action; assigned to Sandalfon/Elijah and, in Chapter 109, to YHWH. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 150–166: The World of Action, lowest of the four worlds; assigned the 151 filling │ │ │ │ │ of Ehyeh in Chapter 150 and the 295 filling of Elohim in Chapter 152. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 189–196: The world of Action, associated in Chapter 191 with the Name El Adonai. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 219–233: World of Action; associated with descent, destruction, and the Name │ │ │ │ │ BN. Chs. 242–249: The World of Action, the lowest of the four worlds. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 250–252: The “World of Action,” lowest of the four worlds; in Chapter 250 it is │ │ │ │ │ associated with nefesh, Sandalfon, the Canaanite slave, and the evening prayer. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Askara (⁧אסכרה⁩) │ — │ Chs. 87–97: A lethal force/disease, traditionally associated with choking or │ 87–97 │ │ │ │ croup; in Chapter 90, a power governing childhood death. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ATBaSH │ ⁧אתב״ש⁩; ⁧את ב״ש⁩; ATBaSH │ Chs. 62–73: Reversal substitution pairing ⁧א⁩ with ⁧ת⁩, ⁧ב⁩ with ⁧ש⁩, and so on. Chapter │ 62–73, 74–86, 87–97, │ │ │ │ 62 calls it “ascending and descending”; Chapters 62 and 69 use its transformed │ 98–107, 108–116, │ │ │ │ letter strings. Chs. 74–86: A substitution cipher pairing the first Hebrew letter │ 150–166, 167–179, │ │ │ │ with the last, the second with the next-to-last, and so on. Chs. 87–97: A │ 180–188, 189–196, │ │ │ │ substitution cipher pairing the first Hebrew letter with the last, the second │ 197–207 │ │ │ │ with the penultimate, and so forth. Chs. 98–107: Alphabetic substitution pairing │ │ │ │ │ first with last letters; transforms ⁧נ״א⁩ into ⁧ט״ת⁩ in Chapter 105. Chs. 108–116: │ │ │ │ │ Substitution cipher pairing the first Hebrew letter with the last, the second │ │ │ │ │ with the penultimate, and so on. Chs. 150–166: Letter-substitution cipher pairing │ │ │ │ │ the Hebrew alphabet’s first and last letters; Chapter 156 transforms ⁧נ״א⁩ to ⁧ט״ת⁩. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 167–179: A Hebrew substitution cipher pairing the first letter with the │ │ │ │ │ last, the second with the penultimate, and so forth. Chs. 180–188: Hebrew │ │ │ │ │ substitution pairing first/last, second/penultimate letters, and so on. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 189–196: Substitution alphabet pairing the first Hebrew letter with the last, the │ │ │ │ │ second with the penultimate, and so forth. Chapter 191 pairs ⁧ה״ץ⁩ with ⁧ו״ף⁩. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 197–207: Substitution of the first Hebrew letter for the last, the second for the │ │ │ │ │ penultimate, and so on. Chapter 198 transforms ⁧לחת⁩ into ⁧כסא⁩ by ATBaSH. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Atmon, Sagron, Pisqin │ — │ Chs. 167–179: Three opaque names of Metatron whose initials form ⁧אס״ף⁩. │ 167–179 │ │ (⁧אטמון⁩, ⁧סגרון⁩, ⁧פסקין⁩) │ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ atvan ravrevin (⁧אתוון⁩ │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Aramaic: “large letters.” │ 29–42 │ │ ⁧רברבין⁩) │ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ atvan zeʿirin (⁧אתוון זעירין⁩) │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Aramaic: “small letters.” │ 29–42 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Atzilut │ ⁧אצילות⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: The World of Emanation; Chapter 27 associates it with the divine │ 15–28, 87–97, │ │ │ │ greatness displayed through Moses’ ten-cubit stature. Chs. 87–97: “Emanation,” │ 150–166, 219–233, │ │ │ │ the highest of the four worlds in the scheme used in Chapter 95. Chs. 150–166: │ 242–249, 250–252 │ │ │ │ The World of Emanation, highest of the four worlds; assigned a 161 filling of │ │ │ │ │ Ehyeh. Chs. 219–233: World of Emanation, first of the four worlds receiving the │ │ │ │ │ four YHWH fillings. Chs. 242–249: The World of Emanation, the highest of the four │ │ │ │ │ worlds. Chs. 250–252: The “World of Emanation,” counted above Beriah, Yetzirah, │ │ │ │ │ and Asiyah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Atzilut, Beriah, Yetzirah, │ — │ Chs. 117–128: The four worlds of Emanation, Creation, Formation, and Action. │ 117–128, 129–140, │ │ Asiyah │ │ Chapter 124 contrasts sustenance from all four worlds with sustenance from Asiyah │ 141–149, 197–207, │ │ │ │ alone. Chs. 129–140: The four worlds of Emanation, Creation, Formation, and │ 208–218, 234–241, │ │ │ │ Action. Chapter 140 derives “lion” from four Names Ban distributed through these │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ worlds. Chs. 141–149: The four worlds of Emanation, Creation, Formation, and │ │ │ │ │ Action. Chapters 142 and 149 distribute celestial names and YHWH-fillings among │ │ │ │ │ them. Chs. 197–207: The four worlds of Emanation, Creation, Formation, and │ │ │ │ │ Action. Chs. 208–218: The four worlds of Emanation, Creation, Formation, and │ │ │ │ │ Action. The range distributes YHWH-permutations, tribes, diagonal boundaries, │ │ │ │ │ limits, Names, angels, and modes of governance among them. Chs. 234–241: │ │ │ │ │ Emanation, Creation, Formation, and Action, the four kabbalistic worlds. Chapter │ │ │ │ │ 234 aligns them with the four letters of YHWH. Chs. 242–249: Atzilut, Beriah, │ │ │ │ │ Yetzirah, and Asiyah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Avrakhiel │ ⁧אברכיא״ל⁩ │ Chs. 43–61: Angel appointed over Rosh Ḥodesh Adar in Chapter 44, with twenty-five │ 43–61, 62–73, 74–86, │ │ │ │ subordinate angels. His name suggests ⁧ברכה⁩ (“blessing”) and equals ⁧ירדן⁩ │ 141–149 │ │ │ │ numerically. Chs. 62–73: Angel appointed over Adar in Chapter 63; the name is │ │ │ │ │ numerically linked there to ten YHWHs plus four letters. Chs. 74–86: The angel │ │ │ │ │ assigned in Chapter 75 to the month of Adar; the name is read as ⁧אברך אל⁩, “I │ │ │ │ │ shall bless God.” Chs. 141–149: The angel said in Sodei Razayya to be appointed │ │ │ │ │ over the New Moon of Adar, accompanied by twenty-six ministering angels. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Ḥayyah (⁧חיה⁩) │ — │ Chs. 167–179: The soul degree associated with Wisdom and the additional Sabbath │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ soul. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Aza and Azael (⁧עזא⁩ / ⁧עזאל⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Adverse angelic figures named in Chapter 47 as sources connected with │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ the human-serpent configuration of the southeastern corner. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Baal Peor / Beth Peor │ ⁧בעל פעור⁩ / ⁧בית פעור⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: The idolatrous power and its place opposite Moses’ grave. The author │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ activates ⁧פעור⁩ through the verb “to open wide,” especially the opening of a │ │ │ │ │ destructive mouth. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Balaam son of Beor (⁧בלעם בן⁩ │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Adversarial diviner; associated with severe/mild judgment, the │ 29–42, 43–61, │ │ ⁧בעור⁩) │ │ Aramaean Nogah, 24, 28, 472, 696, and 697. Chs. 43–61: Adversarial diviner; the │ 141–149 │ │ │ │ numerical value of his title is connected to ⁧בע״ת⁩, and his attack is directed │ │ │ │ │ against the three pilgrimage festivals. Chs. 141–149: The hostile seer whom │ │ │ │ │ Chapter 148 connects with the squares or “backs” of the Divine Names through │ │ │ │ │ reversals and gematrias of ⁧בלעם⁩, ⁧בן בעור⁩, ⁧בעור⁩, and ⁧רבוע⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Baladan │ — │ Chs. 129–140: Name subjected in Chapter 140 to dog/lord wordplay. │ 129–140 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Balak (⁧בלק⁩) │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Sends Balaam twenty-eight angelic/divinatory forces in Chapter 41. │ 29–42, 43–61 │ │ │ │ Chs. 43–61: Associated with the letters ⁧ארה⁩, the two serpents, and the value of │ │ │ │ │ ⁧וחזקהו⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ban (ḥerem) │ — │ Chs. 129–140: Property prohibited from use and often destined for destruction; │ 129–140 │ │ │ │ Chapter 133 connects it to Achan and the eradication of idolatry. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ BaN / Name BaN │ ⁧ב״ן⁩ │ Chs. 117–128: The filling of YHWH with the value 52. It is associated with │ 117–128, 129–140, │ │ │ │ Asiyah, Elijah, the dog, Saul, and the four-world lion configuration. Chs. │ 219–233 │ │ │ │ 129–140: A filling of YHWH whose value is 52, associated with Malkhut and Asiyah. │ │ │ │ │ Chapter 140 connects it with Samuel, Saul, David, Solomon, Benjamin, and the │ │ │ │ │ struggle against Amalek. Chs. 219–233: YHWH filled with hehs, totaling 52; also a │ │ │ │ │ fifty-two-letter expansion structure of Elohim. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Baraita │ — │ Chs. 234–241: A tannaitic teaching preserved outside the Mishnah. Chapter 237 │ 234–241 │ │ │ │ places it in the chain from Scripture through Mishnah to Talmud. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Barukh She-Amar │ ⁧ברוך שאמר⁩ │ Chs. 150–166: Opening blessing of the morning psalmody; Chapter 150 assigns it a │ 150–166 │ │ │ │ Yetzirah-level meditation on ⁧מרחם⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Barukh Shem unification │ ⁧ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד⁩ │ Chs. 219–233: Lower unification, ordinarily twenty-four letters; Chapter 227 │ 219–233 │ │ │ │ describes its elevation to twenty-five letters beside the Shema. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ bat ayin (⁧בת עין⁩) │ — │ Chs. 141–149: The pupil of the eye, used as a designation of the Shekhinah in │ 141–149 │ │ │ │ Chapter 143. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Bava ben Buta │ Bava ben Buta │ Chs. 180–188: Sole surviving Sage in Chapter 183’s Herod narrative. │ 180–188 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Bava Metzia / Bava Batra / │ — │ Chs. 234–241: Tractates of the Babylonian Talmud cited in this range. │ 234–241 │ │ Berakhot / Ḥullin / Menaḥot │ │ │ │ │ / Sanhedrin / Yoma │ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Baʿal Ha-Turim │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Torah commentary noted for letter and numerical interpretations. │ 29–42 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Bein ha-Metzarim │ ⁧בין המצרים⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: The “Three Weeks” or straits between the seventeenth of Tammuz and │ 98–107 │ │ │ │ the fast of Av; assigned to Esau’s power in Chapter 107. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ bent ⁧כ⁩ and straight/final ⁧ך⁩ │ — │ Chs. 62–73: Lower and upper unifications in Chapter 73. │ 62–73 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ bent ⁧נ⁩ and straight/final ⁧ן⁩ │ — │ Chs. 62–73: “Faithful one sitting” and “faithful one standing”; also │ 62–73 │ │ │ │ Malkhut/Binah, Shekhinah, Netzah, the Great Jubilee, and the serpent’s residual │ │ │ │ │ force in different arguments. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Beriah │ ⁧בריאה⁩; Beriah │ Chs. 1–14: The kabbalistic world of Creation; Chapter 14 associates it with the │ 1–14, 43–61, 62–73, │ │ │ │ Tree of Life, Akatriel, and a world wholly good. Chs. 43–61: The world of │ 87–97, 98–107, │ │ │ │ Creation; associated in Chapter 54 with El Shaddai. Chs. 62–73: World of │ 108–116, 150–166, │ │ │ │ Creation; the highest of the three lower worlds in Chapter 67’s account of │ 167–179, 189–196, │ │ │ │ Aaron’s death. Chs. 87–97: “Creation,” the second of the four worlds. Chs. │ 219–233, 242–249, │ │ │ │ 98–107: The World of Creation; associated here with El Shaddai and 999 │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ filled-name units. Chs. 108–116: World of Creation; Chapter 109 assigns the │ │ │ │ │ Divine Name El and the Supernal Mother to it. Chs. 150–166: The World of │ │ │ │ │ Creation; assigned a 161 filling of Ehyeh and the yod-filled Elohim totaling 300. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 167–179: The world of Creation, above Yetzirah and associated here with │ │ │ │ │ surrounding light. Chs. 189–196: The world of Creation, associated with the │ │ │ │ │ Throne of Glory. Chs. 219–233: World of Creation, second of the four worlds. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 242–249: The World of Creation, the second of the four worlds. Chs. 250–252: The │ │ │ │ │ “World of Creation”; associated here with neshamah, the supernal Throne, and the │ │ │ │ │ Hebrew maidservant. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ between the straits (bein │ — │ Chs. 197–207: The mourning period leading to the Ninth of Av; Chapter 204 assigns │ 197–207 │ │ ha-metzarim) │ │ special Name-intentions to it. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Bilgah │ ⁧בילגה⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: The Tevet-season window; also the priestly-family name in the Sukkah │ 98–107 │ │ │ │ 56b episode. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Binah │ ⁧בינה⁩; Binah │ Chs. 1–14: “Understanding,” a sefirah associated here with the fifty gates, the │ 1–14, 15–28, 29–42, │ │ │ │ mystery of Mi, and the release of vows. Chs. 15–28: “Understanding.” Associated │ 43–61, 62–73, 74–86, │ │ │ │ with the World to Come, the Jordan, the fifty gates, ⁧מי⁩ = 50, YHWH vocalized with │ 98–107, 108–116, │ │ │ │ the pointing of Elohim, and the arousal of judgment. Chs. 29–42: Understanding, │ 117–128, 150–166, │ │ │ │ the third sefirah. It is associated here with the first ⁧ה⁩ of YHWH, the concealed │ 180–188, 189–196, │ │ │ │ world, and fifty gates. Chs. 43–61: Understanding, the third sefirah; associated │ 234–241, 242–249, │ │ │ │ with letters, fifty gates, Imma, and the pilgrimage festivals. Chs. 62–73: │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ Understanding, the third sefirah. In this range it is linked with the concealed │ │ │ │ │ world, the Throne of Glory, and the holy source from which Nogah derives │ │ │ │ │ sustenance. Chs. 74–86: “Understanding,” the sefirah associated in Chapter 78 │ │ │ │ │ with Ehyeh. Chs. 98–107: Understanding; source of the soul, the fifty gates, the │ │ │ │ │ sukkah, and YHWH vocalized with the pointing of Elohim. Chs. 108–116: │ │ │ │ │ Understanding; associated with the Supernal Mother and the awakening of │ │ │ │ │ judgments. Chs. 117–128: Understanding, the supernal source designated ⁧מ״י⁩. │ │ │ │ │ Chapter 125 associates the first tablets with Netzah and Hod of Binah and │ │ │ │ │ decomposes ⁧בינה⁩ as ⁧בן י״ה⁩. Chs. 150–166: Understanding, a sefirah associated with │ │ │ │ │ Ehyeh, the feminine source, Sarah, repentance, and the fifty gates. Chs. 180–188: │ │ │ │ │ Understanding; its fifty gates and relation to Hezekiah, final redemption, and │ │ │ │ │ YHWH vocalized as Elohim recur here. Chs. 189–196: Understanding; counted in │ │ │ │ │ Chapter 190 as the eighth attribute from below and the source from which │ │ │ │ │ judgments awaken. Chs. 234–241: “Understanding,” the third sefirah, associated │ │ │ │ │ with the upper ⁧ה⁩ of YHWH and the concealed world. Chapter 241 locates Saul’s soul │ │ │ │ │ on its side. Chs. 242–249: Understanding, the third sefirah; in this range also │ │ │ │ │ the first he of YHWH and the World to Come. Chs. 250–252: “Understanding,” the │ │ │ │ │ supernal mother principle and the source of the first ⁧ה⁩ of YHWH. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Bithiah │ Bithiah daughter of Pharaoh │ Chs. 180–188: Convert whom Moses brought near upon entering the world, paired │ 180–188 │ │ │ │ with Reuben in Chapter 187. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ blessing against the │ — │ Chs. 74–86: A benediction of the Amidah instituted at Yavneh when sectarian │ 74–86 │ │ sectarians (Birkat ha-Minim) │ │ groups multiplied. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Boaz and Jachin │ ⁧בועז ויכין⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: The two Temple pillars, identified in Chapter 70 with Netzah and Hod. │ 62–73 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ cantillation marks (⁧טעמים⁩, │ — │ Chs. 43–61: The melodic/syntactic signs of the biblical text. Chapter 53 places │ 43–61 │ │ teʿamim) │ │ them above vowel points and letters. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Chariot of letters │ ⁧רתיכא דאתוון⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: An ordered symbolic structure composed of letters; in Chapter 7 the │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ six letters of ⁧ואתחנן⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Chariot of words │ ⁧רתיכין דתיבין⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: An ordered symbolic structure composed of words; in Chapter 7 the six │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ words of the opening verse. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Chronicle of Moses our │ — │ Chs. 197–207: Narrative cited through Yalkut Shimoni for Moses’ forty-year reign │ 197–207 │ │ Teacher │ │ in Cush. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ City of Destruction │ ⁧עיר ההרס⁩ │ Chs. 219–233: Isaiah 19:18 city interpreted through destruction, sun, and │ 219–233 │ │ │ │ Beth-shemesh in Chapter 219. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ concealed letters (ne‘elam) │ — │ Chs. 197–207: The letters remaining in a full spelling after the base letter is │ 197–207 │ │ │ │ removed. Chapter 199 derives ⁧רות⁩ from the concealed letters of ⁧אדני⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ conduits (⁧צינורות⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Channels through which divine influx descends. Chapter 50 correlates │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ twenty-two conduits with the ordinary Torah letters and twenty-seven with the │ │ │ │ │ full alphabet including ⁧מנצפ״ך⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Congregation of Israel │ ⁧כנסת ישראל⁩ │ Chs. 29–42: The collective, symbolically feminine Israel, compared to a dove. │ 29–42, 150–166 │ │ │ │ Chs. 150–166: Mystical communal/feminine Israel, coordinated with the Shekhinah │ │ │ │ │ in Chapter 156’s discussion of evening prayer. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Congregation of Israel / │ ⁧כנסת ישראל⁩ / ⁧שכינה⁩ │ Chs. 219–233: Feminine divine/community presence, linked to the lower unification │ 219–233 │ │ Shekhinah │ │ and the falling sukkah of David. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Craftsman and smith (⁧הֶחָרָשׁ⁩ │ — │ Chs. 234–241: Elite exiles taken with Jeconiah. Chapter 237 interprets their │ 234–241 │ │ ⁧וְהַמַּסְגֵּר⁩) │ │ earlier exile as providential protection of the Oral Torah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ crowns (⁧תגין⁩, tagin) │ ⁧תגין⁩; crowns │ Chs. 43–61: Ornamental strokes above certain Torah letters; interpreted as “the │ 43–61, 180–188 │ │ │ │ top of the summit,” above the cantillation marks. Chs. 180–188: │ │ │ │ │ Decorative/scribal crowns on Hebrew letters. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ cup of blessing │ — │ Chs. 197–207: Cup over which Grace after Meals is recited, identified with the │ 197–207 │ │ │ │ Shekhinah and the fourth leg of the merkavah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ David (⁧דוד⁩) │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Malkhut and the fourth leg of the Chariot; designated to bless over │ 29–42, 117–128 │ │ │ │ the cup in the future. Chs. 117–128: Sees slanderers and asks that the Shekhinah │ │ │ │ │ remain above rather than become fixed in a terrestrial Temple. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ David / Bathsheba │ — │ Chs. 197–207: David is the fourth leg of the merkavah; Bathsheba is connected to │ 197–207 │ │ │ │ that leg, David’s sin, repentance, and his seventy-year lifespan. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Daʿat │ ⁧דעת⁩; Daʿat │ Chs. 15–28: “Knowledge.” A kabbalistic degree associated especially with Moses │ 15–28, 29–42, 74–86, │ │ │ │ and activated through the biblical verbs “know” and “knew.” Chs. 29–42: │ 87–97, 150–166, │ │ │ │ Knowledge; Moses’s rung in Chapter 31, placed above the three patriarchal rungs. │ 180–188 │ │ │ │ Chs. 74–86: “Knowledge,” the mediating grade that joins Ḥokhmah and Binah. │ │ │ │ │ Chapter 78 identifies it as Moses’ grade. Chs. 87–97: “Knowledge,” a sefirah or │ │ │ │ │ unifying faculty; Chapter 89 associates it with the menorah-union. Chs. 150–166: │ │ │ │ │ Knowledge; Moses’ superior degree and locus of union in Chapter 156. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 180–188: Knowledge; ⁧הדעת⁩ has the value 479 and is Moses’ power to erect the │ │ │ │ │ Tabernacle in Chapter 184. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Daʿat, Keter, Ḥokhmah, │ — │ Chs. 208–218: Sefirotic grades used throughout the range. Binah is the supernal │ 208–218 │ │ Binah, Ḥesed, Gevurah, │ │ Mother and world of the Throne; Malkhut is associated with Adonai, the Shekhinah, │ │ │ Malkhut │ │ and Jericho. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ defective / plene spelling │ ⁧חסר⁩ / ⁧מלא⁩ │ Chs. 74–86: A Hebrew word written with or without a vowel letter such as ⁧ו⁩ or ⁧י⁩. │ 74–86, 129–140, │ │ │ │ Several calculations depend upon the exact spelling. Chs. 129–140: Writing with │ 141–149, 150–166, │ │ │ │ or without vowel letters such as ⁧ו⁩ or ⁧י⁩; several arguments depend on the precise │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ form. Chs. 141–149: Writing with or without a vowel letter. Chapter 144 depends │ │ │ │ │ on the defective form ⁧בראשיכם⁩, while Chapter 148 uses defectively written ⁧את⁩ │ │ │ │ │ ⁧אחרי⁩. Chs. 150–166: Orthography without or with a mater lectionis. Chapter 150 │ │ │ │ │ contrasts ⁧ויתרו⁩ and ⁧ויתורו⁩. Chs. 167–179: A word written with or without a vowel │ │ │ │ │ letter such as ⁧ו⁩; Chapter 178 contrasts plene ⁧סוּלָּם⁩ with defective ⁧סֻלָּם⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Defective spelling │ ⁧חסר⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: A traditional spelling that omits a mater lectionis, here especially │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ ⁧ו⁩. The omission itself becomes exegetically significant. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ degree / rank / rung (⁧דרגא⁩ / │ ⁧דרגא⁩ / ⁧מדרגה⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: A spiritual or ontological level. “Degree” is the default rendering; │ 15–28, 29–42 │ │ ⁧מדרגה⁩) │ │ “from degree to degree” preserves the source’s ascent formula. Chs. 29–42: A │ │ │ │ │ spiritual degree, level, or configuration. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Derash │ ⁧דרש⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Interpretive or homiletical exposition beyond the plain sense. Chs. │ 1–14, 15–28 │ │ │ │ 15–28: Homiletical interpretation that develops implications from wording, │ │ │ │ │ spelling, juxtaposition, or traditional association. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Din (⁧דין⁩) │ ⁧דין⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Judgment; middat din is the attribute of judgment. Chs. 29–42: │ 1–14, 29–42, 87–97, │ │ │ │ Judgment. ⁧דינא תקיפא⁩ is “severe judgment.” Chs. 87–97: Judgment or rigor. Kept as │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ a technical term where paired with Ḥesed and Raḥamim or Emet. Chs. 167–179: │ │ │ │ │ Judgment or rigor; the leftward attribute and source of the Name of forty-two. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ dina de-malkhuta dina │ ⁧דינא דמלכותא דינא⁩; source: ⁧דינא דמלכות⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: “The law of the kingdom is law.” Chapter 18 also activates ⁧דינא⁩ as │ 15–28 │ │ │ ⁧דינא⁩ │ “judgment” and ⁧מלכות⁩ as Malkhut. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ direct light │ ⁧אור ישר⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: Light in direct order. Chapter 63 contrasts it with reflected light, │ 62–73 │ │ │ │ although the source anomalously describes both directions as “from below to │ │ │ │ │ above.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ direct light / returning │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Descending and reflected modes of light; Chapter 123 sees two forms │ 117–128, 197–207, │ │ light │ │ of ⁧י⁩ in the conduit shaped like ⁧כ⁩. Chs. 197–207: Outgoing and reflected │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ directions of emanation. They are used to read the two sides of the tablets and │ │ │ │ │ to reconcile variant durations of David’s leprosy. Chs. 208–218: Forward and │ │ │ │ │ reversed modes of emanation; Chapter 210 correlates them with direct and reversed │ │ │ │ │ sequences of the patriarchs. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ diyeqa / precisely (⁧דייקא⁩) │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Marks an exact word, letter, or grammatical form as exegetically │ 29–42 │ │ │ │ decisive. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ do not read … but … (⁧אל תקרי⁩ │ — │ Chs. 29–42: A rabbinic rereading that preserves consonants while changing │ 29–42 │ │ … ⁧אלא⁩ …) │ │ vocalization or segmentation. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Ehyeh │ ⁧אהיה⁩; Ehyeh │ Chs. 1–14: “I shall be,” a Divine Name with the value 21. Chapters 11–12 analyze │ 1–14, 74–86, 87–97, │ │ │ │ its letters and connect its value with the remaining twenty-one faces of Torah. │ 98–107, 129–140, │ │ │ │ Chs. 1–14: “I shall be”; value 21 | Encodes the remaining twenty-one faces of │ 150–166, 167–179, │ │ │ │ Torah and the closed inner gate in Chapter 12. Chs. 74–86: The Divine Name “I │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ Am,” associated here with Binah and the gevurot. Its standard numerical value is │ │ │ │ │ 21. Chs. 87–97: “I Am”; a Divine Name. Chapter 95 discusses its filled spellings │ │ │ │ │ with values 161, 143, and 151. Chs. 98–107: Divine Name obtained by reversing │ │ │ │ │ ⁧ההיא⁩; associated with Sukkot and Hoshana Rabbah. Chs. 129–140: Divine Name with │ │ │ │ │ the value 21. Chapter 135 includes it among the four Names of the “field of holy │ │ │ │ │ apples.” Chs. 150–166: Divine Name (“I shall be”) associated especially with │ │ │ │ │ Binah and Gevurah. Four fillings total 161, 161, 143, and 151. Chs. 167–179: “I │ │ │ │ │ Am”; associated with the head tefillin and permuted from ⁧בָּעֵת הַהִיא⁩ in Chapters 169 │ │ │ │ │ and 172. Chs. 242–249: “I Shall Be,” the Divine Name in Exodus 3:14. Retained as │ │ │ │ │ Ehyeh when treated as a Name or letter pattern. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Eighteen Benedictions / │ — │ Chs. 74–86: The central standing prayer. Chapter 81 discusses its seventeen-, │ 74–86 │ │ Amidah │ │ eighteen-, and nineteen-blessing stages. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Eitan / month of Eitanim │ ⁧איתן⁩ / ⁧ירח האיתנים⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: “Firm/enduring”; a biblical name for Tishrei and also the │ 98–107 │ │ │ │ designation of the fiftieth path or gate. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Eitan gate/path (⁧שער איתן⁩ / │ — │ Chs. 43–61: The concealed fiftieth gate of Binah in Chapter 50, linked to “the │ 43–61 │ │ ⁧נתיב איתן⁩) │ │ path no bird of prey knows” (Job 28:7) and to ⁧לאיתנו⁩ in Exodus 14:27. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ El │ ⁧אל⁩; ⁧א״ל⁩; El │ Chs. 1–14: A Divine designation. Chapter 7 associates it with the first of the │ 1–14, 15–28, 29–42, │ │ │ │ Thirteen Attributes; Chapter 3 uses it within ⁧מי־אל⁩. Chs. 15–28: A Divine │ 87–97, 108–116, │ │ │ │ designation. The work uses the cited teaching that Jacob was called El; the │ 167–179, 180–188, │ │ │ │ numerical value 31 also connects ⁧אל⁩ with the thirty-one Canaanite kings. Chs. │ 197–207 │ │ │ │ 29–42: El, a Divine Name with the value 31. Retained especially in constructions │ │ │ │ │ such as ⁧חסד אל⁩ and ⁧אל אדני⁩. Chs. 87–97: A Divine name/form. Retained as El where │ │ │ │ │ its letters or value (31) are under analysis; otherwise translated within │ │ │ │ │ biblical quotations as appropriate. Chs. 108–116: Divine Name with numerical │ │ │ │ │ value 31; Chapter 109 assigns it to Beriah and Ḥesed. Chs. 167–179: A Divine │ │ │ │ │ name/form. Retained when its spelling or value is operative, including El written │ │ │ │ │ in full as ⁧אל״ף למ״ד⁩. Chs. 180–188: Divine Name valued at 31; Chapter 188 │ │ │ │ │ develops its compassionate and judging sides. Chs. 197–207: Divine Name with the │ │ │ │ │ value 31, associated with Ḥesed. In translated biblical quotations it is normally │ │ │ │ │ rendered “God,” while the Hebrew is retained in letter analysis. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ El Adonai │ ⁧אל אדני⁩; ⁧א״ל אדנ״י⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: Name-combination with value 96, governing Asiyah and corresponding │ 98–107, 189–196, │ │ │ │ to Temple windows and forces. Chs. 189–196: El (31) plus Adonai (65), totaling │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ 96: the courts together with the Shekhinah and the Temple’s windows. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 208–218: A conjunction of Names totaling 96, correlated with Asiyah and the │ │ │ │ │ ninety-six letters in the twenty-four permutations of Adonai. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ El Shaddai │ ⁧אל שדי⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: Name-combination with value 345, equal to Moses; its filled letters │ 98–107, 167–179 │ │ │ │ total 999 in Chapter 100. Chs. 167–179: A Divine Name whose value, 345, equals │ │ │ │ │ Moses; associated in Chapter 167 with the world of Beriah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ El YHWH │ ⁧אל יהוה⁩ / ⁧אל הוי״ה⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: Name-combination with value 57, governing Yetzirah. │ 98–107 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Elijah │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Subdues Satan but is prevented from removing him entirely; linked │ 43–61, 197–207, │ │ │ │ through gilgul to Nadab and Abihu. Chs. 197–207: Prophet whose name equals ⁧ב״ן⁩, │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ “son,” used to explain Israel’s status as children. Chs. 250–252: Prophet │ │ │ │ │ associated with Sandalfon and the numerical value of ⁧כלב⁩ (“dog”); one of the two │ │ │ │ │ Sabbath “saviors.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Elijah / Elisha │ — │ Chs. 208–218: Prophets central to Chapters 214–217. Elijah’s Carmel miracle │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ sanctifies the Divine Name; Elisha’s acts are interpreted through Names, lights, │ │ │ │ │ Naaman, Habakkuk, and Gehazi. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Elijah / Phinehas (⁧אליהו⁩ / │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Linked with Nadab and Abihu, the Name Ban, Asiyah, and fourfold │ 117–128 │ │ ⁧פנחס⁩) │ │ numerical constructions. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Eloah │ ⁧אלוה⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: Divine Name analyzed in Chapter 62 as the soul’s garment or │ 62–73 │ │ │ │ “rabbinical robe.” Its letters are distributed among Ḥesed, Tiferet, and Malkhut. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Elohim │ ⁧אלהים⁩ / ⁧אלקים⁩; God; ⁧אלהים⁩; ⁧אלהים⁩ / │ Chs. 1–14: The spelling ⁧אלקים⁩ is a reverential substitution in Hebrew print; │ 1–14, 15–28, 29–42, │ │ │ ⁧אלוהים⁩; God / Elohim │ translated “God” unless its letters are being analyzed. Chs. 15–28: Usually │ 62–73, 74–86, 87–97, │ │ │ │ “God.” In ⁧הוי״ה בנקודת אלהים⁩, it denotes the vocalic pointing associated with │ 108–116, 117–128, │ │ │ │ Elohim. Chs. 29–42: God in ordinary discourse; Elohim where spelling, filling, or │ 141–149, 150–166, │ │ │ │ gematria is at issue. Its standard value is 86. Chs. 62–73: “God”; retained as │ 167–179, 180–188, │ │ │ │ Elohim when the Divine Name and its numerical value (86) are operative. Chs. │ 189–196, 197–207, │ │ │ │ 74–86: The Divine Name associated with Judgment. It is rendered “God” in ordinary │ 208–218, 219–233, │ │ │ │ biblical quotations and retained as “Elohim” in Name-analysis. Chs. 87–97: “God.” │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ Retained as Elohim when its numerical value or its combination with YHWH is under │ │ │ │ │ analysis. Chs. 108–116: “God” in ordinary quotation; “Elohim” when the spelling │ │ │ │ │ or Divine Name is numerically operative. Chs. 117–128: God ordinarily; Elohim │ │ │ │ │ when the Divine Name itself is analyzed, as in Chapter 120. Chs. 141–149: The │ │ │ │ │ Divine Name associated here with Gevurah, Binah, and harsh judgment. “YHWH │ │ │ │ │ pointed with the vowels of Elohim” is treated as a distinct Name configuration. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 150–166: Divine Name associated with judgment. Chapters 151–152 divide its │ │ │ │ │ letters and analyze three fillings across Beriah, Yetzirah, and Asiyah. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 167–179: Rendered “God” in ordinary discourse and biblical quotation; retained as │ │ │ │ │ Elohim when its progressive value, vocalization, or relationship to YHWH is │ │ │ │ │ analyzed. Chs. 180–188: “God” in ordinary quotation; Elohim when the Name, its │ │ │ │ │ vowels, or its 120 permutations are operative. Chs. 189–196: God ordinarily; │ │ │ │ │ Elohim when the Name and its value 86 are analyzed. Chs. 197–207: Divine Name │ │ │ │ │ with the value 86, generally associated here with judgment. Chapter 201 derives │ │ │ │ │ ⁧משה⁩ by multiplying paired letters within ⁧אלהים⁩. Chs. 208–218: The Divine Name │ │ │ │ │ associated with judgment. Chapter 213 counts thirty-two occurrences in the │ │ │ │ │ Creation account and thirty-seven through Va-Yekhullu. Chs. 219–233: Divine Name │ │ │ │ │ analyzed through judgment and a fifty-two-letter expansion; rendered “God” when │ │ │ │ │ not under textual analysis. Chs. 242–249: Retained as Elohim when the spelling or │ │ │ │ │ vocalization of the Divine Name is the object of analysis; otherwise translated │ │ │ │ │ “God.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Emet (⁧אמת⁩) │ — │ Chs. 87–97: Truth; also the “seal” of the Holy One, blessed be He, and an │ 87–97 │ │ │ │ attribute of Din in Chapter 96. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ encircling lights / │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Surrounding spiritual attainments. Chapter 125 correlates seven │ 117–128 │ │ encirclements (⁧מקיפין⁩ / │ │ encirclements with seven seas, seven voices, and seven degrees. │ │ │ ⁧הקפים⁩) │ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ End of Hagahah │ ⁧עד כאן הג״ה⁩ │ Chs. 219–233: Explicit boundary after the Chapter 228 Hagahah; not present after │ 219–233 │ │ │ │ Chapter 227. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Enoch son of Jared (⁧חנוך בן⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Identified with Metatron and with one ⁧קרן⁩; his name is hidden │ 117–128 │ │ ⁧ירד⁩) │ │ within ⁧חביון⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ eruv │ — │ Chs. 129–140: A rabbinic legal mechanism joining domains or preparations for │ 129–140 │ │ │ │ Sabbath purposes; Chapter 129 also reads ⁧עירוב⁩ as a mystical joining of Ḥesed and │ │ │ │ │ Gevurah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ eruv tavshilin │ — │ Chs. 129–140: A cooked-food eruv permitting preparation from a festival for the │ 129–140 │ │ │ │ Sabbath. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ eruv teḥumin │ — │ Chs. 129–140: An eruv extending or fixing a person’s permitted Sabbath travel │ 129–140 │ │ │ │ limit. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ eruv ḥatzerot │ — │ Chs. 129–140: An eruv joining residents’ courtyards for Sabbath carrying. │ 129–140 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Esau / Edom (⁧עשו⁩ / ⁧אדום⁩) │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Kelippah of the left side; symbolized by the raven. │ 29–42 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Ḥesed / Gedullah (⁧חסד⁩ / │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Lovingkindness or Greatness, the right side; linked with Abraham, │ 189–196 │ │ ⁧גדולה⁩) │ │ El, and the Name of seventy-two. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Ḥesed / Gevurah │ — │ Chs. 129–140: Lovingkindness and Might/Judgment, the right and left sides │ 129–140, 197–207 │ │ │ │ repeatedly joined or contrasted in the range. Chs. 197–207: Lovingkindness and │ │ │ │ │ Might/Judgment, frequently the right and left sides. “Your greatness” and “Your │ │ │ │ │ mighty hand” are repeatedly mapped onto this pair. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Ḥesed / ḥasadim │ ⁧חסד⁩; Ḥesed; ⁧חסד⁩ / ⁧חסדים⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Lovingkindness or mercy; associated with “Your greatness” and Abraham. │ 1–14, 29–42, 43–61, │ │ │ │ Chs. 29–42: Lovingkindness; the right side and, in Chapter 39, the value 72 │ 62–73, 74–86, 87–97, │ │ │ │ represented by three sets of twenty-four. Lowercase is used for the quality; │ 98–107, 108–116, │ │ │ │ capitalization is avoided unless required by a title. Chs. 43–61: Lovingkindness │ 117–128, 150–166, │ │ │ │ and the right side. Its value is 72 and is central to Chapters 52, 58, and 59. │ 167–179, 180–188, │ │ │ │ Chs. 62–73: Lovingkindness, the fourth sefirah and right side. It is repeatedly │ 219–233, 234–241, │ │ │ │ paired with Gevurah/judgment. Chs. 74–86: Powers or the sefirah of │ 242–249, 250–252 │ │ │ │ lovingkindness; the right-side counterpart of gevurot/Gevurah. Chs. 87–97: │ │ │ │ │ Lovingkindness; singular sefirah and plural outflows or aspects of │ │ │ │ │ lovingkindness. Chs. 98–107: Lovingkindness; associated with Abraham, Nisan, │ │ │ │ │ Passover, and creation in deed. Chs. 108–116: Kindness; the right side and the │ │ │ │ │ attribute associated with Abraham, Aaron, Metatron, and the Name of 72 in │ │ │ │ │ different arguments. Chs. 117–128: Lovingkindness, the right side, and “Your │ │ │ │ │ greatness.” It is linked with the Divine Name El. Chs. 150–166: Lovingkindness or │ │ │ │ │ mercy; associated with the right side, Abraham, and the YHWH fillings. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 167–179: Lovingkindness; the right side and its plural outflows. Chs. 180–188: │ │ │ │ │ Kindness/right side; associated with Abraham, Michael, priests, and the lower │ │ │ │ │ “abundant kindness.” Chs. 219–233: Lovingkindness/mercy, associated with the │ │ │ │ │ right and the rewards of Eden. Chs. 234–241: “Lovingkindness,” the rightward │ │ │ │ │ sefirah and Abraham’s attribute. Chapter 239 associates it with the first │ │ │ │ │ blessing of Grace after Meals and the descent of nourishment. Chs. 242–249: │ │ │ │ │ Lovingkindness, the fourth sefirah, associated especially with Abraham and the │ │ │ │ │ right side. Chs. 250–252: Lovingkindness; associated with Abraham and one of the │ │ │ │ │ three lines. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ever-open eye (⁧עינא פקיחא⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Zoharic image for the supernal eye revealed at the Sabbath afternoon │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ service; said here to have no brows. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Explicit Name │ ⁧שם המפורש⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: Shem ha-Meforash, the Explicit or fully articulated Divine Name. Chs. │ 15–28, 29–42 │ │ │ │ 29–42: the Explicit Name. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ external light (⁧אור חיצון⁩) │ — │ Chs. 167–179: The outermost of the three lights in Chapter 173, there associated │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ with Gevurah and the good Land. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Ezekiel (⁧יחזקאל⁩) │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Prophet said to have changed the ox-face into a cherub, but only │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ temporarily or internally. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Ezra │ ⁧עזרא⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Leader of the Second Temple period who, with the Men of the Great │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ Assembly, prayed against the inclination toward idolatry. The source once reads │ │ │ │ │ ⁧עזרה⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ field of holy apples (⁧חקל⁩ │ — │ Chs. 129–140: A Zoharic designation associated with the Shekhinah and, here, four │ 129–140 │ │ ⁧תפוחין קדישין⁩) │ │ Divine Names totaling ⁧חקל⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ fiftieth gate │ — │ Chs. 197–207: Highest gate of Binah in the chapter’s scheme; Moses links it to │ 197–207 │ │ │ │ authority over vows. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ final letters / sofei tevot │ ⁧ס״ת⁩; ⁧סופי תיבות⁩; final letters │ Chs. 15–28: final letters Chs. 62–73: ⁧סופי תיבות⁩, final letters. Chs. 108–116: │ 15–28, 62–73, │ │ (⁧ס״ת⁩) │ │ Expansion of ⁧סופי תיבות⁩; used, for example, to derive ⁧אמת⁩ from a phrase in │ 98–107, 108–116, │ │ │ │ Creation. Chs. 197–207: The last letters of successive words, used as an acrostic │ 117–128, 197–207 │ │ │ │ or cipher. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ final-letter value │ ⁧אות סופית⁩ │ Chs. 150–166: Expanded gematria in which final ⁧ף⁩ can equal 800; operative in │ 150–166 │ │ │ │ Chapter 155. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Forty-Two-Letter Name │ — │ Chs. 129–140: A Divine Name arranged as seven six-letter segments. Chapter 133 │ 129–140, 141–149, │ │ │ │ links it to the forty-two wilderness journeys, Jericho’s seven circuits, and │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ Aleinu. Chs. 141–149: A Divine Name whose letters are linked in Chapter 145 with │ │ │ │ │ the patriarchs, Moses, Aaron, and the hymn Ana be-Khoah. Chs. 208–218: A Name │ │ │ │ │ associated with Gevurah. Chapter 216 connects it with Elisha’s cursing of │ │ │ │ │ forty-two children. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Foundation Stone (⁧אבן שתיה⁩) │ — │ Chs. 87–97: The stone in the Temple site from which the world was founded, │ 87–97 │ │ │ │ central to Chapter 97. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ four camps of the Shekhinah │ — │ Chs. 141–149: An angelic configuration whose value is equated in Chapter 143 with │ 141–149 │ │ │ │ ⁧תבלי״ן⁩ and whose structure is read in the letters of ⁧שבת⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ four colors / five colors of │ — │ Chs. 197–207: Red, green, white, and blue correspond to four Names and merkavah │ 197–207 │ │ the eye │ │ legs; black makes the fifth color associated with dawn and Binah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ four creatures (⁧ארבע חיות⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Lion, ox, eagle, and human, correlated in Chapter 120 with the four │ 117–128 │ │ ⁧הקודש⁩) │ │ letters of YHWH. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ four exiles / four kingdoms │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Babylon, Media, Greece, and Edom/Rome. Chapter 48 assigns the four │ 43–61 │ │ (⁧ד׳ גליות⁩ / ⁧ד׳ מלכיות⁩) │ │ letters of YHWH respectively to these four exiles. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ four hundred worlds of │ — │ Chs. 141–149: Supernal lights said to issue from four yods and correlated in │ 141–149 │ │ longing │ │ Chapter 144 with the four hundred shekels and the Land’s four-hundred-parasang │ │ │ │ │ dimensions. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ four species │ ⁧ארבעה מינים⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: Etrog, lulav, myrtle, and willow; treated as four legs of the │ 98–107 │ │ │ │ merkavah and assigned the combined value 1,024. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ front / back (panim / ahor) │ ⁧פנים⁩ / ⁧אחור⁩ │ Chs. 197–207: In Chapter 204, merciful inner and judgmental outer aspects of │ 197–207, 219–233 │ │ │ │ YHWH, encoded as ⁧טדה״ד⁩ and ⁧כוז״ו⁩. Chs. 219–233: Right/mercy and left/judgment │ │ │ │ │ orientations of the 231 gates and the divine garment. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Gabriel (⁧גבריאל⁩) │ ⁧גבריאל⁩; Gabriel │ Chs. 43–61: Left side, red eye-color, and might/judgment. Chs. 117–128: │ 43–61, 117–128, │ │ │ │ Left/winter angel associated with myrrh and judgment. Chs. 180–188: Angel who │ 180–188 │ │ │ │ destroys Sennacherib’s camp in Chapters 180–181. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Galante │ — │ Chs. 129–140: A commentator cited in the Chapter 132 Hagahah only by surname and │ 129–140 │ │ │ │ page number. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Galei Razayya │ ⁧גלי רזיא⁩ │ Chs. 150–166: Esoteric work cited in Chapter 153 concerning three drops cast into │ 150–166 │ │ │ │ the supernal brain. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Galgaliel │ ⁧גלגליא״ל⁩ │ Chs. 43–61: Angel appointed over the sun in Chapter 51. His name has value 107 │ 43–61, 62–73, │ │ │ │ and is analyzed through ⁧גלגל⁩ (66), ⁧י⁩ (10), and ⁧אל⁩ (31). Chs. 62–73: Angelic │ 141–149, 197–207 │ │ │ │ prince of the sun in Chapter 62. Chs. 141–149: The prince appointed over the sun; │ │ │ │ │ the initials of five words in Moses’s prayer are said in Chapter 142 to equal his │ │ │ │ │ name. Chs. 197–207: Angel appointed over the sun, said in Chapter 199 to possess │ │ │ │ │ 107 powers. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Galitzur, Zagnazgael, │ — │ Chs. 242–249: The five “princes of the Presence” whose initials are read in │ 242–249 │ │ Raziel, Yofiel, Michael │ │ ⁧גזרי״ם⁩ in Chapter 245. Spellings transliterate the forms printed in this range. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Garden of Eden │ ⁧גן עדן⁩ │ Chs. 219–233: Upper and lower Eden; its entrances, chambers, and Cave of │ 219–233 │ │ │ │ Machpelah route are measured in Chapters 222–223. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Gedullah │ ⁧גדולה⁩; Gedullah │ Chs. 1–14: “Greatness,” a name for Ḥesed in the lower sefirotic structure counted │ 1–14, 43–61, 108–116 │ │ │ │ in Chapter 12. Chs. 43–61: “Greatness,” the right-side quality through which │ │ │ │ │ Moses seeks to oppose the “great accuser” in Chapter 44; closely related to Ḥesed │ │ │ │ │ but retained as the source’s distinct term. Chs. 108–116: “Greatness,” often │ │ │ │ │ functioning as another designation of Ḥesed. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Gehazi │ — │ Chs. 208–218: Elisha’s rejected servant, one of four people denied a share in the │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ World to Come and, in this range, said to have been reincarnated in Aher. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Gehinnom / Gehenna │ ⁧גיהנם⁩; Gehinnom │ Chs. 15–28: The punitive realm. Chapter 21 associates the name with ⁧חנם⁩, “without │ 15–28, 108–116, │ │ │ │ cause/for nothing.” Chs. 108–116: Realm of postmortem judgment; in Chapter 111 │ 197–207, 219–233 │ │ │ │ one of the two roads to the Garden of Eden passes through it. Chs. 197–207: Realm │ │ │ │ │ of postmortem punishment; Chapter 197 associates it with 620 sparks of darkness. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 219–233: Realm of punishment measured opposite Eden in Chapter 223. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ gematria │ ⁧גימטריא⁩; gematria │ Chs. 1–14: Interpretation by the numerical values of Hebrew letters. Chs. 15–28: │ 1–14, 15–28, 29–42, │ │ │ │ Interpretation through the numerical values of Hebrew letters. Chs. 29–42: │ 43–61, 62–73, 74–86, │ │ │ │ Interpretation by the numerical values of Hebrew letters. Claimed equivalences │ 87–97, 98–107, │ │ │ │ are preserved even when the source’s arithmetic is unstable; discrepancies are │ 108–116, 117–128, │ │ │ │ recorded in the notes. Chs. 43–61: Gematria, interpretation through numerical │ 129–140, 141–149, │ │ │ │ letter values. Chs. 62–73: Interpretation by numerical values of letters and │ 150–166, 167–179, │ │ │ │ words. Numerical claims are transmitted, not silently corrected when │ 180–188, 189–196, │ │ │ │ inconsistent. Chs. 87–97: Interpretation through numerical values assigned to │ 197–207, 208–218, │ │ │ │ Hebrew letters and words. Chs. 98–107: Interpretation through numerical values of │ 219–233, 234–241, │ │ │ │ Hebrew letters. Chs. 108–116: Numerical interpretation of Hebrew letters and │ 242–249, 250–252 │ │ │ │ words. Claims that do not work by ordinary values are retained and noted rather │ │ │ │ │ than repaired. Chs. 117–128: Interpretation by numerical letter values. │ │ │ │ │ Unsupported or inconsistent calculations are transmitted rather than repaired. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 129–140: Interpretation through numerical letter values. Chs. 141–149: │ │ │ │ │ Interpretation through the numerical values of letters. Numerical claims are │ │ │ │ │ reported as the source states them; discrepancies are documented in the notes. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 150–166: Numerical interpretation of Hebrew words or phrases. All │ │ │ │ │ source-stated calculations are retained, including anomalous ones. Chs. 167–179: │ │ │ │ │ Exegesis through numerical values of Hebrew letters and words. Chs. 180–188: │ │ │ │ │ Numerical interpretation of Hebrew letters; discrepant claims are preserved and │ │ │ │ │ documented. Chs. 189–196: Interpretation through numerical letter values. │ │ │ │ │ Inconsistent calculations are recorded rather than silently repaired. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 197–207: Interpretation by the numerical values of Hebrew letters. Claims that │ │ │ │ │ require an unstated convention or do not reproduce under standard values are │ │ │ │ │ retained as source claims and documented in the notes. Chs. 208–218: │ │ │ │ │ Interpretation through numerical letter values. Operative spellings are retained, │ │ │ │ │ and unresolved discrepancies are documented in the notes. Chs. 219–233: Hebrew │ │ │ │ │ numerical interpretation, including ordinary, expanded, final-letter, and │ │ │ │ │ inclusive-unit systems. Chs. 234–241: Interpretation based on the numerical │ │ │ │ │ values of Hebrew letters. Numerical arguments in this range include 180, 248, │ │ │ │ │ 252, 515, 524, and 560. Chs. 242–249: Interpretation based on numerical values of │ │ │ │ │ Hebrew letters. The source also uses multiplication, full spelling, and │ │ │ │ │ scale-shifting operations that go beyond simple addition. Chs. 250–252: │ │ │ │ │ Interpretation by numerical values of Hebrew letters or expressions. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Gevurah / gevurot │ ⁧גבורה⁩; Gevurah; ⁧גבורה⁩ / ⁧גבורות⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Might or Severity, the sefirah of strength and judgment. Chs. 29–42: │ 1–14, 29–42, 43–61, │ │ │ │ Might or severity; the left side and the power of judgment. Chs. 43–61: Might or │ 62–73, 74–86, 87–97, │ │ │ │ severity, the left side and the source of judgment. “We heard the Torah from the │ 108–116, 117–128, │ │ │ │ mouth of Gevurah” is applied to Shavuot. Chs. 62–73: Might or judgment, the fifth │ 150–166, 167–179, │ │ │ │ sefirah; left-side counterpart to Ḥesed. Chapter 62 associates it with 216 and │ 180–188, 189–196, │ │ │ │ the lunar side. Chs. 74–86: Powers or the sefirah of might and Judgment; the │ 219–233, 234–241, │ │ │ │ left-side counterpart of ḥasadim/Ḥesed. Chs. 87–97: Might, rigor; singular │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ sefirah and plural powers or aspects of rigor. Chs. 108–116: Might/Judgment; the │ │ │ │ │ left side and the attribute associated with Isaac and the Name of 42. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 117–128: Might or severity, the left side and judgment. The five final letters │ │ │ │ │ ⁧מנצפ״ך⁩ are treated as five Gevurot in Chapter 127. Chs. 150–166: Severity, might, │ │ │ │ │ or judgment; paired with Ḥesed/Ḥasadim and associated with the left side. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 167–179: Might or rigor, the left side of the sefirotic structure. Chs. 180–188: │ │ │ │ │ Might/Judgment/left side; expressed through “the mighty hand.” Chs. 189–196: │ │ │ │ │ Might/severity and powers of judgment. Chs. 219–233: Might, severity, or │ │ │ │ │ judgment; associated with Isaac, the left, and back-facing structures. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 234–241: “Might” or “severity,” both a sefirah and the side of judgment. Chapter │ │ │ │ │ 241 describes it as accusing the Davidic monarchy. Chs. 242–249: Might or │ │ │ │ │ Judgment, the fifth sefirah; also the divine “Might” from whose mouth Israel │ │ │ │ │ heard the first commandments. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Gilead / Yegar sahaduta │ ⁧יגר שהדותא⁩; ⁧גלעד⁩ / ⁧יגר שהדותא⁩ │ Chs. 29–42: Aramaic “heap of witness” (Genesis 31:47); associated with the left │ 29–42, 62–73 │ │ │ │ hand and the numerical value 213. Chs. 62–73: Hebrew and Aramaic names for the │ │ │ │ │ witness-heap in Genesis 31:47. Chapter 66 turns ⁧יג״ר⁩ into 213 and identifies │ │ │ │ │ Gilead typologically with the Temple. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ gilgul │ ⁧גלגול⁩; ⁧גלגול⁩ / ⁧גלגולא⁩; ⁧גילגול⁩; gilgul │ Chs. 1–14: Transmigration or reincarnation of a soul; its numerical value, 72, │ 1–14, 15–28, 43–61, │ │ │ │ equals that of Ḥesed. Chs. 15–28: Reincarnation or transmigration of a soul; │ 62–73, 74–86, 87–97, │ │ │ │ Chapter 25 also links it by wordplay to Gilgal (⁧הגלגל⁩). Chs. 43–61: Reincarnation │ 98–107, 117–128, │ │ │ │ or transmigration. Souls of the righteous are associated with fish in Chapter 52; │ 129–140, 141–149, │ │ │ │ Elijah is said to derive through Nadab and Abihu in Chapter 60. Chs. 62–73: │ 180–188, 189–196, │ │ │ │ Reincarnation. Laban/Balaam and Joseph/Rabbi Ishmael–Simeon/Rabbi Akiva are │ 208–218, 219–233, │ │ │ │ treated as gilgul relationships. Chs. 74–86: Reincarnation or transmigration of a │ 234–241, 250–252 │ │ │ │ soul. The range identifies several later figures as gilgulim of biblical figures. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 87–97: Reincarnation or transmigration of a soul/spark. Chs. 98–107: │ │ │ │ │ Reincarnation or transmigration; Chapter 106 gives the sequence Moses–Seth–Shem. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 117–128: Transmigration or reincarnation of a soul. Chs. 129–140: │ │ │ │ │ Reincarnation or transmigration of a soul. Chapter 136 identifies Abel as Moses’ │ │ │ │ │ first gilgul. Chs. 141–149: Reincarnation or transmigration. Chapter 147 │ │ │ │ │ discusses the danger of a soul being reincarnated among four impure animals. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 180–188: Reincarnational recurrence of souls or generations. Chs. 189–196: │ │ │ │ │ Transmigration or reincarnation of a soul or soul-spark. Chs. 208–218: │ │ │ │ │ Reincarnation or transmigration. Moses is treated as a gilgul of Abel, and Gehazi │ │ │ │ │ as later reincarnated in Aher. Chs. 219–233: Reincarnation; Rabbi Bena‘ah is said │ │ │ │ │ to be a gilgul of Benaiah son of Jehoiada. Chs. 234–241: Transmigration or │ │ │ │ │ reincarnation of a soul. Chapters 235 and 238 discuss Isaac and Moses through │ │ │ │ │ structures of gilgul. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Grace after Meals (Birkat │ — │ Chs. 74–86: The biblical obligation to bless after eating. Chapter 75 assigns its │ 74–86, 197–207 │ │ ha-Mazon) │ │ principal blessings to Moses, Joshua, David, and Solomon. Chs. 197–207: Four │ │ │ │ │ blessings mapped in the Chapter 200 Hagahah to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Great Jubilee │ ⁧יובל הגדול⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: Cosmic culmination after seven sabbatical cycles in Chapter 65, │ 62–73 │ │ │ │ associated there with fifty thousand generations. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Hag / great seal │ ⁧ח״ג⁩ / ⁧חותם גדול⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: Initial-letter reading associated with the four species and the │ 98–107 │ │ │ │ “great seal.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Hagahah (⁧הג״ה⁩) │ ⁧הג״ה⁩; Hagahah │ Chs. 108–116: A labeled gloss or marginal addition. Chapter 111 contains one │ 108–116, 117–128, │ │ │ │ incomplete Hagahah attributed to the young Solomon. Chs. 117–128: An embedded │ 129–140, 167–179, │ │ │ │ gloss. Chapters 122 and 124 attribute these glosses to “Young Solomon.” Chs. │ 180–188, 189–196, │ │ │ │ 129–140: An embedded gloss. This range contains Hagahah units in Chapters 129 and │ 197–207, 219–233, │ │ │ │ 132, both introduced by “Young Solomon said.” Chs. 167–179: An │ 234–241 │ │ │ │ authorial/editorial gloss kept as an independent control unit after the primary │ │ │ │ │ Ofan. Chs. 180–188: Labeled gloss. This range contains one Hagahah each in │ │ │ │ │ Chapters 180, 184, and 186. Chs. 189–196: An embedded gloss. The sole Hagahah in │ │ │ │ │ this range occurs in Chapter 191 and ends at the explicit boundary End of │ │ │ │ │ Hagahah. Chs. 197–207: An embedded gloss, here introduced by “Young Solomon │ │ │ │ │ said.” This range contains Hagahah units after Ofanim 197 and 200; Chapter 200 │ │ │ │ │ alone has an explicit End of Hagahah marker. Chs. 197–207: ⁧הגהה⁩, “Hagahah,” an │ │ │ │ │ embedded gloss. Chs. 219–233: Independent gloss. Two occur in this range, │ │ │ │ │ introduced as statements of “the young Solomon.” Chs. 234–241: An editorial gloss │ │ │ │ │ embedded in the work. This range contains one Hagahah, in Chapter 237, introduced │ │ │ │ │ as the words of “the young Solomon.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Halakhah │ — │ Chs. 234–241: Normative Jewish law or a legal teaching. Chapter 239 derives ⁧הלכ״ה⁩ │ 234–241 │ │ │ │ acrostically from Psalm 100:1 and links it to the “four cubits of halakhah.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Hallel │ — │ Chs. 74–86: Psalms of praise recited liturgically; also used in Chapter 75 as one │ 74–86 │ │ │ │ of the seven rabbinic commandments. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ halls of substitutions │ — │ Chs. 129–140: Seven impure halls corresponding inversely to the seven holy halls. │ 129–140 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ haluqa de-rabbanan │ ⁧חלוקא דרבנן⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: “Rabbinical robe,” a posthumous garment of the soul. Chapter 62 │ 62–73 │ │ │ │ identifies it with ⁧אלוה⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Haman and Zeresh (⁧המן⁩ / ⁧זרש⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Adverse male-female pair in Chapters 44 and 47, aligned respectively │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ with Samael and his female consort; ⁧ז״ה⁩ is read as ⁧ז״רש ה״מן⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ HaShem │ ⁧השם⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: “The Name,” the reverential circumlocution used in authorial │ 15–28, 29–42, 87–97, │ │ │ │ discourse according to the project policy. Chs. 15–28: HaShem / the Name Chs. │ 117–128, 167–179, │ │ │ │ 29–42: HaShem; literally “the Name.” Chs. 87–97: Rendering of ⁧השם⁩, and of │ 189–196, 242–249 │ │ │ │ abbreviated ⁧ה׳⁩ in the author’s non-quotational discourse where the written Divine │ │ │ │ │ Name is not itself being analyzed. Chs. 117–128: HaShem in authorial discourse. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 167–179: Rendering of ⁧השם⁩ and of abbreviated ⁧ה׳⁩ in authorial discourse when │ │ │ │ │ the written Divine Name is not itself under analysis. Chs. 242–249: Used for ⁧השם⁩ │ │ │ │ │ in authorial discourse and for ⁧ה׳⁩ outside quotation or explicit Name analysis. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Hatach (⁧התך⁩) │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Esther’s messenger; his name is treated as a permutation of the │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ protective three-letter Name. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Havdalah │ — │ Chs. 208–218: The ceremony concluding Sabbath, where the eleven nun-initial/final │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ verses are said to nullify sorcery. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ heikhal / heikhalot │ ⁧היכל⁩ / ⁧היכלות⁩ │ Chs. 219–233: Palace(s); one of four counted Eden/Shema divisions in Chapter 223. │ 219–233 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Hekhalot / ⁧פרקי היכלות⁩ │ ⁧פרקי היכלות⁩; Hekhalot literature │ Chs. 98–107: Mystical-palace literature; Chapter 106 cites the Hekhalot of Rabbi │ 98–107, 108–116 │ │ │ │ Ishmael on Metatron’s forty-nine stones. Chs. 108–116: Early Jewish mystical │ │ │ │ │ palace/chariot texts cited repeatedly for Metatron, angelic measures, and crowns. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Heleq │ — │ Chs. 29–42: The chapter Heleq of tractate Sanhedrin. │ 29–42 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Hemah │ ⁧חמה⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: “Fury”; paired with Af. Elsewhere the same spelling can mean “sun,” │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ but Chapter 25 treats it as fury. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Herem (⁧חֵרֶם⁩) │ — │ Chs. 234–241: A ban or property devoted to destruction and therefore prohibited │ 234–241 │ │ │ │ for private use. Chapter 240 discusses Achan’s trespass against the ban at │ │ │ │ │ Jericho and four associated cases. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Herod / ⁧הורדס⁩ │ Herod │ Chs. 180–188: Ruler who kills the Sages and later rebuilds the Temple in Chapter │ 180–188 │ │ │ │ 183. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Hezekiah (⁧חזקיהו⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: King who destroyed the Nehushtan. Chapter 43 also hears his name in │ 43–61, 117–128 │ │ │ │ ⁧וחזקהו⁩ (“and strengthen him”). Chs. 117–128: Self-taught king whose defeat of │ │ │ │ │ Sennacherib corresponds to “Your strong hand.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Hiel the Bethelite │ — │ Chs. 208–218: Rebuilder of Jericho in the generation of Ahab; Joshua’s curse was │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ fulfilled in the deaths of his sons. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Hillel and Rabbi Yohanan ben │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Counted among the figures associated with 120-year lifespans. │ 189–196 │ │ Zakkai │ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Hillel and Shammai │ ⁧הלל ושמאי⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Paired Tannaitic sages used in Chapter 1 as a model of dual │ 1–14, 74–86 │ │ │ │ leadership. Chs. 74–86: Leading sages and “fathers of the world.” Chapter 74 │ │ │ │ │ aligns Hillel with the right/Ḥesed and Shammai with the left/Judgment. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ hillula de-Oraita (⁧הלולא⁩ │ — │ Chs. 87–97: Aramaic, “wedding celebration of the Torah,” used for the │ 87–97 │ │ ⁧דאורייתא⁩) │ │ Shavuot-night observance in Chapter 96. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Hod │ ⁧הוד⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Splendor; a sefirah to which Imma is said to extend. Chs. 62–73: │ 1–14, 62–73, 250–252 │ │ │ │ Splendor, the eighth sefirah and left “thigh.” Chapter 66 relates its repair to │ │ │ │ │ the Hasmonean oil miracle; Chapter 70 pairs it with Netzah. Chs. 250–252: The │ │ │ │ │ sefira “Splendor”; repaired by the Hasmoneans in Chapter 252. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Holy Forehead (⁧מצחא קדישא⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Zoharic configuration revealed at the Sabbath afternoon service, the │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ “time of favor.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Honen ha-Daʿat │ ⁧חונן הדעת⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: The Amidah benediction praising God as the One “Who graciously │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ bestows knowledge.” It concludes Chapter 17’s Daʿat interpretation. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Hoshana Rabbah │ ⁧הושענה רבה⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: The twenty-first day of Tishrei and completion of the sealing; │ 98–107 │ │ │ │ associated with Abraham, willow-beating, and Ehyeh. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Hoshana Rabbah / Ani va-Hu │ — │ Chs. 208–218: The fifty-first day from the beginning of Elul through the final │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ sealing; its seven circuits and plea ⁧אני והו הושיעה נא⁩ are linked with the │ │ │ │ │ thirty-seventh Name of the Seventy-Two-Letter Name. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Hoʾeliyah (⁧הואליה⁩) │ — │ Chs. 87–97: The opaque name of the prince assigned to the human face. │ 87–97 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ibbur │ ⁧עיבור⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Literally pregnancy or impregnation; here a technical mode of a soul’s │ 1–14, 15–28, 62–73, │ │ │ │ return, developed from the pregnancy wordplay in Chapter 11. Chs. 15–28: │ 74–86, 87–97, │ │ │ │ Literally “impregnation”; the indwelling or intercalation of an additional soul. │ 129–140, 208–218, │ │ │ │ The author connects it with ⁧אעברה⁩. Chs. 62–73: Literally impregnation; a form of │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ soul incorporation or temporary soul-presence. Chapter 65 speaks of Moses’s ibbur │ │ │ │ │ through all generations. Chs. 74–86: Literally “impregnation”; a temporary │ │ │ │ │ implantation or addition of one soul/spark within another person. Chs. 87–97: │ │ │ │ │ Literally “impregnation/intercalation.” Depending on context, either │ │ │ │ │ soul-impregnation or calendrical intercalation; Chapter 89 exploits the shared │ │ │ │ │ word. Chs. 129–140: “Impregnation,” an additional soul or spark entering a │ │ │ │ │ person. Chapters 136–137 use it for soul transmission. Chs. 208–218: │ │ │ │ │ Soul-impregnation, an additional soul-presence. Chapter 216 uses it for Moses’s │ │ │ │ │ wish to receive Nadab and Abihu. Chs. 250–252: “Impregnation,” a temporary │ │ │ │ │ incorporation or accompaniment of one soul by another; applied to Elijah’s │ │ │ │ │ relation to Nadab and Abihu. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Idra Rabba │ ⁧אידרא רבא⁩ │ Chs. 150–166: Zoharic assembly cited in Chapter 157 for the principle that there │ 150–166 │ │ │ │ is no king without a people. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Idra Zuta (⁧אדרא זוטא⁩) │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Zoharic discourse cited for the distinction between Binah and │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ Tevunah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Imma │ ⁧אמא⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: “Mother”; the partzuf associated with Binah. Chs. 43–61: Aramaic │ 15–28, 43–61, │ │ │ │ “Mother,” a partzuf/designation of Binah. The initials of ⁧אלה מועדי ה׳⁩ are read │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ as ⁧אמ״י⁩ in Chapter 59. Chs. 167–179: “Mother,” a supernal partzuf associated here │ │ │ │ │ with Rashi’s tefillin and the line of Din. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Imma Ilaʿah │ ⁧אימא עילאה⁩; Supernal Mother │ Chs. 1–14: “Supernal Mother,” a kabbalistic designation for Binah. Chs. 108–116: │ 1–14, 108–116 │ │ │ │ Kabbalistic designation for Binah, said to nest in the World of the Throne. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ initial letters / roshei │ ⁧ר״ת⁩; ⁧ראשי תיבות⁩; initials │ Chs. 1–14: Initial letters; an acronym. Chs. 15–28: initials / initial letters │ 1–14, 15–28, 29–42, │ │ tevot (⁧ר״ת⁩) │ │ Chs. 29–42: The first letters of successive words, treated as a meaningful unit. │ 62–73, 98–107, │ │ │ │ Chs. 29–42: ⁧ראשי תיבות⁩, “initial letters.” Chs. 62–73: ⁧ראשי תיבות⁩, initial │ 108–116, 117–128, │ │ │ │ letters/acrostic. Chs. 98–107: initials Chs. 108–116: Expansion of ⁧ראשי תיבות⁩; │ 197–207 │ │ │ │ used for acrostics and notarikons. Chs. 117–128: Initial letters / acronym. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 197–207: ⁧ראשי תיבות⁩, “initial letters” or an initial-letter notarikon. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ inner, external, and │ — │ Chs. 208–218: Three forms of spiritual illumination assigned to Elisha in Chapter │ 208–218 │ │ surrounding light │ │ 216. Elijah’s mantle is identified with surrounding light. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ internal light (⁧אור פנימי⁩) │ — │ Chs. 167–179: The inward light, associated in Chapter 173 with Ḥesed and the good │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ mountain. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Isaac │ ⁧יצחק⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Second Patriarch; associated with judgment, “Your mighty hand,” and │ 1–14, 197–207 │ │ │ │ the second vav. Chs. 197–207: Patriarch identified with judgment, 208 powers, and │ │ │ │ │ the governance of the current sabbatical cycle in Chapter 207. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Ishmael (⁧ישמעאל⁩) │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Kelippah drawing from Abraham’s holy right side; its prince is called │ 29–42 │ │ │ │ Rahab or the starling. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Jabez │ ⁧יעבץ⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Cited from Temurah as a model for bringing the people in through merit │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ and public Torah teaching. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Jacob │ ⁧יעקב⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Third Patriarch; associated with the heaven-and-earth clause and the │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ third vav. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Jannes and Jambres (⁧ינס⁩ │ — │ Chs. 74–86: Figures associated in the midrashic tradition used by Chapter 80 with │ 74–86 │ │ ⁧וימברוס⁩) │ │ the making of the calf. The same chapter also gives the unexplained names Mamre │ │ │ │ │ and Yohanna. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Jeconiah │ — │ Chs. 234–241: King of Judah whose exile preceded the final Babylonian │ 234–241 │ │ │ │ destruction. Chapter 237 interprets the interval as twelve years and links the │ │ │ │ │ exiles’ thousandfold number to Moses. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Jeremiah (⁧ירמיה⁩) │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Described as a spark of Moses who protects his generation. │ 189–196 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Jeroboam son of Nebat │ — │ Chs. 250–252: Descendant of Joseph whose idolatry is identified with the impure │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ merkavah and evil dog. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Job (⁧איוב⁩) │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Said to have been written by Moses and treated as a gilgul linked │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ with Terah and Abraham; his afflictions structure Chapter 118. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Jonah son of Amittai │ — │ Chs. 250–252: Identified in the source with a son of Elijah and with Messiah son │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ of Joseph. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Jordan / Yarden │ ⁧ירדן⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: The Jordan River. Chapter 18 interprets the name through ⁧יורד דין⁩ │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ (“judgment descends”) and ⁧ירד נ׳⁩ (“fifty / nun descended”). │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Joshua │ ⁧יהושע⁩ / ⁧יהושוע⁩ / ⁧ישוע⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Moses’ successor. Chapter 4 makes exegetical use of plene, standard, │ 1–14, 29–42, 117–128 │ │ │ │ and shortened spellings of his name. Chs. 29–42: Moses’s successor, called bin │ │ │ │ │ Nun; associated with Malkhut/Adonai, the moon, terrestrial warfare, and the │ │ │ │ │ values 50 and 96. Chs. 117–128: Moses’s successor. The closing commands are │ │ │ │ │ repeatedly divided into spiritual or historical tasks assigned to him and later │ │ │ │ │ generations. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Kabbalistic “male aspect” │ ⁧רזא דדכורא⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: The mystery of the male aspect, associated here with Moses’ voice and │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ the six extremities. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Kaddish response │ — │ Chs. 208–218: ⁧אמן יהא שמיה רבה מברך לעלם ולעלמי עלמיא⁩, “Amen. May His great Name │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ be blessed forever and for all eternity,” counted as seven words and twenty-eight │ │ │ │ │ letters. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Kadkod (⁧כַּדְכֹּד⁩) │ — │ Chs. 234–241: A jewel named in Isaiah 54:12. The rabbinic interpretation cited in │ 234–241 │ │ │ │ Chapter 238 hears it as ⁧כְּדֵין וּכְדֵין⁩, “like this one and like that one,” │ │ │ │ │ reconciling shoham and yashfeh. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Kanfei Yonah │ ⁧כנפי יונה⁩; Kanfei Yonah │ Chs. 29–42: Kabbalistic work cited in Chapters 31 and 42. Chs. 43–61: Kabbalistic │ 29–42, 43–61, 62–73, │ │ │ │ work cited for the sparks, festivals, and related numerical structures. Chs. │ 117–128, 141–149, │ │ │ │ 62–73: Kabbalistic work cited in Chapter 72 for the left-side structure of Rabbi │ 150–166, 167–179, │ │ │ │ Akiva. No locator is supplied. Chs. 117–128: Kabbalistic work cited in Chapters │ 180–188, 189–196, │ │ │ │ 123–125 and 128. Chs. 141–149: A kabbalistic work cited repeatedly for Divine │ 197–207, 208–218, │ │ │ │ Names, celestial correspondences, and the five backs. Chs. 150–166: Kabbalistic │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ work repeatedly cited for Name fillings, Tabernacle intentions, Zeʿir/Arikh, dawn │ │ │ │ │ permutations, and liturgical readings. Chs. 167–179: A kabbalistic work │ │ │ │ │ repeatedly cited for Divine-Name interpretations. Chs. 180–188: Kabbalistic work │ │ │ │ │ cited for Atika and the two chariots. Chs. 189–196: Kabbalistic work cited │ │ │ │ │ concerning the Keter of Malkhut. Chs. 197–207: Kabbalistic work cited for the │ │ │ │ │ divisions of Elohim and the intentions toward ⁧טדה״ד⁩ and ⁧כוז״ו⁩. Chs. 208–218: A │ │ │ │ │ kabbalistic work cited for false oaths damaging SAG in Beriah, Naaman’s │ │ │ │ │ river-names, and Elijah’s mantle as surrounding light. Chs. 242–249: “Wings of │ │ │ │ │ the Dove,” a kabbalistic work repeatedly cited for the configurations, heads, and │ │ │ │ │ Sabbath structure discussed here. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ kav │ — │ Chs. 242–249: A rabbinic volume measure; six kav equal one seah in the │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ calculation used in Chapter 247. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ kelippah / kelippot │ ⁧קליפה⁩; ⁧קליפה⁩ / ⁧קליפות⁩; kelippah / │ Chs. 1–14: Literally “shell” or “husk”; a Kabbalistic domain or structure of │ 1–14, 15–28, 29–42, │ │ │ kelippot │ impurity and opposition. Chs. 15–28: Literally “shell(s)” or “husk(s)”; impure or │ 43–61, 62–73, 74–86, │ │ │ │ obstructive powers. Chs. 29–42: A “shell” or obstructive external power; plural │ 87–97, 98–107, │ │ │ │ “kelippot.” The term is retained rather than flattened into “evil.” Chs. 43–61: │ 108–116, 117–128, │ │ │ │ Obstructive “shell” powers. Chapters 58 and 60 describe sparks held in their │ 129–140, 141–149, │ │ │ │ depths and four kelippot seen by Ezekiel. Chs. 62–73: “Shell” or │ 150–166, 167–179, │ │ │ │ obstructive/impure force. Specific examples in this range include Nogah, │ 180–188, 189–196, │ │ │ │ Ishmael’s donkey-side, and forces in Asiyah. Chs. 74–86: Literally “shell(s)” or │ 197–207, 208–218, │ │ │ │ “husk(s)”; forces or structures of impurity. Chs. 87–97: “Shell” or “shells,” │ 219–233, 234–241, │ │ │ │ forces or realms of impurity. Chs. 98–107: Impure shell(s) or obstructive powers. │ 242–249, 250–252 │ │ │ │ Chs. 108–116: “Shell(s),” forces or structures of impurity requiring │ │ │ │ │ nullification or sweetening. Chs. 117–128: An obstructive “shell” or adverse │ │ │ │ │ power. Chapter 124 speaks of the kelippah of the dog. Chs. 129–140: An impure │ │ │ │ │ “shell” or “husk”; opposing forces sustained outside holiness. Chs. 141–149: An │ │ │ │ │ impure “shell” or “husk.” Ahasuerus, Balaam, Samael, and Esau are analyzed │ │ │ │ │ through structures on the side of the kelippah. Chs. 150–166: Demonic “shell” or │ │ │ │ │ “shells.” Chapter 166 links four kelippot to four large initial letters. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 167–179: “Shell” or “shells,” forces or domains of impurity. Chs. 180–188: │ │ │ │ │ “Shell(s),” impure structures or forces. Chs. 189–196: Adverse “shell” powers. │ │ │ │ │ Chapters 189–196 describe sectarian, demonic, sexual, and spatial forms of these │ │ │ │ │ forces. Chs. 197–207: An impure “shell” or “husk.” Chapter 199 calls ⁧של״ל⁩ the │ │ │ │ │ pillars of the kelippah. Chs. 208–218: An impure “shell” or “husk” that obstructs │ │ │ │ │ holiness. Hagar, idolatrous Jericho, and the impurity outside the Land are │ │ │ │ │ treated through this category. Chs. 219–233: Demonic shell(s); four sons of Ham │ │ │ │ │ correspond to four kelippot in Chapter 221. Chs. 234–241: “Shell” or “shells,” │ │ │ │ │ forces of impurity that conceal holiness. Chapters 235, 236, 240, and 241 use the │ │ │ │ │ term for hostile spiritual structures. Chs. 242–249: “Shell” or “husks,” the │ │ │ │ │ forces of impurity and separation. Chs. 250–252: An impure “shell” or obstructing │ │ │ │ │ power; Nogah is a named kelippah in Chapter 252. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ kelippat Nogah (⁧קליפת נוגה⁩) │ — │ Chs. 29–42: The “shining” or intermediate shell. Chapter 35 specifies an Aramaean │ 29–42 │ │ │ │ form, ⁧נוגה ארמית⁩ (Nogah Aramit). │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Keter (⁧כתר⁩) │ ⁧כתר⁩; Keter │ Chs. 15–28: “Crown”; value 620. Chapter 27 links it to the asserted 620 letters │ 15–28, 43–61, │ │ │ │ of the Ten Commandments and to two times ⁧יש⁩ (310 + 310). Chs. 43–61: Crown, the │ 180–188, 189–196, │ │ │ │ highest sefirah; Chapter 53 associates it with the attainment of cantillation │ 197–207, 219–233 │ │ │ │ marks and with “the abundant good stored away.” Chs. 180–188: Crown, highest │ │ │ │ │ sefirah; value 620 and associated with the 620 letters of the tablets. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 189–196: Crown, the highest sefirah; Chapter 189 treats the Keter of Malkhut, and │ │ │ │ │ Chapter 190 links Keter with Arikh Anpin. Chs. 197–207: “Crown,” the highest │ │ │ │ │ sefirah; ⁧כת״ר⁩ equals 620. Chapter 197 connects it with the 620 letters of the │ │ │ │ │ Decalogue, 620 sparks, crowns upon Torah letters, and the righteous person’s │ │ │ │ │ reward. Chs. 219–233: Crown, the supernal source from which Moses—but not │ │ │ │ │ Joshua—draws in Chapter 226. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Keter, Ḥokhmah, Binah, │ — │ Chs. 141–149: The ten sefirot. The range especially treats the two wisdoms, │ 141–149 │ │ Ḥesed, Gevurah, Tiferet, │ │ supernal and lower Ḥokhmah; the two thighs, Netzah and Hod; and Malkhut as the │ │ │ Netzah, Hod, Yesod, Malkhut │ │ Shekhinah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Ketev Meriri │ ⁧קטב מרירי⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: A destructive power said to govern the twenty-one days of Bein │ 98–107, 197–207, │ │ │ │ ha-Metzarim; encoded by ⁧ק״ם⁩. Chs. 197–207: Destructive force associated with the │ 219–233 │ │ │ │ period “between the straits” and cited from Deuteronomy 32:24. Chs. 219–233: │ │ │ │ │ Destructive force associated here with the kelippot of Ishmael. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ketiv │ ⁧כתיב⁩ │ Chs. 150–166: Consonantal written form, contrasted with the traditional read form │ 150–166 │ │ │ │ (qere). │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Kimah and Kesil (⁧כימה⁩ / │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Celestial constellations or configurations whose bonds govern the │ 117–128 │ │ ⁧כסיל⁩) │ │ twelve zodiacal signs. Their transmitted bond counts conflict. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ King Yannai / Johanan │ Yannai / Johanan the High Priest │ Chs. 180–188: Paired identities in Chapter 182’s account of the suppression of │ 180–188 │ │ │ │ Oral Torah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Kiryat Arba │ — │ Chs. 129–140: Hebron, interpreted in Chapter 135 through ⁧ארבעה⁩ (“four”), the four │ 129–140 │ │ │ │ Names, and the field of holy apples. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Kol Bo │ ⁧כל בו⁩ │ Chs. 150–166: Halakhic-liturgical compilation cited in Chapter 161 concerning │ 150–166 │ │ │ │ final ⁧ף⁩ in the Grace after Meals. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Kol Bokhim │ — │ Chs. 208–218: Work cited for Metatron being called “old” in Beriah and “youth” in │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ Yetzirah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ kolel / collective │ ⁧כולל⁩; ⁧הכולל⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: One or more supplementary units included in some gematria procedures. │ 1–14, 43–61, 62–73, │ │ │ │ The exact kolel claimed in Chapter 14 remains unresolved. Chs. 43–61: Addition of │ 87–97, 117–128, │ │ │ │ one for the word or expression as a whole in a gematria. Chapter 60 says ⁧נ״א⁩ with │ 141–149, 150–166, │ │ │ │ the kollel equals ⁧אליהו⁩. Chs. 62–73: Addition of one for the word or expression │ 167–179, 197–207, │ │ │ │ as a whole in a numerical calculation. It is used explicitly in Chapter 62. Chs. │ 208–218, 250–252 │ │ │ │ 87–97: The addition of one (or occasionally another stated unit) to a gematria │ │ │ │ │ total for the word or phrase as a whole. Chs. 117–128: Addition of one for a word │ │ │ │ │ or expression as a whole. Chs. 141–149: Adding one for the word or expression as │ │ │ │ │ a whole in a gematria. It is used explicitly in Chapter 146 and is not supplied │ │ │ │ │ silently where the source omits it. Chs. 150–166: Addition of one to a gematria │ │ │ │ │ for the word or total as a whole. Chs. 167–179: Counting a word, phrase, or Name │ │ │ │ │ as an additional unit in a gematria. Chs. 197–207: Addition of one, or │ │ │ │ │ occasionally one per unit, to a gematria total. Where the printed equation │ │ │ │ │ remains unstable, it is noted rather than silently resolved. Chs. 208–218: Adding │ │ │ │ │ one for the expression as a whole in a gematria. Chs. 250–252: A gematria │ │ │ │ │ convention adding one for the word or expression as a whole. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Korah (⁧קרח⁩) │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Misled by his vision of Samuel descending from him. │ 29–42 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Laban the Aramaean (⁧לבן⁩ │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Identified as an earlier reincarnation of Balaam and linked to ⁧יגר⁩ │ 29–42 │ │ ⁧הארמי⁩) │ │ ⁧שהדותא⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Land of Israel │ ⁧ארץ ישראל⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: The promised land and, in these chapters, the locus of entry, burial, │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ inherited sanctity, prophetic illumination, and Temple construction. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ large-letter value │ — │ Chs. 141–149: A numerical convention assigning an enlarged or final letter a │ 141–149 │ │ │ │ special value. Chapter 144 invokes a large final ⁧ם⁩, and Chapter 149 interprets a │ │ │ │ │ large final ⁧ך⁩ as Keter. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ letters (⁧אותיות⁩, otiyyot) │ ⁧אותיות⁩; letters │ Chs. 43–61: Associated with Binah. ⁧טעמים נקודות אותיות⁩ forms the notarikon ⁧טנ״א⁩. │ 43–61, 180–188 │ │ │ │ Chs. 180–188: Basic Torah units, described as stones, souls, shekels, and │ │ │ │ │ conduits. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Leviathan (⁧לויתן⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: The primordial great fish and “servant” whose supplications God hears │ 43–61, 197–207 │ │ │ │ in Chapter 46; Moses invokes it through Adar’s zodiacal sign and the ⁧ההוא⁩/⁧ההיא⁩ │ │ │ │ │ contrast. Chs. 43–61: The primordial fish whose supplication was heard; linked │ │ │ │ │ with the Sabbath fish and ever-open eye. Chs. 197–207: Primordial sea creature │ │ │ │ │ whose eyes are “like the eyelids of dawn”; Chapter 206 links it to Moses, Jonah, │ │ │ │ │ and the future feast of the righteous. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Lilith │ ⁧לילית⁩; Lilith │ Chs. 43–61: The wicked female counterpart paired with Samael in Chapter 44 and │ 43–61, 62–73, │ │ │ │ correlated there with Zeresh. Chs. 62–73: Female demonic power in Chapter 71, │ 180–188, 189–196, │ │ │ │ associated with the Golden Calf, the “harlot wife,” and the shekel calculation. │ 219–233 │ │ │ │ Chs. 180–188: Female power of impurity said to ride upon 480 camps. Chs. 189–196: │ │ │ │ │ Adverse female power, value 481, riding 480 camps; her union with Samael totals │ │ │ │ │ 612. Chs. 219–233: Female demonic power accompanied by 480 camps. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Lilith / Mahalath │ — │ Chs. 129–140: Female powers of the sitra aḥra in Chapter 132. │ 129–140 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ log │ — │ Chs. 242–249: A smaller rabbinic volume measure; four log equal one kav in │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ Chapter 247. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ log / quarter-log │ — │ Chs. 167–179: Rabbinic liquid measures used in Chapter 167’s calculation of │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ Noah’s ark. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ luminous speculum │ ⁧אספקלריא המאירה⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: The “shining mirror/lens” of Moses’ direct prophecy, symbolized by │ 15–28, 62–73 │ │ │ │ the sun. Chs. 62–73: Luminous prophetic “mirror”; the solar mode of clear │ │ │ │ │ prophecy sought by Moses in Chapter 62. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Luz │ ⁧לוז⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: Deathless city in Chapter 69, said to have been created through the │ 62–73 │ │ │ │ letter ⁧ט⁩; contrasted with the Temple site, where all twenty-two letters │ │ │ │ │ scintillate. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ MaH / Name MaH │ ⁧מ״ה⁩; Mah │ Chs. 108–116: The alef-filled form of YHWH, ⁧יו״ד ה״א וא״ו ה״א⁩, with value 45. │ 108–116, 129–140 │ │ │ │ Chapters 109, 112, and 113 use it as a creative and sweetening Name. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 129–140: A filling of YHWH whose value is 45. Chapter 140 assigns it to Moses as │ │ │ │ │ a spiritually higher grade than Ban. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Mahalat │ ⁧מחלת⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: Female kelippah associated with Ishmael, the donkey, Balaam’s │ 98–107 │ │ │ │ she-ass, and ⁧אשלא רברבא⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Makhon │ ⁧מכון⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: The sixth firmament; associated with Fear/Gevurah and the added ⁧ו⁩. │ 98–107 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Malkhut │ ⁧מלכות⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: “Kingship,” the seventh lower sefirah; paired in Chapter 7 with the │ 1–14, 15–28, 29–42, │ │ │ │ six extremities. Chs. 15–28: “Kingship,” the tenth sefirah in the conventional │ 43–61, 62–73, 74–86, │ │ │ │ enumeration. Chapter 18 associates its judgment with Adonai and the wilderness. │ 87–97, 150–166, │ │ │ │ Chs. 29–42: Kingship, the final sefirah. It is associated here with the final ⁧ה⁩, │ 189–196, 197–207, │ │ │ │ Adonai, the feminine, the Tent, and the lower set of fifty gates of Binah. Chs. │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ 43–61: Kingship, the lowest sefirah; associated with the earth and the Name ⁧ב״ן⁩. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 62–73: Kingship, the tenth sefirah, associated with earth, the Shekhinah, │ │ │ │ │ and the final ⁧ה⁩ of the Name. Chs. 74–86: “Kingship,” the receptive sefirah, often │ │ │ │ │ associated here with the Oral Torah and the feminine aspect. Chs. 87–97: │ │ │ │ │ Kingship, the final sefirah, frequently identified with the Shekhinah, the Land, │ │ │ │ │ and the final he of YHWH. Chs. 150–166: Kingship, the lowest sefirah; associated │ │ │ │ │ with the Name BN, the feminine, and the Oral Torah. Chs. 189–196: Kingship, the │ │ │ │ │ feminine sefirah; Esther and the Shekhinah are associated with it in Chapter 195. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 197–207: Kingship, the final sefirah, identified with the Shekhinah, “land,” │ │ │ │ │ the moon, and the fourth leg of the merkavah. Chs. 242–249: Kingship, the tenth │ │ │ │ │ sefirah, frequently identified with the Shekhinah, the lower feminine presence, │ │ │ │ │ and Sabbath. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Mamre and Yohanna (⁧ממרא⁩ │ — │ Chs. 74–86: Names given in Chapter 80 for Balaam’s two sons or attendants. Their │ 74–86 │ │ ⁧יוחנא⁩) │ │ relation to the later Jannes/Jambres naming is not explained in the source. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Masorah │ ⁧מסרה⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: The received scribal tradition. Chapter 2 uses a Masoretic list of │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ three occurrences of ⁧המן⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Master of the Universe │ ⁧רבונו של עולם⁩; Master of the Universe; │ Chs. 1–14: Liturgical form of address, often abbreviated ⁧רבש״ע⁩. Chs. 1–14: │ 1–14 │ │ │ ⁧רבש״ע⁩ │ “Master of the Universe.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ masveh │ ⁧מסוה⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: Moses’s veil. Chapter 66 isolates ⁧ס״ו⁩ and relates its value to │ 62–73 │ │ │ │ “wheel” and “Greece.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Matenot Kehunah │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Commentary on Midrash Rabbah discussed for its proposed │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ Michael/Gabriel emendation. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Matronita │ ⁧מטרוניתא⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: “The Matron,” a Zoharic designation of the feminine Divine Presence; │ 1–14, 74–86, │ │ │ │ Moses is called her husband. Chs. 74–86: “The Matron,” a Zoharic designation for │ 150–166, 197–207 │ │ │ │ the feminine divine Presence or collective Israel, depending on context. Chapters │ │ │ │ │ 84 describes her tranquility and degradation. Chs. 150–166: “Matron,” Zoharic │ │ │ │ │ designation of the feminine divine presence praised from above downward in │ │ │ │ │ Chapter 165. Chs. 197–207: Aramaic “Matron” or “Lady,” a Zoharic designation of │ │ │ │ │ the Shekhinah. Moses is described as her husband after becoming “the man of God.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ mayin nukvin │ — │ Chs. 129–140: “Feminine waters,” an arousal rising from below toward supernal │ 129–140 │ │ │ │ union. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Maʿon │ ⁧מעון⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: The fifth firmament; associated with Ḥesed, seven supernal altars, │ 98–107 │ │ │ │ and the added ⁧ה⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ma‘amadot │ — │ Chs. 208–218: Scriptural and liturgical readings printed in some prayer books; │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ Chapter 215 contrasts their ordering of eleven verses with Sefer Shimmush Torah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Ma’amar Ha-Margela (⁧מאמר⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Kabbalistic discourse cited for the parsah between Beriah and │ 189–196 │ │ ⁧המרגלא⁩) │ │ Yetzirah; the source supplies no further locator. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Mefafiyah (⁧מפפיה⁩) │ — │ Chs. 87–97: The opaque name of the prince assigned to the lion’s face. │ 87–97 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ mekattefet [uncertain] │ ⁧מקטפת⁩ │ Chs. 150–166: Legible but unclear activity assigned to one of three women in │ 150–166 │ │ │ │ Chapter 153; retained rather than harmonized with the familiar Mishnah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Melaveh Malkah │ — │ Chs. 242–249: The “accompanying of the Queen,” the small meal eaten after │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ Sabbath, associated with David in the Hagahah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Menachem Recanati │ ⁧ר׳ מנחם מרקנטי⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: Medieval Italian kabbalist and biblical commentator cited in Chapter │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ 17. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Menaḥem ben Ammiel │ — │ Chs. 250–252: Messianic name used for Messiah son of Joseph; shares initials with │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ Moses ben Amram. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Menaḥem son of Ammiel │ — │ Chs. 129–140: A messianic figure whose initials match the three entry-to-the-Land │ 129–140 │ │ │ │ commandments in Chapter 140. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ merkavah │ ⁧מרכבה⁩; merkavah; ⁧מרכבה⁩ / ⁧רתיכא⁩; │ Chs. 15–28: The divine Chariot or ordered configuration of supernal powers. │ 15–28, 29–42, 43–61, │ │ │ merkavah / chariot │ Chapters 17 and 24 discuss its total structure and the replacement of the ox-face │ 74–86, 87–97, │ │ │ │ by a cherub-face. Chs. 29–42: The divine Chariot/configuration. David is its │ 98–107, 108–116, │ │ │ │ fourth leg in Chapter 31. Chs. 43–61: The divine Chariot/configuration. Chapter │ 117–128, 129–140, │ │ │ │ 57 seeks to complete its directions, angelic princes, and eye-colors. Chs. 74–86: │ 141–149, 150–166, │ │ │ │ The divine “chariot” or supernal configuration. Chapter 74 places Hillel on its │ 167–179, 180–188, │ │ │ │ right and Shammai on its left. Chs. 87–97: Chariot, especially the supernal │ 189–196, 197–207, │ │ │ │ chariot and its four creature-faces. Chs. 98–107: The divine Chariot; its four │ 208–218, 234–241, │ │ │ │ directions/legs are coordinated with the four species and clouds. Chs. 108–116: │ 242–249, 250–252 │ │ │ │ Divine chariot; also the perfected human or angelic configuration called a │ │ │ │ │ “complete chariot.” Chs. 117–128: The divine Chariot/configuration. Chapter 120 │ │ │ │ │ treats upper and lower merkavot and the four creature-faces. Chs. 129–140: The │ │ │ │ │ divine chariot/configuration. Chapter 140 derives ⁧מרכבה⁩ from the final letters of │ │ │ │ │ ⁧אדם⁩, ⁧נשר⁩, ⁧כרוב⁩, ⁧אריה⁩ with ⁧כ⁩ from ⁧כסא⁩ inserted centrally. Chs. 141–149: The divine │ │ │ │ │ chariot or configuration. Chapter 143 interprets Sabbath as the joining of its │ │ │ │ │ four legs; Chapter 147 contrasts its holy right and impure left sides. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 150–166: Divine Chariot; Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are its three “legs” in │ │ │ │ │ Chapter 152. Chs. 167–179: The supernal chariot. Chapter 174 depicts it as four │ │ │ │ │ angelic partitions plus a covering. Chs. 180–188: Supernal configuration; Chapter │ │ │ │ │ 187 contrasts right/good and left/evil chariots. Chs. 189–196: Divine │ │ │ │ │ Chariot/configuration; Chapter 193 also describes adverse donkey powers on its │ │ │ │ │ right side. Chs. 197–207: The divine chariot or structured configuration. │ │ │ │ │ Chapters 199–200 discuss seven thrones and the four legs of the merkavah; David │ │ │ │ │ is assigned its fourth leg. Chs. 208–218: The divine chariot or configuration. │ │ │ │ │ Chapter 208 describes its twenty-four supernal supports. Chs. 234–241: The divine │ │ │ │ │ chariot or supernal configuration. Chapter 238 places Michael and Gabriel within │ │ │ │ │ the merkavah. Chs. 242–249: The divine chariot. The Hagahah relates its four legs │ │ │ │ │ and three lines to Sabbath meals. Chs. 250–252: The divine or counter-divine │ │ │ │ │ “chariot.” The chapters contrast the complete merkavah with the impure merkavah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Messiah (⁧משיח⁩) │ — │ Chs. 117–128: The fourth self-taught figure in Chapter 119 and the future │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ analogue of Hezekiah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Messiah son of David │ ⁧משיח בן דוד⁩ │ Chs. 150–166: Davidic Messiah, represented by the upper ⁧י⁩ in the form of ⁧א⁩. Chs. │ 150–166, 250–252 │ │ │ │ 250–252: Davidic Messiah; identified with Moses through the gematria ⁧שילה⁩ = ⁧משה⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Messiah son of Joseph / │ ⁧משיח בן יוסף⁩ │ Chs. 150–166: Ephraimite/Josephite Messiah, represented by the lower ⁧י⁩ in the │ 150–166, 197–207, │ │ Ephraim │ │ form of ⁧א⁩. Chs. 197–207: Messianic figure identified with Jonah in Chapter 206. │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ Chs. 250–252: Josephite Messiah; associated with Moses, Joshua, Elijah, Abijah, │ │ │ │ │ Jonah, and the dew of resurrection. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Metatron │ ⁧מטטרון⁩; Metatron │ Chs. 1–14: The angelic faithful servant and Prince of the Presence, associated │ 1–14, 15–28, 43–61, │ │ │ │ here with Yetzirah, Moses, the staff, and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. │ 62–73, 74–86, │ │ │ │ Chs. 1–14: Angelic faithful servant and Prince of the Presence; Chapter 14 │ 98–107, 108–116, │ │ │ │ connects his title by notarikon with the name Moses. Chs. 15–28: An exalted angel │ 117–128, 167–179, │ │ │ │ called the faithful servant and the “Youth.” Joseph, Moses, Joshua, and the World │ 180–188, 189–196, │ │ │ │ of Yetzirah are related to his degree in different chapters. Chs. 43–61: Angel │ 197–207, 208–218, │ │ │ │ associated with Yetzirah and, in the cited tradition, the stitching of shoes. │ 219–233, 242–249, │ │ │ │ Chs. 62–73: Angelic prince associated with Yetzirah and with Moses’s staff in │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ Chapters 67 and 71. Chs. 74–86: A principal angel. Chapter 74 identifies Moses’ │ │ │ │ │ staff with Metatron and calls him head of the World of Formation. Chs. 98–107: │ │ │ │ │ Prince of the Presence and Moses’ supernal master; associated with Yetzirah, │ │ │ │ │ forty-nine gates, the staff, and Moses’ name. Chs. 108–116: Prince of the │ │ │ │ │ Presence, Prince of Yetzirah, faithful servant, and “Youth”; identified with the │ │ │ │ │ translated Enoch in these chapters. Chs. 117–128: Prince of Yetzirah, identified │ │ │ │ │ with Enoch son of Jared; Moses initially learns and forgets Torah through him. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 167–179: The angel called the “lad,” Enoch, and “the lesser Name of the │ │ │ │ │ LORD.” The yod-bearing spelling is numerically operative in Chapter 176. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 180–188: Prince/chariot of Yetzirah, associated in Chapter 187 with the Tree of │ │ │ │ │ Knowledge of good and evil. Chs. 189–196: Faithful servant and intermediate rung │ │ │ │ │ through whom prayer ascends. Chs. 197–207: Principal angel associated in Chapter │ │ │ │ │ 203 with the status of servant and the dominion of the day. Chs. 208–218: The │ │ │ │ │ Prince of the Presence and Prince of the World, called servant, youth, and old │ │ │ │ │ man. He is associated with Moses’s staff, Yetzirah and Beriah, the Pardes │ │ │ │ │ episode, and Enoch. Chs. 219–233: Angel identified with the servant figure at the │ │ │ │ │ Cave of Machpelah. Chs. 242–249: The chief angel identified in Chapter 248 with │ │ │ │ │ the staff of God and a height of ten cubits. Chs. 250–252: Angelic “Prince of the │ │ │ │ │ Presence,” associated with Yetzirah, ruaḥ, the Hebrew male slave, Joseph, and │ │ │ │ │ Moses. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Metatron / Sandalfon │ — │ Chs. 129–140: Principal angels interpreted in Chapter 140 as the “infant” and │ 129–140 │ │ │ │ “loaf,” respectively. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Metatron, Prince of the │ — │ Chs. 141–149: The chief angel linked with Yetzirah. Chapter 142 values him at one │ 141–149 │ │ Presence │ │ less than one thousand; Chapter 146 identifies him as the servant shown to Moses. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Mi │ ⁧מי⁩; Mi; ⁧מי⁩ / ⁧מ״י⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Literally “who.” In Chapter 3 it is an angelic name, a designation of │ 1–14, 15–28, 29–42 │ │ │ │ the righteous, and a Kabbalistic name for Binah and its fifty gates. Chs. 1–14: │ │ │ │ │ “who” | Angelic name, righteous person, and Binah. Chs. 15–28: “Who?” and │ │ │ │ │ numerically 50 (⁧מ⁩ = 40, ⁧י⁩ = 10). A designation of Binah and the Jordan’s │ │ │ │ │ fifty-cubit extent. Chs. 29–42: “Who”; in Chapter 42, a notarikon of ⁧משה יהושע⁩ │ │ │ │ │ (Moses, Joshua). │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Michael (⁧מיכאל⁩) │ ⁧מיכא״ל⁩; ⁧מיכאל⁩; Michael │ Chs. 43–61: Right side, white eye-color, great prince, and a prince of Torah; │ 43–61, 117–128, │ │ │ │ value 101. His name is derived homiletically from ⁧מי⁩ and ⁧כאל⁩. Chs. 117–128: │ 141–149, 180–188 │ │ │ │ Michael, decomposed as ⁧מ״י⁩ + ⁧כ⁩ + ⁧א״ל⁩, the conduit joining Binah to Ḥesed in │ │ │ │ │ Chapter 123. Chs. 117–128: Great prince, right/summer angel, and the conduit from │ │ │ │ │ Binah (⁧מ״י⁩) to Ḥesed (⁧א״ל⁩). Chs. 141–149: The great prince on the holy right │ │ │ │ │ side, read in Chapter 147 through the joining of ⁧מי⁩ (“who”) and ⁧אל⁩ (“God”) by the │ │ │ │ │ letter ⁧כ⁩. Chs. 180–188: Great prince and High Priest on the right/good side. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Michael and Gabriel (⁧מיכאל⁩ / │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Right/fire and left/hail angels in the Ḥashmal discussion. │ 189–196 │ │ ⁧גבריאל⁩) │ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Middah / middot │ ⁧מדה⁩ / ⁧מדות⁩; ⁧מידה⁩ / ⁧מידות⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Attribute or attributes, especially Divine modes of governance such as │ 1–14, 150–166 │ │ │ │ judgment and mercy. Chs. 150–166: Divine attribute(s); eight are counted from │ │ │ │ │ Malkhut through Binah in Chapter 150. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Midrash Konnan │ ⁧מדרש כונן⁩ │ Chs. 219–233: Work cited in Chapter 232 for the world’s measure through ⁧וימתחם⁩ = │ 219–233 │ │ │ │ 504. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Midrash Tadshe │ — │ Chs. 197–207: Midrash cited in Chapter 204 for twenty-two acts of creation. │ 197–207 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ mikveh │ — │ Chs. 242–249: A ritual immersion pool. Its minimum volume of forty seah supplies │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ the numerical framework in Chapter 247. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ milluʾei ha-margela (⁧מלואי⁩ │ — │ Chs. 87–97: The source’s opaque technical phrase, literally “fillings of the │ 87–97 │ │ ⁧המרגלא⁩) │ │ pearl,” for the seven filled Divine Names in Chapter 95. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ milui / letter filling │ ⁧מילוי⁩; filling / full spelling │ Chs. 29–42: Spelling a letter or Divine Name in full and calculating or │ 29–42, 43–61, 87–97, │ │ │ │ interpreting the expanded letters. Chs. 43–61: Full spelling of a letter or │ 98–107, 108–116, │ │ │ │ Divine Name. “Filling of the filling” expands the component letters a further │ 117–128, 141–149, │ │ │ │ time. Chs. 87–97: A “filling” or full spelling of a Hebrew letter or Divine Name, │ 150–166, 189–196, │ │ │ │ in which each letter-name is written out. Chs. 98–107: Writing each letter-name │ 197–207, 208–218, │ │ │ │ in full and calculating or interpreting the resulting letters. Chs. 108–116: │ 219–233, 250–252 │ │ │ │ Writing each Hebrew letter by its letter-name, sometimes recursively; crucial to │ │ │ │ │ the calculations involving Moses, YHWH, and ⁧נ״א⁩. Chs. 117–128: Spelling a letter │ │ │ │ │ or Name by the full names of its component letters, for example ⁧נ״א⁩ as ⁧נו״ן אל״ף⁩. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 141–149: Writing each letter-name in full and analyzing the added letters or │ │ │ │ │ total value. Chs. 150–166: Writing each letter-name in full and calculating its │ │ │ │ │ value; used for YHWH, Ehyeh, and Elohim. Chs. 189–196: Full spelling of a letter │ │ │ │ │ or word, as when ⁧אף⁩ is written ⁧אלף פא⁩. Chs. 197–207: Writing a letter-name in │ │ │ │ │ full, such as ⁧אל״ף דל״ת נו״ן יו״ד⁩ for ⁧אדני⁩. A “filling of the filling” expands │ │ │ │ │ the letters of those full spellings again. Chs. 208–218: Writing letter-names in │ │ │ │ │ full; a second filling writes the letters of those full spellings in full again. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 219–233: Writing letter names in full; may be iterated as “filling of the │ │ │ │ │ filling.” Chs. 250–252: Writing a letter-name in full and interpreting its added, │ │ │ │ │ “concealed” letters. Chapter 251 uses the fillings of ⁧יעקב⁩; Chapter 252 uses │ │ │ │ │ those of ⁧ארץ⁩ and ⁧שבת⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Mishnah / Mishnayot │ — │ Chs. 74–86: The foundational written collection of the Oral Torah, arranged in │ 74–86 │ │ │ │ six orders. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ mispar qatan │ — │ Chs. 167–179: Reduced numerical value, in which tens and hundreds are reduced to │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ units; YHWH thereby equals seventeen. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ MNTzPKh │ ⁧מנצפ״ך⁩ │ Chs. 43–61: The five final Hebrew letter forms ⁧ם⁩, ⁧ן⁩, ⁧ץ⁩, ⁧ף⁩, ⁧ך⁩. Chapter 50 treats │ 43–61, 117–128, │ │ │ │ them as five Gevurot, adds them to the twenty-two ordinary letters to produce │ 197–207, 208–218, │ │ │ │ twenty-seven, and associates them with redemption. Chs. 117–128: The five Hebrew │ 219–233 │ │ │ │ final letters, bringing the alphabetic count from 22 to 27 and representing five │ │ │ │ │ Gevurot in Chapter 127. Chs. 197–207: Mnemonic for the five Hebrew letters with │ │ │ │ │ final forms, treated kabbalistically as five Gevurot or judgments. Chs. 208–218: │ │ │ │ │ The five Hebrew final letters. Chapter 215 treats doubled ⁧מנצפך⁩ as the doubled │ │ │ │ │ judgments represented by ⁧פרפר⁩. Chs. 219–233: Five Hebrew letters with final │ │ │ │ │ forms; paired as ⁧כ״ך⁩, ⁧מ״ם⁩, ⁧נ״ן⁩, ⁧פ״ף⁩, ⁧צ״ץ⁩ to symbolize five redemptions. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Modim │ ⁧מודים⁩ │ Chs. 150–166: Thanksgiving blessing in the Eighteen Benedictions; Chapter 150 │ 150–166 │ │ │ │ assigns its ⁧המרחם⁩ meditation to Atzilut. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Mordecai (⁧מרדכי⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Presented in Chapter 44 as occupying Moses’s rung and as the later │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ Israelite master (⁧רב⁩) through whom Amalek/Haman is defeated. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Moses │ ⁧משה⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: The central speaker and petitioner; associated with Torah, Tiferet, │ 1–14, 29–42, 117–128 │ │ │ │ vav, and the three Patriarchal modes. Chs. 29–42: Primary speaker and petitioner. │ │ │ │ │ His rung is variously related to ⁧ו⁩, Daʿat, the sun, and the upper combat against │ │ │ │ │ angelic princes. Chs. 117–128: Central petitioner; servant, son, prospective │ │ │ │ │ partner, recipient of the tablets, and master of Joshua. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ musaf (⁧מוסף⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: The additional sacrifice or prayer for Sabbaths, new moons, and │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ festivals. Chapter 58 constructs puns on ⁧תוסף⁩/⁧מוסף⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ mystery (⁧סוד⁩, Aramaic ⁧רזא⁩) │ — │ Chs. 29–42: An esoteric correspondence, not merely a lexical definition. │ 29–42 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Naaman │ — │ Chs. 208–218: Commander of Aram healed from leprosy by Elisha. His │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ nun-initial/final name, acknowledgment of God, and words ⁧אמנה⁩, ⁧אבנה⁩, and ⁧פרפר⁩ │ │ │ │ │ drive Chapter 215. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Nadab and Abihu (⁧נדב אביהו⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Their initials form ⁧נ״א⁩; Chapter 60 treats Elijah as deriving from │ 43–61, 117–128 │ │ │ │ them through transmigration. Chs. 117–128: Their initials form ⁧נ״א⁩; their souls │ │ │ │ │ give Elijah a double portion in Chapter 122. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Name of 42 (⁧שם של מ״ב⁩) │ Name of 42 │ Chs. 108–116: A kabbalistic Divine Name associated here with Gevurah, the support │ 108–116 │ │ │ │ of the world, and the initials/numerical letters of ⁧בלי מה⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Name of 72 (⁧שם של ע״ב⁩) │ Name of 72 │ Chs. 108–116: A kabbalistic Divine Name associated here with Ḥesed and the │ 108–116 │ │ │ │ sealing of the abyss. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Name of forty-two (⁧שם מ״ב⁩) │ — │ Chs. 167–179: A forty-two-letter Name associated with Din, Gevurah, Moses’ staff, │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ and “rivers of fire.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Name of seventy-two (⁧שם ע״ב⁩) │ — │ Chs. 167–179: The seventy-two triplets derived from Exodus 14:19–21, the verses │ 167–179, 189–196 │ │ │ │ beginning ⁧וַיִּסַּע⁩, ⁧וַיָּבֹא⁩, and ⁧וַיֵּט⁩. Chs. 189–196: A sequence of seventy-two │ │ │ │ │ three-letter Divine Names. Chapter 195 identifies ⁧כה״ת⁩ / ⁧תכ״ה⁩ as the eighth Name. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Name of Twenty-Eight │ — │ Chs. 208–218: A Divine Name said to issue from three seven-word, │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ twenty-eight-letter units: Genesis 1:1, Exodus 20:1, and the Kaddish response. │ │ │ │ │ Chapter 212 prints its formula as ⁧אכתריא״ל י״ה אדני שם צבאות יה אדירירון⁩, with │ │ │ │ │ the descriptive ⁧שם⁩ excluded from the twenty-eight-letter count. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Name of twenty-two (⁧שם כ״ב⁩) │ — │ Chs. 167–179: A Name associated with Raḥamim and the twenty-two letters or │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ channels through which heaven and earth were created. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Name ⁧רי״ו⁩ (RYU) │ — │ Chs. 208–218: A 216-valued Name associated with the side of Ḥesed; ⁧חבקוק⁩ │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ (Habakkuk) likewise totals 216. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Naʿaman │ ⁧נעמן⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: The Tammuz-season window. │ 98–107 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ naʿar / the Youth │ ⁧נער⁩; Youth │ Chs. 15–28: “Youth” or “lad”; a title associated with Metatron and, through him, │ 15–28, 108–116 │ │ │ │ Joseph. Chs. 108–116: Major title of Metatron; also produced by several numerical │ │ │ │ │ and acrostic constructions. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Nebuzaradan (⁧נבוזראדן⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Commander associated with the Babylonian exile; Chapter 48 divides │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ his name into the initials ⁧נ⁩–⁧א⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ nefesh │ ⁧נפש⁩ │ Chs. 150–166: Soul/life-force, coordinated with ⁧צביונם⁩ in Chapter 162. Chs. │ 150–166, 167–179, │ │ │ │ 167–179: The lowest of the five listed soul-partzufim; associated with Abraham. │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ Chs. 250–252: The lowest of the three human soul grades; associated with Abraham, │ │ │ │ │ Asiyah, and the Canaanite slave. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ nefesh, ruaḥ, neshamah │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Soul-levels. In Chapter 52 they are the final-letter pattern of Eden, │ 43–61, 129–140, │ │ │ │ River, Garden; in Chapter 60 ⁧נפש אדם⁩ is the notarikon of ⁧נ״א⁩. Chs. 129–140: │ 141–149, 234–241, │ │ │ │ Successive soul levels invoked in Chapter 136 as souls, spirits, and higher souls │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ to be aligned with the side of good. Chs. 141–149: Soul, spirit, and higher soul. │ │ │ │ │ The source specifically calls Joseph the repair of Adam’s nefesh and speaks of │ │ │ │ │ the soul of Edom. Chs. 234–241: Three levels of soul, commonly rendered vital │ │ │ │ │ soul, spirit, and higher soul. Chapter 235 calls them Adam’s three “bonds” and │ │ │ │ │ correlates each with six hundred thousand souls. Chs. 242–249: The three │ │ │ │ │ ascending levels of soul: vital soul, spirit, and higher soul. Chapter 247 aligns │ │ │ │ │ them with Moses’s three forty-day ascents. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Nefilat Appayim │ — │ Chs. 234–241: “Falling upon the face,” the supplicatory section after the Amidah. │ 234–241 │ │ │ │ Chapter 239 associates it with the left side, the final ⁧ה⁩ of YHWH, Psalm 25, and │ │ │ │ │ Moses’ fall before Korah’s congregation. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Nehiyah, Pesiyah, Immanu │ — │ Chs. 87–97: Opaque forms listed among the princes associated with the cherub │ 87–97 │ │ (⁧נהיה⁩, ⁧פסיה⁩, ⁧עמנו⁩) │ │ after Ezekiel’s transformation of the ox’s face. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Nehushtan (⁧נחושתן⁩, source │ — │ Chs. 43–61: The copper serpent made by Moses and later destroyed by Hezekiah. │ 43–61 │ │ ⁧הנחוש״ת⁩) │ │ Chapter 43 treats it through the sound and letters shared by ⁧נחש⁩ (“serpent”), │ │ │ │ │ ⁧נחושת⁩ (“copper”), and ⁧נחשתי⁩ (“I have divined”). │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Nero and Aspasyanus │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Roman rulers used as a ⁧נ⁩–⁧א⁩ pair for the exile of Edom/Rome in Chapter │ 43–61 │ │ (Vespasian) (⁧נירון⁩ / │ │ 48. “Aspasyanus” preserves the source’s name-form. │ │ │ ⁧אספייאנוס⁩) │ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ neshamah │ ⁧נשמה⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: Soul; connected with the upright/large nun and the fifty gates of │ 98–107, 167–179, │ │ │ │ Binah. Chs. 167–179: The soul degree associated with Binah. Chs. 250–252: The │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ highest of the three soul grades used here; associated with Jacob, Beriah, and │ │ │ │ │ the Hebrew maidservant. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Netzah │ ⁧נצח⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Endurance or Victory; paired with Hod in Chapter 12. Chs. 62–73: │ 1–14, 62–73 │ │ │ │ Endurance/victory, the seventh sefirah and right “thigh.” Paired with Hod │ │ │ │ │ throughout Chapters 66 and 70. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Netzah and Hod (⁧נצח והוד⁩) │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Victory/Endurance and Splendor, paired sefirot that serve as │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ channels; Chapter 125 distinguishes their roots in Binah and Tevunah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Nicanor and Antiochus │ ⁧ניקנור אנטיוכס⁩ │ Chs. 43–61: Greek rulers or commanders used as a ⁧נ⁩–⁧א⁩ pair for the Greek exile in │ 43–61, 62–73 │ │ │ │ Chapter 48. Chs. 62–73: Greek-period antagonists named together in Chapter 66; │ │ │ │ │ their initials participate in ⁧נ״א⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Nogah │ ⁧נגה⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: The “radiant” intermediate kelippah. Chapter 66 describes its │ 62–73, 87–97, │ │ │ │ Hasmonean repair; Chapter 73 places the planet Nogah in the Palace of Love. Chs. │ 98–107, 250–252 │ │ │ │ 87–97: “Radiance”; the intermediate kelippah capable of elevation. Chapter 88 │ │ │ │ │ associates converts and Aramaic with kelippat Nogah. Chs. 98–107: The │ │ │ │ │ Tishrei-season window and “light” in Proverbs 4:18 and Job 22:28. Chs. 250–252: │ │ │ │ │ The “shining” kelippah; linked in Chapter 252 with the fourth kelippah and the │ │ │ │ │ Greek oppression. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ notarikon │ ⁧נוטריקון⁩; ⁧נוטריקון⁩ / ⁧נוטרייקון⁩; │ Chs. 1–14: Interpretation of a word or phrase as an acronym formed from the │ 1–14, 15–28, 29–42, │ │ │ notarikon │ initials or components of other words. Chs. 15–28: Interpretation of a word or │ 43–61, 62–73, 74–86, │ │ │ │ sequence as initials, an acronym, or an expanded phrase. Chs. 29–42: │ 87–97, 98–107, │ │ │ │ Interpretation of a word as an acronym or of initials as a word. Chs. 43–61: │ 108–116, 117–128, │ │ │ │ Notarikon, interpretation by initials or acronym. Chs. 62–73: Acrostic or │ 129–140, 141–149, │ │ │ │ abbreviation-based interpretation. Operative Hebrew and selected letters are │ 150–166, 167–179, │ │ │ │ retained in the translation. Chs. 74–86: Interpretation of a word as an acronym │ 180–188, 189–196, │ │ │ │ whose letters begin a sequence of words. Chs. 87–97: Interpretation of a word’s │ 197–207, 208–218, │ │ │ │ letters as initials or abbreviations of other words. Chs. 98–107: Expansion of │ 219–233, 234–241, │ │ │ │ letters as initials of words or phrases. Chs. 108–116: Expansion of a word or │ 242–249, 250–252 │ │ │ │ abbreviation into a phrase through initials or other selected letters. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 117–128: Interpretation by initials, final letters, acronym, or resegmentation. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 129–140: Expansion of a word’s letters as initials of a phrase. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 141–149: Interpretation of a word as initials or final letters of a phrase. │ │ │ │ │ Reversed and irregular initial sequences are retained rather than normalized. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 150–166: Expansion of a word’s letters as initials of a phrase, used │ │ │ │ │ extensively throughout the range. Chs. 167–179: Reading letters as initials or │ │ │ │ │ abbreviated words. Chs. 180–188: Expansion of a word through initials or selected │ │ │ │ │ letters. Chs. 189–196: Interpretation through initials, final letters, acronyms, │ │ │ │ │ or resegmentation. Chs. 197–207: Reading the letters of a word as initials of a │ │ │ │ │ longer phrase. Chs. 208–218: Interpretation of letters as the initials or final │ │ │ │ │ letters of a phrase. Chs. 219–233: Expansion of letters as initials of phrases; │ │ │ │ │ used extensively throughout the range. Chs. 234–241: Interpretation in which │ │ │ │ │ letters of a word or phrase serve as initials or abbreviations. This range │ │ │ │ │ preserves each operative Hebrew expression because the mechanism cannot be │ │ │ │ │ carried by English translation alone. Chs. 242–249: Interpretation of a word as │ │ │ │ │ an acronym or as initials of a phrase. Chs. 250–252: Interpretation of a word’s │ │ │ │ │ letters as initials or as an abbreviated phrase. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Nukva │ ⁧נוקבא⁩ │ Chs. 74–86: “The Female,” a kabbalistic designation for the feminine partzuf, │ 74–86, 197–207, │ │ │ │ closely related to Malkhut. Chs. 197–207: “The Female,” the feminine partzuf or │ 219–233 │ │ │ │ grade. Chapter 198 contrasts it with the male grade attained through Torah. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 219–233: Feminine configuration paired with Zeʿir in the sukkah’s numerical │ │ │ │ │ structure. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Nuriel │ — │ Chs. 43–61: The green configuration when judgment prevails; linked with the │ 43–61, 242–249 │ │ │ │ “river of fire.” Chs. 242–249: An angel whose numerical value is used in Chapter │ │ │ │ │ 247 in the discussion of Moses’s fiery ascent. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Obadiah │ — │ Chs. 208–218: The servant of Ahab who hid one hundred prophets. His name is read │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ as ⁧עבד יה⁩, “servant of Yah.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Ofan / Ofanim │ ⁧אופן⁩; ⁧אופן⁩ / ⁧אופנים⁩; Ofan (pl. Ofanim) │ Chs. 1–14: Literally “mode” or “manner”; the numbered interpretive unit used by │ 1–14, 15–28, 29–42, │ │ │ │ the work. Chs. 15–28: Literally “manner,” “mode,” or “wheel.” Here each Ofan is a │ 87–97, 108–116, │ │ │ │ numbered interpretation of Moses’ prayer in Deuteronomy 3:23–28; the term also │ 180–188 │ │ │ │ names an angelic order. Chs. 29–42: Literally a “mode,” “manner,” or “wheel”; one │ │ │ │ │ of the numbered interpretive approaches in the work. Chs. 87–97: “Wheel” or │ │ │ │ │ “mode.” The numbered unit heading of the work; also a chariot-wheel in Chapter │ │ │ │ │ 87. Chs. 108–116: Literally “mode,” “manner,” or “wheel.” The numbered │ │ │ │ │ interpretive unit of Megalleh Amukkot. Chs. 180–188: Numbered interpretive “mode” │ │ │ │ │ or unit in Megalleh Amukkot. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Ofaniel │ ⁧אפניא״ל⁩ │ Chs. 43–61: Angel appointed over the moon in Chapter 51. His name has value 178; │ 43–61, 62–73 │ │ │ │ with twenty-eight it equals ⁧ארה⁩ (206). Chs. 62–73: Angelic prince of the moon in │ │ │ │ │ Chapter 62. Distinct from the numbered Ofan headings. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Ḥokhmah │ ⁧חכמה⁩; Ḥokhmah │ Chs. 1–14: Wisdom, a supernal sefirah represented in Chapter 12 by alef and the │ 1–14, 15–28, 43–61, │ │ │ │ thirty-two paths. Chs. 15–28: “Wisdom”; associated with the thirty-two paths and │ 74–86, 108–116, │ │ │ │ the letter ⁧י⁩. Chs. 43–61: Wisdom, the second sefirah; associated in Chapter 53 │ 150–166, 180–188, │ │ │ │ with vowel points and the thirty-two paths. Chs. 74–86: “Wisdom,” the sefirah │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ associated in Chapter 78 with YHWH. Chs. 108–116: Wisdom; read in Chapter 112 as │ │ │ │ │ ⁧כח מה⁩, “the power of Mah.” Chs. 150–166: Wisdom, associated with the supernal │ │ │ │ │ brain, Moses, ⁧א⁩, and the thirty-two paths. Chs. 180–188: Wisdom; its thirty-two │ │ │ │ │ paths appear in Chapters 180 and 184. Chs. 242–249: Wisdom, the second sefirah, │ │ │ │ │ associated with the yod of YHWH and the upper Wisdom partzuf. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Ḥokhmah / Binah / Daʿat │ — │ Chs. 197–207: Wisdom, Understanding, and Knowledge. Binah is the fiftieth gate │ 197–207 │ │ │ │ and “dawn”; Daʿat is the summit Moses temporarily ascends; Ḥokhmah is the higher │ │ │ │ │ holy ground above Malkhut. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ‘oneg (⁧עונג⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Sabbath delight. Its letters are read as ⁧עדן נהר גן⁩ (Eden, River, │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ Garden). │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ophanim │ — │ Chs. 208–218: A class of angelic “wheels.” Chapter 209 reads ⁧נ״א⁩ as ⁧נתיב אופנים⁩, │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ “the path of the ophanim.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Oral Torah │ ⁧תורה שבעל פה⁩; Oral Torah │ Chs. 62–73: Rabbinic Torah transmitted and expounded orally; Rabbi Akiva is its │ 62–73, 74–86, │ │ │ │ emblem in Chapters 72–73. Chs. 74–86: The interpretive and legal tradition paired │ 180–188 │ │ │ │ with the Written Torah; associated in this range with the left, earth, the final │ │ │ │ │ ⁧ה⁩, and six orders. Chs. 180–188: Associated with earth and ⁧ה⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Orpaniel │ ⁧אורפניאל⁩ │ Chs. 219–233: Unexplained esoteric name paired with Ḥashmal in Chapter 231. │ 219–233 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Orpaniel / Or Peniel │ — │ Chs. 167–179: The fifth angel in Chapter 174, functioning as the covering over │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ the fourfold angelic structure. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Palace of Love │ ⁧היכל אהבה⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: Supernal palace attained by Rabbi Akiva at his martyrdom in Chapter │ 62–73 │ │ │ │ 73. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Palace of Will │ ⁧היכל רצון⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: Higher palace associated with Moses’s death “by the mouth of the │ 62–73 │ │ │ │ LORD” in Chapter 73. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Pardes │ ⁧פרדס⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: The kabbalistic work cited at the close of Chapter 25. Chs. 189–196: │ 15–28, 189–196, │ │ │ │ Kabbalistic work cited for the circles and crowned letters of YHWH. Chs. 197–207: │ 197–207, 208–218 │ │ │ │ Mnemonic for ⁧פשט⁩, ⁧רמז⁩, ⁧דרש⁩, ⁧סוד⁩—plain sense, allusion, exposition, and │ │ │ │ │ mystery—the four garments of Torah. Chs. 208–218: The esoteric “orchard” entered │ │ │ │ │ by four sages in Ḥagigah 15; Chapter 217 correlates its four entrants with the │ │ │ │ │ four rungs of Jacob’s ladder. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Pardes Rimmonim / Sefer │ — │ Chs. 141–149: Works of Rabbi Moses Cordovero cited in Chapter 149 concerning the │ 141–149 │ │ Gerushin │ │ straight ⁧כ⁩ and Keter. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Pardes, Gate of the Conduits │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Kabbalistic source invoked in Chapter 50 for the twenty-two │ 43–61 │ │ (⁧פרדס⁩, ⁧שער הצינורות⁩) │ │ letter-conduits. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ pargautin (⁧פרגטוטין⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: A robe or garment; retained as a loanword because its exact type is │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ not defined in this passage. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ pargod (⁧פרגוד⁩) │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Curtain before the throne, one of the four stages of prayer’s │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ ascent. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ parsah (⁧פרסה⁩) │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Separating screen between the worlds of Beriah and Yetzirah, │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ identified here with the pargod. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ partzuf / partzufim │ ⁧פרצוף⁩ / ⁧פרצופים⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Face, configuration, or persona; Chapter 9 speaks of 600,000 │ 1–14, 141–149, │ │ │ │ configurations for every Torah letter. Chs. 141–149: A configured divine persona. │ 167–179, 242–249, │ │ │ │ Chapter 144 discusses the partzuf of Adam and the large final mem associated with │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ the ox-face. Chs. 167–179: A Divine or soul “configuration.” Chapter 175 lists │ │ │ │ │ five soul-partzufim. Chs. 242–249: A configured divine “countenance” or persona. │ │ │ │ │ The World of Tikkun is structured through partzufim rather than isolated points. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 250–252: A divine or psychic “configuration” or “visage”; Chapter 250 speaks │ │ │ │ │ of five partzufim of nefesh. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Passover Haggadah │ — │ Chs. 197–207: Cited in Chapter 207 for the Torah’s address to four sons. │ 197–207 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ permutations of Elohim │ — │ Chs. 43–61: The 120 orderings or judgment-configurations discussed in Chapter 49. │ 43–61 │ │ (⁧צירופי אלהים⁩) │ │ Moses sweetens 119 during life and attains the last only immediately before │ │ │ │ │ death. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Peshat / peshatim │ ⁧פשט⁩ / ⁧פשטים⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Plain-sense interpretation(s); Chapter 9 posits 600,000 peshatim for │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ every letter. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Pesukei de-Zimra │ — │ Chs. 234–241: “Verses of Song,” the psalmic section of the morning liturgy │ 234–241 │ │ │ │ between Barukh She-Amar and Yishtabbaḥ. Chapter 239 associates it with the │ │ │ │ │ Levites’ song. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Phinehas (⁧פנחס⁩) │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Pursues and brings Balaam for judgment; fights the lower Midianite │ 29–42 │ │ │ │ force while Moses addresses its prince above. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ pikkuah nefesh │ — │ Chs. 197–207: Saving or preserving life. Chapter 197 applies the rule that it │ 197–207 │ │ │ │ overrides the Sabbath. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ pilgrimage festival / regel │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Passover, Shavuot, or Sukkot; also literally “foot.” Chapter 59 │ 43–61 │ │ (⁧רגל⁩) │ │ develops Balaam’s “three times” as Israel’s three pilgrimage festivals. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Early medieval aggadic work, cited in Chapters 46 and 50. │ 43–61 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Pirkei Hekhalot / Sefer │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Hekhalot literature cited for Yefifiah, Metatron, and “the lesser │ 117–128 │ │ Hekhalot (⁧פרקי היכלות⁩ / ⁧ספר⁩ │ │ YHWH.” │ │ │ ⁧היכלות⁩) │ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Plain sense │ ⁧דרך הפשט⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Interpretation according to the direct contextual meaning of the text. │ 1–14 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ plain sense / remez / derash │ — │ Chs. 197–207: Four modes of Torah interpretation: literal meaning, allusive │ 197–207 │ │ / sod │ │ meaning, homiletical exposition, and esoteric mystery. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Plene spelling │ ⁧מלא⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: A traditional spelling that includes a mater lectionis, here │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ especially an additional ⁧ו⁩ in Joshua’s name. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ porpira de-nishmeta │ ⁧פורפירא דנשמתא⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: Aramaic for the “purple robe of the soul,” identified with the ⁧אלוה⁩ │ 62–73 │ │ │ │ garment in Chapter 62. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ progressive number (⁧מספר⁩ │ — │ Chs. 167–179: A cumulative gematria in which the values from alef through each │ 167–179 │ │ ⁧הקדמי⁩) │ │ successive letter of a word are added. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ qav │ — │ Chs. 167–179: A measure equal here to four logs; six qav make a seah. │ 167–179 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ qere │ ⁧קרי⁩ │ Chs. 150–166: Traditional read form, contrasted with the written ketiv; │ 150–166 │ │ │ │ especially ⁧ההיא⁩ read for written ⁧ההוא⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ qere / ketiv │ ⁧קרי⁩ / ⁧כתיב⁩ │ Chs. 29–42: The traditional distinction between what is read and what is written. │ 29–42, 98–107, │ │ │ │ Chapters 29, 34, and 41 interpret ⁧היא⁩/⁧הוא⁩ through this distinction. Chs. 98–107: │ 117–128, 219–233, │ │ │ │ Read and written forms; ⁧ההיא⁩/⁧ההוא⁩ are repeatedly assigned feminine/masculine and │ 234–241 │ │ │ │ Name-letter functions. Chs. 117–128: The traditionally read and written forms of │ │ │ │ │ a biblical word. The masculine/feminine ⁧ההוא⁩ / ⁧ההיא⁩ contrast is repeatedly │ │ │ │ │ interpreted in this range. Chs. 219–233: Traditional read/written contrast, │ │ │ │ │ especially feminine ⁧ההיא⁩ read for masculine written ⁧ההוא⁩. Chs. 234–241: The │ │ │ │ │ distinction between a traditional reading and the written consonantal form. The │ │ │ │ │ work repeatedly interprets masculine ⁧הַהוּא⁩ and feminine ⁧הַהִיא⁩; not every use of ⁧קרי⁩ │ │ │ │ │ in this range is necessarily a formal Masoretic qere. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rabbah bar bar Ḥanah │ ⁧רבה בר בר חנא⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Talmudic sage whose encounter with the heavenly voice is cited in │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ Chapter 13 concerning release of a vow. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rabban Gamaliel the Elder │ — │ Chs. 189–196: His generation required the Yavneh benediction against sectarians. │ 189–196 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rabbenu / Rav │ — │ Chs. 74–86: “Our teacher” / “master.” The repeated phrase ⁧רב לך⁩ permits wordplay │ 74–86 │ │ │ │ between “It is much for you” and mastery or greatness belonging to Moses. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rabbenu Tam tefillin │ — │ Chs. 167–179: Tefillin ordered according to Rabbenu Tam; associated with Abba and │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ the phrase ⁧שְׁמָר תָּם⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rabbi Akiva │ ⁧רבי עקיבא⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: His generation is among those shown to Moses in the book of Adam. │ 1–14 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Participants in the longevity and palm-tree episode of Chapter 190. │ 189–196 │ │ Nehunya ben Ha-Qanah │ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rabbi Bena‘ah │ ⁧רבי בנאה⁩ │ Chs. 219–233: Tanna-era sage who marked the ancestral caves; central to Chapter │ 219–233 │ │ │ │ 222. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rabbi Hidqa │ — │ Chs. 242–249: Tanna associated with the dispute over the number of Sabbath meals. │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ The printed source reverses the familiar assignment of the three- and four-meal │ │ │ │ │ positions. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rabbi Joshua ben Levi │ ⁧רבי יהושע בן לוי⁩ │ Chs. 219–233: Sage who measures Eden and, in another source, the gates of │ 219–233 │ │ │ │ Gehenna. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi (Rabbenu │ — │ Chs. 74–86: “Our Holy Teacher,” the title of Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi, │ 74–86, 234–241, │ │ Ha-Kadosh) │ │ compiler/redactor of the Mishnah. Chs. 234–241: Redactor traditionally associated │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ with the Mishnah. Chapter 238 situates Rabbi Ḥiyya, his sons, and Elijah in his │ │ │ │ │ generation. Chs. 242–249: Compiler of the Mishnah, called simply “Rabbi” in │ │ │ │ │ rabbinic usage. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rabbi Nathan │ ⁧רבי נתן⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Paired with Rabbi Judah the Patriarch in arranging the Mishnah. │ 1–14 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rabbi Shimon ben Eleazar │ ⁧רבי שמעון בן אלעזר⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Cited in Chapter 2 for the position that death results from one’s own │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ sin. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rabbi Simlai │ ⁧רבי שמלאי⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Raises the question in Sotah as to why Moses desired entry into the │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ Land of Israel. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rabbi Yose (⁧ר׳ יוסי⁩) │ — │ Chs. 189–196: His name equals Elohim; the source says halakhah follows him in │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ ninety-five places. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rabbi Ḥanina │ ⁧רבי חנינא⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Authority cited in Chapter 8 against multiplying Divine titles in │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ prayer. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rabbi Ḥiyya and his sons │ — │ Chs. 234–241: Sages whose combined prayer in Bava Metzia 85b is said to have │ 234–241 │ │ │ │ carried power comparable to that of the three Patriarchs. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ radiance of the supernal │ — │ Chs. 117–128: The higher illumination attributed to the first tablets in Chapter │ 117–128 │ │ Wisdom (⁧זיהרא דחכמתא עילאה⁩) │ │ 125. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rahab │ ⁧רהב⁩; Rahab │ Chs. 29–42: Prince of Ishmael; its value is equated with ⁧זר⁩ (“foreign”). Chs. │ 29–42, 98–107, │ │ │ │ 98–107: Male prince/kelippah of Ishmael; associated with Paran and the “great │ 180–188 │ │ │ │ eshel.” Chs. 180–188: Prince of Egypt; his value is combined with 480 to produce │ │ │ │ │ 687 in the Chapter 184 Hagahah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rahab / Samael │ — │ Chs. 129–140: Male impure powers. Chapter 140 associates Rahab with the donkey’s │ 129–140 │ │ │ │ watch and Samael with the dogs’ watch. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rahab, Jethro, Moses, Naaman │ — │ Chs. 208–218: Four people said to have publicly acknowledged the Holy One, │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ blessed be He; their initials form ⁧רימן⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Raphael (⁧רפאל⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Angel of the Shekhinah in the west and rearward direction of the │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ merkavah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rashi tefillin │ — │ Chs. 167–179: Tefillin ordered according to Rashi; associated here with Imma and │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ the letters ⁧יש״ר⁩ permuted as ⁧רש״י⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ rav / rav lakh (⁧רב⁩ / ⁧רב לך⁩) │ ⁧רב⁩; ⁧רב־לך⁩; rav lakh; ⁧רב⁩ / ⁧רב לך⁩; ⁧רב לך⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: A master, teacher, or authoritative sage. The phrase ⁧רב־לך⁩ also │ 1–14, 15–28, 87–97, │ │ │ │ ordinarily means “it is enough for you,” enabling repeated wordplay. Chs. 1–14: │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ “it is enough for you” | Re-read through greatness, a rav, “many,” and │ │ │ │ │ comparative “greater.” Chs. 15–28: Depending on context, ⁧רב⁩ can mean “much,” │ │ │ │ │ “enough,” “master,” “great one,” or “chief.” The translation normally renders the │ │ │ │ │ divine reply ⁧רב לך⁩ as “It is enough for you,” while retaining rav where the │ │ │ │ │ wordplay itself is analyzed. Chs. 87–97: “It is enough for you” or “much is │ │ │ │ │ yours”; the Divine reply to Moses, repeatedly subjected to additional wordplay. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 250–252: “It is enough for you,” with ⁧רב⁩ also read as “master.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rav Aha bar Jacob (⁧רב אחא בר⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Subdues the seven-headed harmful being in the study house. │ 189–196 │ │ ⁧יעקב⁩) │ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rav and Samuel │ ⁧רב ושמואל⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Paired authorities: Rav in prohibitions, Samuel in civil law. │ 1–14 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rav Ashi and Ravina │ ⁧רב אשי ורבינא⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Paired authorities at the close of the Talmudic era. │ 1–14 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Raziel (⁧רזיאל⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: One of the four princes of Torah in the notarikon ⁧זמי״ר⁩. │ 43–61 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Raʿaya Mehemna │ ⁧רעיא מהימנא⁩; Raʿaya Mehemna │ Chs. 1–14: “The Faithful Shepherd,” a Zoharic stratum cited in Chapter 14. Chs. │ 1–14, 87–97, │ │ │ │ 87–97: “Faithful Shepherd,” a Zoharic stratum cited in Chapter 89. Chs. 108–116: │ 108–116, 150–166, │ │ │ │ “The Faithful Shepherd,” a stratum of the Zohar cited frequently in these │ 189–196, 197–207, │ │ │ │ chapters. Chs. 150–166: “Faithful Shepherd,” Zoharic stratum cited in Chapter 166 │ 208–218, 219–233, │ │ │ │ concerning Moses and four partitions. Chs. 189–196: Zoharic stratum cited for the │ 234–241, 250–252 │ │ │ │ kelippot clothed in the Egyptian. Chs. 197–207: “The Faithful Shepherd,” a │ │ │ │ │ Zoharic stratum invoked in Chapter 201 for the analysis of Moses as ⁧רב⁩ and ⁧רוכב⁩. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 208–218: A Zoharic stratum cited for the twenty-eight letters of the second │ │ │ │ │ filling and for concealed language about Moses and Abel. Chs. 219–233: Zoharic │ │ │ │ │ “Faithful Shepherd” stratum cited for sons/servants and Eden’s partitions. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 234–241: “The Faithful Shepherd,” a stratum of the Zohar centered on Moses. It is │ │ │ │ │ cited in Chapters 235, 238, and 239. Chs. 250–252: “The Faithful Shepherd,” a │ │ │ │ │ Zoharic stratum cited in Chapter 250 concerning evening prayer. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Raḥamim │ ⁧רחמים⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Mercy or compassion; middat raḥamim is the attribute of mercy. Chs. │ 1–14, 29–42, 87–97, │ │ │ │ 29–42: Mercy. The four principal fillings of YHWH signify mercy in Chapter 31. │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ Chs. 87–97: Mercy or compassion; the middle line between Ḥesed and Din. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 167–179: Mercy or compassion, the mediating attribute and source of the Name of │ │ │ │ │ twenty-two. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Recanati │ ⁧רקנט⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: Menaḥem Recanati, cited in Chapter 65 on the cosmic sabbatical cycles │ 62–73 │ │ │ │ in Behar. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ reflected light │ ⁧אור חוזר⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: Returning/reflected light, paired with direct light in Chapter 63. │ 62–73 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Reisha de-Ayin │ — │ Chs. 242–249: “The Head of Ayin,” one of the three supernal heads in Chapter 243. │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ The source uses the letter structure of ⁧עי״ן⁩ in forming ⁧תיי״ר⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Reisha de-lo Ityada │ — │ Chs. 242–249: “The Unknowable Head,” the highest of the three heads, also called │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ the head that is not known. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ release / annulment of a vow │ ⁧היתר⁩ / ⁧הפרה⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: Technical legal language for rendering a vow or oath no longer │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ binding. Chapter 15 distinguishes the oath to three Patriarchs from the │ │ │ │ │ individual oath to Moses. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ repentance (teshuvah) │ — │ Chs. 197–207: Chapter 200 reads ⁧תשוב״ה⁩ as ⁧תשוב ה׳⁩, “the ⁧ה⁩ shall return,” meaning │ 197–207 │ │ │ │ the Shekhinah’s restoration. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Reshit Ḥokhmah (⁧ראשית חכמה⁩) │ — │ Chs. 167–179: A kabbalistic-ethical work cited in Chapter 172 concerning tefillin │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ and Divine Names. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ribbuʿa / square │ ⁧רבוע⁩ │ Chs. 141–149: A cumulative spelling of a Name, such as ⁧י⁩, ⁧יה⁩, ⁧יהו⁩, ⁧יהוה⁩. Chapter │ 141–149, 150–166 │ │ │ │ 148 treats five such squares as “backs” from which judgments can derive. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 150–166: Progressive or “back-form” kabbalistic calculation of a Name, not │ │ │ │ │ ordinary mathematical squaring. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Ridya (⁧רדיה⁩) │ — │ Chs. 87–97: The guardian of the deep, described in rabbinic tradition as │ 87–97 │ │ │ │ resembling a calf. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Rokeah │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Eleazar of Worms, or the work/title by which he is known. │ 29–42 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Romus and Romulus │ — │ Chs. 129–140: Founders of Rome in the tradition cited by Chapter 140, described │ 129–140 │ │ │ │ there as drawing sustenance from a female dog. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ruaḥ │ ⁧רוח⁩ │ Chs. 150–166: Spirit, coordinated with ⁧דעתם⁩ in Chapter 162. Chs. 167–179: The │ 150–166, 167–179, │ │ │ │ second soul degree; associated with Isaac. Chs. 250–252: The intermediate soul │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ grade; associated with Isaac, Yetzirah, and the Hebrew male slave. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Sabbath limit (teḥum) │ — │ Chs. 129–140: The bounded distance one may travel on the Sabbath; Chapter 129 │ 129–140 │ │ │ │ gives the ordinary measure as two thousand cubits. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ sabbatical cycle (shemittah) │ ⁧שמיטה⁩ │ Chs. 150–166: Cosmic cycle in Sefer ha-Temunah; distinguished in Chapter 163 as │ 150–166, 197–207 │ │ │ │ cycles of Ḥesed and judgment. Chs. 197–207: A cosmic epoch in Sefer Ha-Temunah’s │ │ │ │ │ scheme. Chapter 207 calls the present cycle Isaac’s harsh cycle. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Samael │ ⁧סמאל⁩; Samael; ⁧סמא״ל⁩ │ Chs. 29–42: Adverse angelic prince; associated with Amalek’s 130 camps. Chs. │ 29–42, 43–61, 62–73, │ │ │ │ 43–61: Male power of the Other Side and partner of the serpent in Chapter 60. │ 141–149, 180–188, │ │ │ │ Chs. 62–73: Demonic/accusing power, associated in Chapter 71 with the ox-side and │ 189–196, 219–233 │ │ │ │ coupled with Rahab. Chs. 141–149: Esau’s prince and the great accuser on the left │ │ │ │ │ side. Chapter 147 associates his two powers with dog and pig, poverty and wealth. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 180–188: Angelic power opposed to holiness; equated numerically with Gibeon │ │ │ │ │ in Chapter 184. Chs. 189–196: Adverse male power, value 131, riding 130 camps; │ │ │ │ │ paired with Lilith. Chs. 219–233: Demonic prince of Seir associated with the │ │ │ │ │ moon’s concealment and serpent impurity. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Samael / Lilith │ — │ Chs. 74–86: Male and female powers of the impure side in the kabbalistic │ 74–86 │ │ │ │ construction of Chapter 80. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Samael / Satan / serpent │ — │ Chs. 197–207: Impure powers combined in a disputed gematria in Chapter 197. │ 197–207 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Samuel (⁧שמואל⁩) │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Establishes the twenty-four priestly watches, Levitical watches, and │ 29–42 │ │ │ │ lay divisions. His name is read as ⁧שמו אל⁩ (“His Name is El”). │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Samuel the Small (⁧שמואל⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Instituted the benediction against sectarians and possessed a spark │ 189–196 │ │ ⁧הקטן⁩) │ │ of Moses. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Sandalfon │ ⁧סנדלפון⁩; Sandalfon │ Chs. 15–28: Angel associated in Chapter 27 with Ezra and the World of Asiyah. │ 15–28, 43–61, 62–73, │ │ │ │ Chs. 43–61: Angel associated with Asiyah; paired with Metatron through the │ 98–107, 108–116, │ │ │ │ initials ⁧מ״ס⁩ and the shoe/sandal motif. Chs. 62–73: Great angelic prince ruling │ 141–149, 250–252 │ │ │ │ Asiyah and binding crowns from Israel’s prayers. The related source word │ │ │ │ │ ⁧סנדלפונים⁩ remains uncertain. Chs. 98–107: Angelic degree of Joshua in Asiyah; │ │ │ │ │ contrasted with Moses/Metatron. Chs. 108–116: Prince of Asiyah; Chapter 111 │ │ │ │ │ associates this role with Elijah/Phinehas. Chs. 141–149: The angel associated │ │ │ │ │ with Asiyah in Chapter 142 and correlated there with Joshua. Chs. 250–252: Angel │ │ │ │ │ associated with Asiyah, the Canaanite slave, evening prayer, and Elijah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Sar ha-Panim (⁧שר הפנים⁩) │ — │ Chs. 167–179: “Prince of the Presence,” a title of Metatron. │ 167–179 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Saul (⁧שאול⁩) │ — │ Chs. 117–128: First king, exceptionally tall, associated with the Name Ban; his │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ failure against Amalek delays the Temple. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Saul of Rehoboth │ — │ Chs. 234–241: An Edomite king named in Genesis 36:37. Chapter 241 uses the name │ 234–241 │ │ │ │ mystically to elucidate the Israelite King Saul’s soul-root in Binah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Sava de-Mishpatim (⁧סבא⁩ │ — │ Chs. 43–61: The “Elder” discourse in Zohar II, Mishpatim, cited in Chapter 50 for │ 43–61 │ │ ⁧משפטים⁩) │ │ the path unknown to the bird of prey. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ seah │ — │ Chs. 167–179: A rabbinic volume measure; the source’s │ 167–179, 242–249 │ │ │ │ twenty-three/twenty-four-log inconsistency is documented at TN-167-01. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 242–249: A rabbinic volume measure. Forty seah equal 240 kav and 960 log in the │ │ │ │ │ source’s calculation. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ secondary chariot (⁧מרכבת⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: The sixfold Yetziratic configuration associated in Chapter 122 with │ 117–128 │ │ ⁧המשנה⁩) │ │ Metatron and the six orders of the Mishnah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Seder Olam │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Early rabbinic chronology. │ 29–42 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Sefer Ha-Kavvanot │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Work on mystical prayer intentions cited for the three-letter Name │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ used by Moses. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Sefer ha-Malbush │ ⁧ספר המלבוש⁩ │ Chs. 219–233: Kabbalistic “Book of the Garment” cited for 231 front and 231 back │ 219–233 │ │ │ │ gates. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Sefer ha-Peliah │ — │ Chs. 141–149: A kabbalistic work cited in Chapter 148 concerning the letter ⁧א⁩ as │ 141–149 │ │ │ │ the mystery of the face. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Sefer Ha-Temunah │ ⁧ספר התמונה⁩; Sefer ha-Temunah │ Chs. 43–61: Kabbalistic work cited for the soul’s recitation of Psalm 92 upon │ 43–61, 141–149, │ │ │ │ leaving the body. Chs. 141–149: A kabbalistic work cited in Chapter 149 │ 150–166, 180–188, │ │ │ │ concerning the large final ⁧ך⁩ and Keter. Chs. 150–166: Kabbalistic work on letter │ 197–207 │ │ │ │ forms and cosmic cycles, cited in Chapters 161 and 163. Chs. 180–188: Cited in │ │ │ │ │ Chapter 188 for the Keter-indicating ⁧כ⁩ of ⁧אראך⁩. Chs. 197–207: Kabbalistic work │ │ │ │ │ centered on letter forms and cosmic sabbatical cycles, cited in Chapters 197 and │ │ │ │ │ 207. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Sefer Hasidim │ — │ Chs. 208–218: Work of Rabbi Judah the Pious cited for meditating on three │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ twenty-eight-letter units before the Kaddish response. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Sefer Hekhalot / Sefer │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Hekhalot works cited for angelic seals and throne ritual. │ 189–196 │ │ Merkavah │ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Sefer Shimmush Torah │ — │ Chs. 208–218: A work said to contain eleven nun-initial/final verses used against │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ sorcery at Havdalah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Sefer Yetzirah │ ⁧ספר יצירה⁩; Sefer Yetzirah │ Chs. 62–73: Early cosmological work cited in Chapter 62 for the 231 │ 62–73, 180–188, │ │ │ │ gates/alphabets. Chs. 180–188: Cited for five-letter permutations and for calling │ 197–207 │ │ │ │ letters “stones.” Chs. 197–207: Early Jewish cosmological text. Chapter 197 cites │ │ │ │ │ its factorial “houses” built by letter permutations. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ sefirah / sefirot │ ⁧ספירה⁩ / ⁧ספירות⁩; ⁧ספירות⁩; sefirot │ Chs. 1–14: Divine emanation(s) or modalities; retained as a technical term. Chs. │ 1–14, 15–28, 87–97, │ │ │ │ 15–28: The ten divine modalities; Chapter 27 correlates them with the Land’s ten │ 117–128, 150–166, │ │ │ │ degrees of sanctity. Chs. 87–97: A Divine emanation / the system of emanations. │ 180–188, 242–249 │ │ │ │ Chs. 117–128: Divine emanative attributes. The “seven constructive sefirot” are │ │ │ │ │ the lower seven attributes through which the created order is built. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 150–166: Divine emanation(s); this range particularly invokes Malkhut, Ḥesed, │ │ │ │ │ Gevurah, Binah, Ḥokhmah, Yesod, and Daʿat. Chs. 180–188: Divine emanative │ │ │ │ │ attributes; the Ten Commandments correspond to ten holy sefirot in Chapter 188. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 242–249: The ten divine emanations or attributes. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ sekhakh │ ⁧סכך⁩ │ Chs. 219–233: Sukkah roofing, assigned to the first ⁧ה⁩ of YHWH. │ 219–233 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Seth │ ⁧שת⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Seth; Chapter 11 presents him as the second gilgul in the │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ Abel–Seth–Moses sequence. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Seth and Abel (⁧שת⁩ / ⁧הבל⁩) │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Earlier gilgulim of Moses in Chapter 122. │ 117–128 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ seven tikkunim mnemonic │ ⁧ג״ט ק״רע פ״ח⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: Unexpanded mnemonic for seven tikkunim of Arikh Anpin. Because the │ 62–73 │ │ │ │ source supplies no expansion and variants exist, the translation retains it │ │ │ │ │ unchanged. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ seven vanities (⁧הבלים⁩) │ — │ Chs. 208–218: The sevenfold reading of Ecclesiastes’ opening declaration. Seven │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ times ⁧הבל⁩ (37) structures Chapters 212–213. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Seventy-Two-Letter Name │ — │ Chs. 129–140: A Name derived from Exodus 14:19–21. Chapter 129 analyzes eruv as │ 129–140 │ │ │ │ the joining of ⁧ע״ב⁩ (72, Ḥesed) and ⁧רי״ו⁩ (216, Gevurah). │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Shaddai │ ⁧שדי⁩; ⁧שד״י⁩; Shaddai │ Chs. 62–73: Divine Name whose letters are associated with tefillin. Chapter 73 │ 62–73, 108–116, │ │ │ │ says Moses attained ⁧י⁩ and ⁧ד⁩, while Rabbi Akiva also attained ⁧ש⁩. Chs. 108–116: │ 180–188 │ │ │ │ Divine Name with value 314. El Shaddai totals 345, the value of Moses. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 180–188: Divine Name; El Shaddai equals Moses, 345, in ordinary gematria. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Shehaqim │ ⁧שחקים⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: Third firmament in Chapter 65; contains manna and six supernal │ 62–73, 98–107 │ │ │ │ realities and, under large final-letter values, totals 1,018. Chs. 98–107: A │ │ │ │ │ firmament associated with manna, Moses, 458 camps, and the bridegroom. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Shekhinah │ ⁧שכינה⁩; Shekhinah │ Chs. 1–14: The indwelling Divine Presence, treated in Chapter 7 as the female │ 1–14, 15–28, 29–42, │ │ │ │ aspect. Chs. 15–28: The indwelling Divine Presence. Chapter 18 identifies Adonai │ 43–61, 62–73, 74–86, │ │ │ │ with the Shekhinah and the twenty-eight “times.” Chs. 29–42: The indwelling │ 87–97, 98–107, │ │ │ │ Divine Presence, grammatically and symbolically feminine. Chs. 43–61: The │ 108–116, 117–128, │ │ │ │ indwelling Divine Presence; associated with the value of ⁧הערפל⁩, the west, │ 129–140, 141–149, │ │ │ │ Raphael, and appearing before HaShem at the festivals. Chs. 62–73: Indwelling │ 150–166, 167–179, │ │ │ │ Divine Presence. It is associated with ⁧צו⁩, the letter nun, Jerusalem, and the │ 180–188, 189–196, │ │ │ │ death by divine kiss in this range. Chs. 74–86: The indwelling divine Presence, │ 197–207, 234–241, │ │ │ │ associated here with the letter ⁧ה⁩ and the Oral Torah. Chs. 87–97: The indwelling │ 242–249, 250–252 │ │ │ │ Divine Presence, commonly correlated here with Malkhut, the Land of Israel, │ │ │ │ │ Adonai, and the final he of YHWH. Chs. 98–107: The indwelling Divine Presence, │ │ │ │ │ represented as Rebecca and as enthroned above the Land’s gate. Chs. 108–116: │ │ │ │ │ Divine Presence; Chapter 116 speaks of its lower unification. Chs. 117–128: The │ │ │ │ │ indwelling Divine Presence. Chapters 121 and 128 discuss its encampment or │ │ │ │ │ withdrawal. Chs. 129–140: The indwelling divine Presence, associated here with │ │ │ │ │ Adonai and the cup of blessing. Chs. 141–149: The indwelling divine Presence, │ │ │ │ │ also called the Daughter, Malkhut, the pupil of the eye, and lower Ḥokhmah in │ │ │ │ │ this range. Chs. 150–166: Indwelling divine presence, contracted into the │ │ │ │ │ Tabernacle/Ark and destined to spread through Jerusalem. Chs. 167–179: The │ │ │ │ │ indwelling Divine Presence; Chapter 170 speaks of her 248 limbs. Chs. 180–188: │ │ │ │ │ Divine Presence; called earth, Adonai, Noah’s ark, Esther, and the collective │ │ │ │ │ source of Israel in these chapters. Chs. 189–196: The indwelling Divine Presence; │ │ │ │ │ she completes the Sanhedrin count and is identified with Malkhut. Chs. 197–207: │ │ │ │ │ The indwelling divine Presence. This range associates it with Adonai, Jerusalem, │ │ │ │ │ the moon, the cup of blessing, the fourth leg, and the feminine ⁧ה⁩. Chs. 234–241: │ │ │ │ │ The indwelling Divine Presence, frequently associated with the feminine side and │ │ │ │ │ Malkhut. Chapters 234 and 239 discuss its radiance and its return to Zion. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 242–249: The indwelling divine Presence, treated as feminine and frequently │ │ │ │ │ identified with Malkhut, the lower he, the Land of Israel, and Sabbath. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 250–252: The indwelling divine Presence, represented as feminine and as the │ │ │ │ │ “daughter.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Shekhinah / Matronita │ — │ Chs. 208–218: The indwelling divine Presence, especially associated here with │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ Adonai, the bride, the twenty-eight camps, and Asiyah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Shema │ ⁧שמע ישראל⁩ │ Chs. 219–233: Upper unification and liturgical recitation divided into numerical │ 219–233 │ │ │ │ word-count sections. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Shemaiah and Avtalion │ ⁧שמעיה ואבטליון⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Paired Tannaitic sages used as a model in Chapter 1. │ 1–14 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Shemesh / Yareah; Hammah / │ — │ Chs. 141–149: Three paired names of sun and moon assigned in Chapter 142 │ 141–149 │ │ Levanah; Heres / Sahar │ │ respectively to Beriah, Yetzirah, and Asiyah. Their Hebrew spellings are retained │ │ │ │ │ where acrostics and numerical values depend on them. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Shemhazai and Azael │ — │ Chs. 74–86: Fallen angelic figures linked in Chapter 78 to an impure counterpart │ 74–86 │ │ │ │ of Daʿat. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Shimmusha Rabba (⁧שמושא רבא⁩) │ — │ Chs. 167–179: A third tefillin tradition, associated with Arikh and “abundant │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ peace.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ shitufei mevo’ot │ — │ Chs. 129–140: Partnerships joining alleyways for Sabbath carrying. │ 129–140 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Shiʿur Qomah │ ⁧שיעור קומה⁩; Shiʿur Qomah │ Chs. 43–61: A measured spiritual-corporeal configuration. Chapter 49 associates │ 43–61, 62–73, 74–86, │ │ │ │ Moses’s ten-cubit stature with ten instances of the five-letter Name Elohim. Chs. │ 108–116, 117–128, │ │ │ │ 62–73: “Measure of the [Divine] Stature,” a kabbalistic schema of divine │ 150–166, 167–179, │ │ │ │ dimensions/channels invoked in Chapters 63 and 65. Chs. 74–86: Literally “measure │ 180–188, 219–233, │ │ │ │ of the stature,” a tradition of divine configuration or dimension. Chapter 75 │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ also reads ⁧קומה⁩ as ⁧קו מה⁩, “the line of ⁧מה⁩.” Chs. 108–116: Literally “measure of │ │ │ │ │ the stature”; here a supernal cosmic measure from which Metatron receives a │ │ │ │ │ stated portion. Chs. 117–128: The supernal “measure of stature.” Chapter 128 │ │ │ │ │ associates Saul’s exceptional height with this configuration. Chs. 150–166: │ │ │ │ │ “Measure of the [divine] stature,” linked to the Tabernacle, ritual bath, and │ │ │ │ │ form of ⁧א⁩. Chs. 167–179: “Measure of the [Divine] stature,” the principal │ │ │ │ │ mystical measure explored in Chapters 167–170. Chs. 180–188: “Measure of the │ │ │ │ │ stature,” a cosmic measure of 236 and later a structure of 600,000 conduits. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 219–233: Mystical “measure of stature,” applied to Eden and Gehenna in Chapter │ │ │ │ │ 223. Chs. 242–249: “Measure of the Stature,” here applied to the mystical scale │ │ │ │ │ of 600,000. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Shoham / yashfeh (⁧שֹׁהַם⁩ / │ — │ Chs. 234–241: Two precious stones associated respectively with Joseph and │ 234–241 │ │ ⁧יָשְׁפֵה⁩) │ │ Benjamin in Chapter 238 and proposed as interpretations of Isaiah’s kadkod. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Shoḥer Tov │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Midrash on Psalms. Chs. 234–241: A traditional title for Midrash │ 29–42, 234–241 │ │ │ │ Tehillim, the midrashic commentary on Psalms. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ side of Binah │ ⁧סטרא דבינה⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: Aramaic mi-sitra de-Binah, “from the side of Binah,” used to │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ characterize the wilderness generation’s source in the World to Come. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Sifra de-Tzeniʿuta │ ⁧ספרא דצניעותא⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: “Book of Concealment,” a five-chapter Zoharic work attributed here to │ 62–73, 141–149 │ │ │ │ Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai. Chs. 141–149: The “Book of Concealment,” a compact │ │ │ │ │ Zoharic cosmogonic text cited in Chapter 141 concerning the supernal High Priest. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Sifra di-Tzeniʿuta │ — │ Chs. 129–140: “Book of Concealment,” a compact Zoharic cosmogonic text invoked in │ 129–140 │ │ │ │ Chapter 132. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Sihon and Og (⁧סיחון ועוג⁩) │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Kings subdued by Moses; paired with opposing sides and with the value │ 29–42 │ │ │ │ of ⁧יגר⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Simeon ben Shetah │ Simeon ben Shetah │ Chs. 180–188: Surviving sage and Moses-spark who restores the Oral Torah in │ 180–188 │ │ │ │ Chapter 182. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ sitra aḥra │ ⁧סטרא אחרא⁩; sitra aḥra │ Chs. 29–42: The adverse or “Other” Side. Chs. 43–61: The adverse “Other Side”; │ 29–42, 43–61, 74–86, │ │ │ │ Chapter 60 treats Samael and the serpent as its male and female aspects. Chs. │ 87–97, 98–107, │ │ │ │ 74–86: “The other side,” the domain of impurity opposed to holiness. Chs. 87–97: │ 108–116, 129–140, │ │ │ │ Aramaic, “the other side,” the demonic or impure realm. Chs. 98–107: “The other │ 141–149, 167–179, │ │ │ │ side,” the domain of impurity; Chapter 107 gives a negative ḥashmal-acrostic. │ 180–188, 189–196, │ │ │ │ Chs. 108–116: Aramaic “the other side,” the domain of impurity. Chs. 129–140: │ 197–207, 242–249, │ │ │ │ “The other side,” the domain of impurity. Chs. 141–149: “The other side,” the │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ domain of impurity and accusation. Chs. 167–179: “The other side,” the realm of │ │ │ │ │ impurity. Chs. 180–188: Aramaic “the other side,” domain of impurity. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 189–196: The adverse “Other Side.” Chs. 242–249: The “other side,” the realm of │ │ │ │ │ impurity opposed to holiness. Chs. 250–252: The “other side,” the domain opposed │ │ │ │ │ to holiness. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ sitra de-dekhura (⁧סטרא⁩ │ — │ Chs. 29–42: the male side. │ 29–42 │ │ ⁧דדכורא⁩) │ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ sitra de-nukva / female │ ⁧סטרא דנוקבא⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: The female side or aspect, associated here with the Shekhinah. Chs. │ 1–14, 29–42 │ │ aspect │ │ 29–42: the female side. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ sitra de-yemina (⁧סטרא⁩ │ — │ Chs. 29–42: the right side. │ 29–42 │ │ ⁧דימינא⁩) │ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Sitra Mesa’ava (⁧סטרא מסאבא⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Aramaic “the impure side,” used in a gematria with wind and cloud. │ 43–61 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Six extremities │ ⁧ו׳ קצוות⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: The six spatial or sefirotic directions associated with the letter vav │ 1–14, 141–149 │ │ │ │ and Moses’ voice. Chs. 141–149: The six directions or lower sefirot from Ḥesed │ │ │ │ │ through Yesod, said in Chapter 142 to be lent by Binah to Malkhut. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ small alef │ — │ Chs. 141–149: The reduced ⁧א⁩ of ⁧ויקרא⁩ in Leviticus 1:1, interpreted in Chapter 141 │ 141–149 │ │ │ │ in connection with Moses and the priesthood. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Sodei Razayya / Sodei Raza │ ⁧סודי רזיא⁩; ⁧סודי רזא⁩; Sodei Razayya; │ Chs. 29–42: Esoteric work attributed here to the author of the Rokeah. Chs. │ 29–42, 87–97, │ │ │ ⁧סודי רזי⁩ / ⁧סודי רזיא⁩; ⁧סודי רזי⁩ │ 87–97: A mystical work cited for angelology, cherubim, the human eyes, and the │ 98–107, 108–116, │ │ │ │ measure of the Divine stature. The source varies the title’s form. Chs. 98–107: │ 117–128, 141–149, │ │ │ │ Mystical work cited for firmaments, seasonal windows, and supernal altars. Chs. │ 150–166, 167–179, │ │ │ │ 108–116: Esoteric work cited for heavenly crowns, firmaments, and angelic │ 180–188, 189–196, │ │ │ │ traditions. Chs. 117–128: Kabbalistic work cited concerning the merkavah and │ 197–207, 219–233, │ │ │ │ Kimah/Kesil. Chs. 141–149: A mystical work cited in Chapter 149 for the angel │ 242–249, 250–252 │ │ │ │ appointed over the New Moon of Adar. Chs. 150–166: Esoteric work cited in │ │ │ │ │ Chapters 155 and 157 for final-letter and altar-measure teachings. Chs. 167–179: │ │ │ │ │ A mystical work cited for the Divine stature, angels, and fire/hail order. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 180–188: Esoteric work cited for Ezra’s three Torah scrolls. Chs. 189–196: │ │ │ │ │ Kabbalistic work cited for the letter tav and for the stages of prayer. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 197–207: Esoteric work cited for the seven thrones, the open and closed ⁧מ⁩ around │ │ │ │ │ the Throne, and the Shekhinah sense of ⁧צו⁩. Chs. 219–233: Esoteric work cited for │ │ │ │ │ the 1,345-year duration of prophecy. Chs. 242–249: A work cited for the six │ │ │ │ │ letters ⁧י״ה ידו״ה⁩, the 196 worlds, and several numerical traditions. The title │ │ │ │ │ varies grammatically in the source. Chs. 250–252: Esoteric work cited in Chapter │ │ │ │ │ 250 concerning the title ⁧מלך⁩ and the heavenly throne. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ softened judgment / severe │ — │ Chs. 197–207: Two modes of judgment, associated in Chapter 206 with blue and red │ 197–207 │ │ judgment │ │ respectively. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Solomon (⁧שלמה⁩) │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Builder of the Temple and bearer of a spark of Moses. ⁧שלמה⁩ is │ 29–42 │ │ │ │ rearranged to ⁧משה⁩ in Chapter 30. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Song of Songs Rabbah / │ ⁧שהש״ר⁩ │ Chs. 43–61: Midrash on Song of Songs. Chs. 234–241: Song of Songs Rabbah │ 43–61, 234–241 │ │ Midrash Hazit │ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ spark (⁧ניצוץ⁩) │ — │ Chs. 74–86: A unit or derivative presence of a soul. It can recur in a later │ 74–86 │ │ │ │ person without the argument necessarily equating every aspect of the two persons. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ sukkah │ ⁧סוכה⁩ │ Chs. 219–233: Booth/divine dwelling, associated with Ehyeh, the shape ⁧ה⁩, │ 219–233 │ │ │ │ Zeʿir/Nukva, and David’s fallen kingship. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ sukkah / shade of faith │ ⁧סוכה⁩ / ⁧צילא דהימנותא⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: Sukkot shelter identified with Binah, Ehyeh, the first ⁧ה⁩ of the │ 98–107 │ │ │ │ Name, and the clouds of glory. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ surrounding light (⁧אור מקיף⁩) │ — │ Chs. 167–179: The encompassing light, associated in Chapter 173 with El, Beriah, │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ and the Temple. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ susfita de-nahasha │ ⁧סוספיתא דנחשא⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: Dross, residue, or terminal impurity of the serpent in Chapter 71; │ 62–73 │ │ │ │ symbolized by the long/final nun. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ tan du (⁧טַן דּוּ⁩) │ — │ Chs. 87–97: Aramaic expression, approximately “two together”; used in Chapter 92 │ 87–97 │ │ │ │ for paired cherubim. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ tanna / tannaim │ ⁧תנא⁩ / ⁧תנאים⁩ │ Chs. 219–233: Sage(s) of the Mishnah-era generations; Rabbi Bena‘ah’s destined │ 219–233 │ │ │ │ work belongs to them. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Tanna de-Vei Eliyahu Rabbah │ — │ Chs. 197–207: Midrashic work cited in Chapter 197 in the source’s male/female │ 197–207 │ │ │ │ analogy. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ tannaim │ — │ Chs. 74–86: Rabbinic sages of the Mishnah. Chapters 79 and 82 connect their Oral │ 74–86 │ │ │ │ Torah to Moses. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Taʿalumah │ ⁧תעלומה⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: The Nisan-season window, paired with “light” in Job 28:11. │ 98–107 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Tefillin │ ⁧תפילין⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: Phylacteries. Chapter 73 analyzes their knots as ⁧י⁩ and ⁧ד⁩, their ⁧ש⁩ │ 62–73 │ │ │ │ forms with seven heads, and the Name ⁧שדי⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ tekufot (⁧תקופות⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: The four solar seasons or turning-points: Tishri (cold/moist), Tevet │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ (cold/dry), Nisan (hot/moist), and Tammuz (hot/dry) in Chapter 51. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ten crowns (⁧י׳ כתרין⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: The ten adverse crowns of Samael in Chapter 44, correlated with │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ Haman’s ten sons; together with Samael/Haman they form an elevenfold │ │ │ │ │ configuration. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ terumah │ — │ Chs. 74–86: A priestly offering separated from produce, distinct from the tithes. │ 74–86 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Tevunah (⁧תבונה⁩) │ — │ Chs. 117–128: A differentiated aspect of understanding. Chapter 125 associates │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ the latter tablets with its Netzah and Hod and decomposes the word as ⁧ב״ן ב״ת⁩ │ │ │ │ │ ⁧ו״ה⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ the Ari / Rabbi Isaac Luria │ ⁧אר״י ז״ל⁩; ⁧האר״י⁩ / ⁧האר״י ז״ל⁩; ⁧האר״י⁩ │ Chs. 29–42: Rabbi Isaac Luria, of blessed memory. Chs. 62–73: Rabbi Isaac Luria, │ 29–42, 62–73, 74–86, │ │ │ ⁧ז״ל⁩; ⁧האר״י⁩ │ “the Ari,” of blessed memory. Chs. 74–86: Rabbi Isaac Luria (1534–1572), cited │ 87–97, 117–128, │ │ │ │ for kabbalistic teachings and numerical/letter interpretations. Chs. 87–97: Rabbi │ 141–149, 189–196, │ │ │ │ Isaac Luria. “Teachings of the Ari” refers to Lurianic kabbalistic traditions │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ cited by the author. Chs. 141–149: Rabbi Isaac Luria, the Ari. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ the dragon (⁧תנין⁩) │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Celestial axis whose head and tail exceed the rungs of Kimah and │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ Kesil in Chapter 121. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ the Holy One, blessed be He │ ⁧הקב״ה⁩; the Holy One, blessed be He; │ Chs. 1–14: Expanded consistently rather than left abbreviated. Chs. 1–14: │ 1–14, 15–28, 29–42, │ │ │ ⁧הב״ה⁩ / ⁧הק״בה⁩; ⁧הקדוש ברוך הוא⁩ │ Defective or transposed source forms treated as variants of ⁧הקב״ה⁩. Chs. 15–28: │ 62–73, 74–86, │ │ │ │ the Holy One, blessed be He Chs. 62–73: ⁧הקדוש ברוך הוא⁩, “the Holy One, blessed be │ 98–107, 108–116, │ │ │ │ He.” Chs. 108–116: Fixed expansion of ⁧הקדוש ברוך הוא⁩. Chs. 197–207: Fixed │ 117–128, 129–140, │ │ │ │ rendering of ⁧הקב״ה⁩. │ 141–149, 180–188, │ │ │ │ │ 189–196, 197–207, │ │ │ │ │ 208–218 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ the Ten Martyrs (⁧עשרה הרוגי⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Ten “pearls” delivered to Samael after the Temple’s destruction. │ 189–196 │ │ ⁧מלכות⁩) │ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Thirteen Attributes of Mercy │ ⁧י״ג מדות⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: The Thirteen Attributes of Divine Mercy disclosed to Moses; Chapter 7 │ 1–14, 29–42 │ │ (⁧י״ג מדות⁩ / ⁧י״ג מכילין⁩ │ │ links them with ⁧גדלך ידך⁩ and with El. Chs. 29–42: A Zoharic/Aramaic designation │ │ │ ⁧דרחמי⁩) │ │ for the thirteen measures or attributes of mercy. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ three entry commandments │ — │ Chs. 129–140: Appoint a king, erase Amalek, and build the Temple; treated in │ 129–140 │ │ │ │ Chapter 140 as completing the Divine Name and Throne. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Throne (⁧כסא⁩) │ — │ Chs. 129–140: Said to be incomplete as ⁧כס⁩ until the missing ⁧א⁩ is restored through │ 129–140 │ │ │ │ building the Temple. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Throne of Glory │ — │ Chs. 197–207: Supernal throne aligned with the earthly Temple. Chapter 199 │ 197–207 │ │ │ │ distributes seven named thrones among seven firmaments. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Tiferet │ ⁧תפארת⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: “Beauty” or “Harmony,” the central sefirah associated here with Moses │ 1–14, 15–28, 43–61, │ │ │ │ and the vav of YHWH. Chs. 15–28: “Beauty” or “glory,” the sixth sefirah in the │ 62–73, 74–86, 87–97, │ │ │ │ conventional enumeration; associated here with Jacob and the giving of the Torah. │ 167–179, 242–249 │ │ │ │ Chs. 43–61: The central sefirah associated in Chapter 43 with Moses and Jacob and │ │ │ │ │ symbolized there by copper, between Abraham/silver and Isaac/gold. Chs. 43–61: │ │ │ │ │ Beauty/harmony, the central sefirah; Chapter 53 associates it with the heavens │ │ │ │ │ and the large alphabet. Chs. 62–73: Beauty/harmony, the sixth sefirah; associated │ │ │ │ │ in Chapter 62 with the letter ⁧ו⁩ of ⁧אלוה⁩ and in Chapter 66 with the Torah scroll. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 74–86: The sefirah of harmonious “beauty/glory,” associated with Jacob and │ │ │ │ │ the Written Torah. Chs. 87–97: Beauty or harmony, the central sefirah; associated │ │ │ │ │ here with Moses and the Written Torah. Chs. 167–179: Beauty or harmony, the │ │ │ │ │ central sefirah; also described as the garment of the Holy One, blessed be He. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 242–249: Beauty or Harmony, the sixth sefirah; in the Hagahah it is united │ │ │ │ │ with the Shekhinah through Torah and Sabbath. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ tikkun │ ⁧תיקון⁩ │ Chs. 62–73: Repair or rectification. Used for sefirotic, historical, and │ 62–73, 242–249 │ │ │ │ soul-level restorations. Chs. 242–249: Rectification or ordered configuration. │ │ │ │ │ The World of Tikkun follows and repairs the World of Points or Tohu. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ tikkun / tikkunim │ ⁧תיקון⁩ / ⁧תיקונים⁩ │ Chs. 150–166: Repair(s) or configurations. Used for Adamic repair, facial │ 150–166, 167–179 │ │ │ │ configurations, and Tikkunei Zohar units. Chs. 167–179: A rectification or │ │ │ │ │ configuration; especially the thirteen rectifications of Arikh and nine of Zeʿir. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Tikkunei Teshuvah (⁧תיקוני⁩ │ — │ Chs. 87–97: “Rectifications of Repentance,” a teaching attributed here to the │ 87–97 │ │ ⁧תשובה⁩) │ │ Ari. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Tikkunei Zohar │ ⁧תיקונים⁩; ⁧תיקו״ז⁩; ⁧תיקוני זוהר⁩; ⁧תיקוני⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: The Tikkunei Zohar, cited for Kabbalistic interpretations. Chs. 1–14: │ 1–14, 15–28, 29–42, │ │ │ ⁧זוהר⁩ / ⁧תיקו״ז⁩ │ Tikkunei Zohar. Chs. 29–42: Zoharic collection organized as interpretive │ 43–61, 62–73, 74–86, │ │ │ │ “repairs.” Chs. 43–61: Zoharic collection cited for the angelic configuration │ 98–107, 117–128, │ │ │ │ ⁧ארגמ״ן⁩. Chs. 117–128: Zoharic collection cited for gilgul and light/mystery │ 129–140, 141–149, │ │ │ │ constructions. Chs. 150–166: Zoharic work organized into tikkunim; cited │ 150–166, 167–179, │ │ │ │ repeatedly for Name and letter doctrines. Chs. 167–179: The Zoharic work cited │ 189–196, 208–218, │ │ │ │ for Moses/Noah, angelic structures, and the effects of pride upon the Divine │ 219–233, 234–241, │ │ │ │ Name. Chs. 219–233: Zoharic work cited for the five Shema words/stones. Chs. │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ 242–249: A kabbalistic work organized as “tikkunim,” cited in connection with the │ │ │ │ │ hand, broken vessels, and letter mysteries. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Tohu / World of Points │ — │ Chs. 242–249: The primordial “World of Chaos,” characterized by isolated points │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ and the breaking of the vessels before rectification. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Torah letter / soul │ — │ Chs. 197–207: Traditional scheme in which every Israelite soul corresponds to one │ 197–207 │ │ correspondence │ │ Torah letter; Chapter 197 uses the symbolic total of 600,000. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Torat Natan │ — │ Chs. 208–218: The author’s own larger work, cited for the Psalm 75 interpretation │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ at the Tabernacle’s erection. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Tree of Knowledge of Good │ ⁧עץ הדעת טוב ורע⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Associated in Chapter 14 with Yetzirah and Metatron. │ 1–14 │ │ and Evil │ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Tree of Life │ ⁧עץ החיים⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Associated in Chapter 14 with Beriah and the Land of Israel. │ 1–14 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ twenty-eight times of the │ — │ Chs. 208–218: Lunar times correlated with the twenty-eight letters of a Name and │ 208–218 │ │ moon │ │ contrasted with the sun’s seven days of light. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ twenty-four kinds of │ — │ Chs. 43–61: An Aramaic-Hebrew designation in Chapter 43 for the twenty-four forms │ 43–61, 208–218 │ │ impurity │ │ of impurity aroused through evil speech and linked to the serpent’s enmity. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 208–218: Defilements injected by the serpent into Eve, countered through │ │ │ │ │ twenty-four bridal ornaments, the tablets’ handbreadths, the biblical books, the │ │ │ │ │ Temple gates, and related groups of twenty-four. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Tzaddik │ ⁧צדיק⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: “Righteous one”; also the covenantal degree that Moses is said to │ 15–28, 189–196 │ │ │ │ have attained. Chs. 189–196: Righteous one; Mordecai is aligned with this │ │ │ │ │ sefiratic role in Chapter 195. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Tzaddik / Tzedek │ — │ Chs. 234–241: “Righteous one” and “righteousness,” used in Chapter 239 for the │ 234–241 │ │ │ │ male and female aspects joined in the letters ⁧ו״ה⁩ of YHWH. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Tzeror ha-Mor │ — │ Chs. 208–218: Torah commentary cited for Elisha’s interpretation of Naaman’s │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ nun-initial/final name. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ tzeruf / tzerufim │ ⁧צירוף⁩ / ⁧צירופים⁩; ⁧צירוף⁩; tzeruf │ Chs. 29–42: An ordering of a fixed set of letters. Adonai has twenty-four │ 29–42, 62–73, 74–86, │ │ │ │ permutations (4!). Chs. 62–73: Letter permutation or combination, especially │ 87–97, 98–107, │ │ │ │ permutations of YHWH and Torah letters. Chs. 74–86: A permutation or combination │ 108–116, 129–140, │ │ │ │ of letters, especially of a Divine Name. Chs. 87–97: A letter permutation or │ 141–149, 150–166, │ │ │ │ combination, especially of Divine Names. Chs. 98–107: Letter permutation or │ 180–188, 197–207, │ │ │ │ Name-combination. Chs. 108–116: Letter permutation or numerical recombination; │ 208–218, 219–233, │ │ │ │ plural tzerufim. Chs. 129–140: A permutation or ordered combination of letters, │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ especially the twelve permutations of YHWH. Chs. 141–149: A permutation or │ │ │ │ │ ordered recombination of letters. Chs. 150–166: Letter permutation(s), especially │ │ │ │ │ the twelve permutations of YHWH and the claimed 720 permutations of ⁧בראשית⁩. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 180–188: Letter permutation or recombination; plural tzerufim. Chs. 197–207: │ │ │ │ │ Rearrangement or combination of letters. Examples include ⁧החלות⁩ / ⁧הלוחות⁩, ⁧אעברה⁩ / │ │ │ │ │ ⁧ארבעה⁩, ⁧להראות⁩ / ⁧לאה רות⁩, and ⁧רוכב⁩ / ⁧כרוב⁩. Chs. 208–218: Rearrangement of letters. │ │ │ │ │ Chapters 208–210 repeatedly analyze the twenty-four permutations of Adonai and │ │ │ │ │ twelve permutations of YHWH. Chs. 219–233: Letter permutation(s), including │ │ │ │ │ ⁧אעברה⁩/⁧ארבעה⁩ and paired gate structures. Chs. 242–249: A permutation or │ │ │ │ │ recombination of letters. The source often signals it by “reverse the letters” or │ │ │ │ │ “combine.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Tziyyuni │ — │ Chs. 208–218: A kabbalistic Torah commentary cited concerning Moses’s governance │ 208–218, 242–249 │ │ │ │ through Metatron. Chs. 242–249: A medieval kabbalistic Torah commentary cited on │ │ │ │ │ Parashat Shemot in Chapter 244. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ḥullin │ ⁧חולין⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: The non-sacred or profane domain. Chapter 15 associates ⁧החלות⁩ (“You │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ began”) with ⁧חולין⁩ to suggest release of an oath. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Uriel (⁧אוריאל⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: The green configuration when Ḥesed prevails; its initial ⁧א⁩ is │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ contrasted with the ⁧נ⁩ of Nuriel. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Vavei ha-ʿammudim │ ⁧ווי העמודים⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Literally “the hooks/vavs of the columns”; also a scribal convention │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ concerning the initial letters of Torah-scroll columns. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ vowel points (⁧נקודות⁩, │ ⁧נקודות⁩; vowel points │ Chs. 43–61: Vocalization signs, associated with Ḥokhmah. Chs. 180–188: Masoretic │ 43–61, 180–188 │ │ nequdot) │ │ vocalization signs. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ washing of hands (netilat │ — │ Chs. 129–140: Rabbinic enactment attributed here to Solomon and interpreted │ 129–140 │ │ yadayim) │ │ through mysteries of the fingers. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Work of Creation (⁧מעשה⁩ │ — │ Chs. 87–97: Mystical or cosmological exposition of Creation. │ 87–97 │ │ ⁧בראשית⁩) │ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Work of the Chariot (⁧מעשה⁩ │ — │ Chs. 87–97: Mystical contemplation of the supernal chariot; assigned the value │ 87–97 │ │ ⁧המרכבה⁩) │ │ 687 in Chapter 95. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ World of the Ofanim │ ⁧עולם האופנים⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: The angelic realm associated with Bochim in Chapter 25. │ 15–28 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ World of Yetzirah (⁧עולם⁩ │ — │ Chs. 43–61: The “World of Formation.” Chapter 47 places a square configuration of │ 43–61 │ │ ⁧היצירה⁩) │ │ the impure Chariot at its southeastern corner. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ World to Come (Olam ha-Ba) │ ⁧עולם הבא⁩ / ⁧עלמא דאתא⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: The eschatological or supernal World to Come. Chapters 17 and 19 │ 15–28, 129–140 │ │ │ │ associate Moses and the wilderness generation with it. Chs. 129–140: One of the │ │ │ │ │ three good gifts obtained through suffering in Chapter 138. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ 310 worlds (⁧ש״י עולמות⁩) │ — │ Chs. 197–207: Reward inherited by each righteous person; Chapter 197 doubles ⁧יש⁩ │ 197–207 │ │ │ │ to 620 when one receives both one’s own and another’s forfeited portion. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Written and Oral Torah │ — │ Chs. 234–241: The transmitted interpretive tradition and the scriptural Torah │ 234–241, 242–249 │ │ │ │ respectively. Chapter 237 associates them with feminine/masculine language, │ │ │ │ │ earth/heaven, gold/silver, and the academies of Adar and Elul. Chs. 242–249: The │ │ │ │ │ written biblical Torah and its orally transmitted interpretive tradition. Chapter │ │ │ │ │ 246 reads them through the two final letters of YHWH and through the Mishnah’s │ │ │ │ │ opening and closing words. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Written Torah (⁧תורה שבכתב⁩) │ ⁧תורה שבכתב⁩; Written Torah │ Chs. 74–86: The five books of Moses; associated in this range with the right, │ 74–86, 180–188 │ │ │ │ heaven, the letter ⁧ו⁩, and Tiferet. Chs. 180–188: Associated with heaven and ⁧ו⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Yabok (⁧יב״ק⁩) │ — │ Chs. 167–179: Numerical value 112, the sum of Ehyeh, YHWH, and Adonai; associated │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ with the three tefillin configurations. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Yalkut Shimoni │ ⁧ילקו״ש⁩; ⁧ילקוט שמעוני⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: Yalkut Shimoni Chs. 29–42: Medieval aggadic anthology, cited by remez │ 15–28, 29–42, 62–73, │ │ │ │ number. │ 74–86 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Yefifiah (⁧יפיפיה⁩) │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Prince of Torah who gives Moses lasting knowledge and the double │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ rays of splendor. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Yesod │ ⁧יסוד⁩ │ Chs. 87–97: Foundation, the sefirah associated with covenant, Joseph, and union │ 87–97, 150–166, │ │ │ │ with Malkhut. Chs. 150–166: Foundation, associated in Chapter 162 with the orphan │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ and the righteous. Chs. 242–249: Foundation, the ninth sefirah, associated in the │ │ │ │ │ Hagahah with one of the two supernal Sabbaths. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Yesod of Abba │ — │ Chs. 197–207: The foundational channel within the partzuf Abba (“Father”), │ 197–207 │ │ │ │ invoked as the male grade to which Moses rises through receiving the Torah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Yetzirah │ ⁧יצירה⁩; Yetzirah │ Chs. 1–14: The kabbalistic world of Formation; associated in Chapter 14 with │ 1–14, 15–28, 43–61, │ │ │ │ Metatron and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Chs. 15–28: The World of │ 62–73, 87–97, │ │ │ │ Formation; associated with Joshua and Metatron. Chs. 43–61: The world of │ 98–107, 108–116, │ │ │ │ Formation; associated in Chapter 54 with Metatron and El YHWH. Chs. 62–73: World │ 150–166, 167–179, │ │ │ │ of Formation; middle of the three lower worlds in Chapter 67, associated there │ 189–196, 219–233, │ │ │ │ with ruaḥ and Metatron. Chs. 87–97: “Formation,” the third of the four worlds. │ 242–249, 250–252 │ │ │ │ Chs. 98–107: The World of Formation; governed here by El YHWH and associated with │ │ │ │ │ Metatron. Chs. 108–116: World of Formation; assigned to Metatron and, in Chapter │ │ │ │ │ 109, to Elohim. Chs. 150–166: The World of Formation; assigned the 143 filling of │ │ │ │ │ Ehyeh and the alef-filled Elohim. Chs. 167–179: The world of Formation, │ │ │ │ │ associated in Chapter 167 with the measurable Divine stature and El YHWH. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 189–196: The world of Formation, below the parsah from Beriah. Chs. 219–233: │ │ │ │ │ World of Formation, third of the four worlds. Chs. 242–249: The World of │ │ │ │ │ Formation, the third of the four worlds. Chs. 250–252: The “World of Formation”; │ │ │ │ │ associated with ruaḥ, Metatron, and the Hebrew male slave. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Yeḥidah (⁧יחידה⁩) │ — │ Chs. 167–179: The singular, highest soul degree, associated with the tip of yod │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ and the World to Come. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ YH │ ⁧יה⁩ / ⁧י״ה⁩; YH; ⁧י״ה⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: The two-letter Divine Name | Associated in Chapter 12 with Ḥokhmah and │ 1–14, 87–97, │ │ │ │ Binah. Chs. 87–97: The first two letters of YHWH, treated as a Name and as a seal │ 180–188, 242–249 │ │ │ │ upon the Foundation Stone. Chs. 180–188: First two letters of YHWH, value │ │ │ │ │ fifteen; associated with Binah and Hezekiah. Chs. 242–249: A two-letter Divine │ │ │ │ │ Name. Hebrew is retained where its letters or value are operative; “Yah” may be │ │ │ │ │ used in a translated biblical quotation. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ YH / YHWH │ ⁧י״ה⁩ / ⁧יהוה⁩, ⁧הוי״ה⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: Divine Names retained in textual and kabbalistic name-analysis. In │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ translated biblical quotations, YHWH is rendered “the LORD.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ YHWH │ ⁧יהוה⁩ / ⁧הוי״ה⁩; YHWH; ⁧הוי״ה⁩, ⁧יהוה⁩; ⁧יהוה⁩, │ Chs. 1–14: Used in textual or Kabbalistic analysis of the four-letter Name. Chs. │ 1–14, 29–42, 62–73, │ │ │ ⁧הוי״ה⁩, ⁧ה׳⁩, ⁧יי׳⁩; ⁧הוי״ה⁩ / ⁧יהוה⁩; ⁧יהוה⁩, │ 29–42: YHWH in name-analysis contexts. Hebrew is retained where the individual │ 74–86, 87–97, │ │ │ ⁧הוי״ה⁩, ⁧י״י⁩, ⁧ה׳⁩ │ letters or numerical value matter. Chs. 62–73: The four-letter Divine Name. │ 108–116, 117–128, │ │ │ │ Rendered YHWH when its letters/value are analyzed and “the LORD” inside │ 129–140, 141–149, │ │ │ │ translated biblical quotations. Chs. 74–86: Used for the Tetragrammaton in │ 150–166, 167–179, │ │ │ │ textual and kabbalistic analysis. Biblical quotations render it “the LORD.” Chs. │ 189–196, 197–207, │ │ │ │ 87–97: Used when the written Tetragrammaton, its letters, or its filled spellings │ 208–218, 219–233, │ │ │ │ are the object of textual or kabbalistic analysis. In translated biblical │ 234–241, 242–249 │ │ │ │ quotations, rendered “the LORD.” Chs. 108–116: The Four-Letter Divine Name in │ │ │ │ │ kabbalistic or textual analysis. Chs. 117–128: YHWH when the written Name or its │ │ │ │ │ letters are analyzed; the LORD inside translated biblical quotations. Operative │ │ │ │ │ Hebrew spellings remain visible in letter analysis. Chs. 129–140: The │ │ │ │ │ Tetragrammaton, rendered “the LORD” in translated biblical quotations and │ │ │ │ │ retained as YHWH in textual or kabbalistic analysis. Chs. 141–149: The │ │ │ │ │ Tetragrammaton, rendered “the LORD” in translated biblical quotations and │ │ │ │ │ retained as YHWH in textual, vocalic, kabbalistic, or numerical analysis. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 150–166: Tetragrammaton in textual and kabbalistic analysis; rendered “the LORD” │ │ │ │ │ inside translated biblical quotations. Its four fillings total 72, 63, 45, and │ │ │ │ │ 52. Chs. 167–179: Used when the written Tetragrammaton, its filling, │ │ │ │ │ vocalization, or numerical value is analyzed. In translated biblical quotations │ │ │ │ │ it is rendered “the LORD.” Chs. 189–196: YHWH when the written Name or its │ │ │ │ │ letters are analyzed; the LORD inside translated biblical quotations. Operative │ │ │ │ │ Hebrew remains where its letters or value matter. Chs. 197–207: The │ │ │ │ │ Tetragrammaton. It is rendered “the LORD” inside translated biblical quotations │ │ │ │ │ and retained as YHWH in textual, numerical, and kabbalistic analysis. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 208–218: The Tetragrammaton, rendered “the LORD” in translated biblical │ │ │ │ │ quotations and retained as YHWH in letter, filling, permutation, and numerical │ │ │ │ │ analysis. Chs. 219–233: Tetragrammaton; rendered “the LORD” in biblical │ │ │ │ │ quotations and YHWH in Name analysis. Chs. 234–241: Rendering of the four-letter │ │ │ │ │ Divine Name in textual and kabbalistic analysis. In translated biblical │ │ │ │ │ quotations the same Name is rendered “the LORD.” Chs. 242–249: Used when the │ │ │ │ │ Four-Letter Name is discussed textually or kabbalistically. In translated │ │ │ │ │ biblical quotations it is rendered “the LORD.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Yofiel (⁧יופיאל⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: One of the four princes of Torah in the notarikon ⁧זמי״ר⁩. │ 43–61 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Yonat Elem │ — │ Chs. 167–179: A kabbalistic work cited for the soul’s seventeen degrees. Chs. │ 167–179, 250–252 │ │ │ │ 250–252: Kabbalistic work cited for the three servant categories and their │ │ │ │ │ cosmological correspondences. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Zagnazgael (⁧זגנזגאל⁩) │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Moses’s angelic master and one of the princes of Torah; value 101. │ 43–61 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Zeʿir / Zeʿir Anpin │ ⁧זעיר⁩; ⁧זעיר⁩ / ⁧זעיר אנפין⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: “Small [Countenance]”; paired with Arikh in Chapter 27. Chs. 98–107: │ 15–28, 98–107, │ │ │ │ The “Small Countenance,” associated with the six constructive sefirot and the ⁧ו⁩ │ 141–149, 167–179, │ │ │ │ of the Name. Chs. 141–149: The “Small Countenance,” the central partzuf │ 219–233, 250–252 │ │ │ │ associated here with Moses, Tiferet, and the supernal High Priest. Chs. 167–179: │ │ │ │ │ Zeʿir Anpin, the “Small Face,” associated with nine rectifications and an │ │ │ │ │ admixture of judgment. Chs. 219–233: Masculine “small” configuration paired with │ │ │ │ │ Nukva in Chapter 232. Chs. 250–252: Zeʿir Anpin, the “Small Countenance,” │ │ │ │ │ represented as the “son” nesting in Yetzirah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Zeʿir Anpin (⁧זעיר אנפין⁩) │ — │ Chs. 189–196: “Short/Small Countenance,” the configuration of the lower │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ attributes and ordinary human lifespans. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Zivḥei Shelamim (⁧זבחי שלמים⁩) │ — │ Chs. 167–179: A work attributed here to Rabbi Menaḥem Azariah and cited for the │ 167–179 │ │ │ │ five soul-partzufim. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Zohar │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Foundational kabbalistic work, cited by volume and folio. Chs. 87–97: │ 29–42, 87–97 │ │ │ │ The central medieval kabbalistic corpus; volume and folio references are │ │ │ │ │ preserved as printed. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Zohar Eikhah │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Kabbalistic exposition on Lamentations, cited in Chapter 43 at 54a. │ 43–61 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ Zohar Hadash (⁧זוהר חדש⁩) │ ⁧זוהר חדש⁩; Zohar Hadash │ Chs. 29–42: “New Zohar,” a related collection. Chs. 180–188: Cited for letters │ 29–42, 180–188 │ │ │ │ beginning to sparkle in the firmament on the first of Adar. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧אהו״ה⁩ (AHVH) │ — │ Chs. 74–86: A four-letter Name derived here from the initials of ⁧את השמים ואת⁩ │ 74–86 │ │ │ │ ⁧הארץ⁩. Chapter 78 treats it as the seal joining YHWH and Ehyeh through Daʿat. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧אהל⁩ / ⁧לאה⁩ │ — │ Chs. 15–28: “Tent” / “Leah”; a reverse-letter correspondence used for the │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ Tabernacle. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧אה״ה⁩ │ ⁧אה״ה⁩ │ Chs. 108–116: An operative Divine Name in Chapter 110 whose vocalization and │ 108–116 │ │ │ │ expansion are not supplied; retained in Hebrew. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧אה״ל⁩ (ohel, “tent”) │ — │ Chs. 141–149: The initials of ⁧א׳תה ה׳חלות ל׳הראות⁩, linked in Chapter 149 with the │ 141–149 │ │ │ │ Tent of Meeting. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧או״ר⁩ / ⁧עו״ר⁩ │ — │ Chs. 250–252: “Light” with ⁧א⁩ and “skin” with ⁧ע⁩; a morning/evening contrast. │ 250–252 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧אז⁩ │ — │ Chs. 15–28: “Then”; expanded through pairs beginning with ⁧א⁩ and ⁧ז⁩. │ 15–28 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧איו״ב⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Job. Chapters 118–119 build several initial-letter and gilgul │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ constructions around his name. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧איטמון⁩, ⁧פתחון⁩ │ Itmon, Pithon │ Chs. 108–116: Opaque names joined with Sagron to form the notarikon ⁧אסף⁩. │ 108–116 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧איי״ר⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Iyyar, written with two yods and expanded as ⁧אברהם יצחק יעקב רחל⁩ │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Rachel), a complete merkavah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧איכ״ר⁩ │ ⁧איכה רבה⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: Lamentations Rabbah │ 15–28 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧אכז״ר⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Backward initials of ⁧ראש זנב כימה אגמון⁩ (“head, tail, Kimah, │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ pool”). │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧אל תוסף⁩ │ — │ Chs. 15–28: “Do not continue / add.” ⁧תוסף⁩ is played against ⁧יוסף⁩ (Joseph), while │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ the wider reply is repeatedly interpreted through ⁧עוד⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧אלהים⁩ / ⁧פנ״י שו״ר⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Elohim is equated with “face of an ox” under the special “great │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ reckoning of ⁧אי״ק⁩” in Chapter 120. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧אל״ף למ״ד⁩ / ⁧הק״ף⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: The full spelling of El equals “encirclement” (185) in Chapter 125. │ 117–128 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧אעברה⁩ │ — │ Chs. 29–42: “Let me cross over.” Its value is used for ⁧כרובים⁩ (“cherubim”), ⁧עורב⁩ │ 29–42, 62–73, │ │ │ │ (“raven”), and ⁧בעור⁩ (“Beor”), according to different Ofanim. Chs. 62–73: “Let me │ 98–107, 141–149 │ │ │ │ cross over.” Reversed, substituted, or divided repeatedly to encode angels, │ │ │ │ │ cherubim, Rabbi Akiva, and ⁧רע הבא⁩ (“the evil that comes”). Chs. 98–107: Equals │ │ │ │ │ ⁧זערא⁩; reverses to ⁧ארבעה⁩; also rearranges as ⁧ערבה⁩ and ⁧רע הבא⁩. Chs. 141–149: “Let │ │ │ │ │ me cross over.” Its letters are repeatedly permuted or valued as ⁧ארבעה⁩ (“four”), │ │ │ │ │ ⁧עברה⁩ (“wrath”), ⁧רבוע⁩ (“square”), and related forms. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧אעברה⁩ / ⁧ארבעה⁩ │ ⁧אעבר״ה⁩ / ⁧ארבע״ה⁩; ⁧אעברה⁩ / ⁧ארבעה⁩ │ Chs. 117–128: ⁧אעברה⁩ (“let me cross over”) is repeatedly rearranged as ⁧ארבעה⁩ │ 117–128, 189–196, │ │ │ │ (“four”), notably in Chapters 119 and 124. Chs. 189–196: Recurrent anagram of │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ “let me cross over” and “four.” Chapters 193–196 apply it to sins, impurities, │ │ │ │ │ and partitions. Chs. 189–196: In Chapter 196, four rungs of prayer opposed to │ │ │ │ │ four impure partitions. Chs. 250–252: Exact letter permutation linking “let me │ │ │ │ │ cross” with “four.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧אעברה⁩ / ⁧בא רעה⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Anagram “evil came” in Chapter 194. │ 189–196 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧אעברה⁩ as a backward │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Chapter 195 derives it from ⁧הוא עשו אדם רע בליעל⁩; the │ 189–196 │ │ notarikon │ │ nontransparent letter order is documented in [TN-195-05]. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧אעברה נא⁩ │ eʿberah na │ Chs. 1–14: “let me cross over, I pray” | Supports wordplay with Ezra, fifty-one, │ 1–14, 15–28 │ │ │ │ four, and the passing away of sin. Chs. 15–28: “Let me cross, please.” ⁧אעברה⁩ is │ │ │ │ │ connected with removing or causing something to pass, with ⁧עיבור⁩, and by gematria │ │ │ │ │ with ⁧כרובים⁩ and ⁧עזרא⁩; ⁧נא⁩ supports several initial-letter and numerical readings. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧אעבר״ה⁩ / ⁧זער״א⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Both equal 278; Chapter 190 contrasts the initial ⁧א⁩, Arikh, with │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ the word’s value, Zeʿir. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧אעבר״ה⁩ / ⁧כרובים⁩ / ⁧רבו״ע⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Chapter 120 declares ⁧אעברה⁩ equal to “cherubim” and “square,” │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ linking Moses’s request to the squared ⁧ה⁩ and the replacement of the ox. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧אעבר״ה⁩ / ⁧לאברה״ם⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Both equal 278 in Chapter 189. │ 189–196 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ארגמ״ן⁩ │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Literally “purple”; an angelic mnemonic/configuration of the merkavah │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ in Chapter 57. The source’s precise expansion includes Nuriel and Or-Peniel and │ │ │ │ │ is preserved in the notes. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧אר״ה⁩ │ — │ Chs. 43–61: “Curse.” Chapter 51 reads it as ⁧א״ופניאל ר״אש ה״ירח⁩ (“Ofaniel, head │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ of the moon”) and as the value of Ofaniel plus twenty-eight. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧אשר מי אל בשמים ובארץ⁩ │ — │ Chs. 15–28: “For what god is there in heaven or on earth?” ⁧אל⁩ is linked to Jacob │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ and to the number 31; ⁧מי⁩ is linked to Binah and 50. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧את גדלך⁩ │ — │ Chs. 15–28: “Your greatness.” Commonly mapped to Abraham; also coordinated with │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ Ephraim, Joseph’s rising sheaf, Abel, and other chapter-specific structures. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧את ידך החזקה⁩ │ — │ Chs. 15–28: “Your mighty hand.” Commonly mapped to Isaac; also coordinated with │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ Manasseh, Joseph’s upright sheaf, Seth, and other structures. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧אתה החלות⁩ │ — │ Chs. 15–28: “You began.” Re-read through ⁧חולין⁩ in Chapter 15; elsewhere marks an │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ earlier divine bestowal that Moses asks God to complete. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧א״א ז״ל⁩ │ my master and father, of blessed │ Chs. 180–188: Attribution used by the young Solomon in Hagahah material. Chs. │ 180–188, 197–207 │ │ │ memory │ 197–207: ⁧אדוני אבי זכרונו לברכה⁩, “my lord, my father, of blessed memory.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ (⁧א״ל⁩) [⁧אל״י⁩] │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Adjacent source readings at the end of Chapter 51. ⁧אל⁩ supplies the │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ required value 31; ⁧אלי⁩ is the wording of “to Me” in Moses’s prayer. Both readings │ │ │ │ │ are retained. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧א״ת⁩ │ — │ Chs. 62–73: Both the untranslatable Hebrew object marker and an exegetical span │ 62–73, 98–107 │ │ │ │ “from ⁧א⁩ to ⁧ת⁩,” hence all twenty-two letters. Rabbi Akiva’s inclusional exegesis │ │ │ │ │ depends on retaining it. Chs. 98–107: Alternately Elul/Tishrei, Av/Tammuz, and │ │ │ │ │ light/Taʿalumah, according to chapter context. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧באור פני מלך חיים⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Four-word map of prayer’s stages: Beriah/throne, pargod, Metatron, │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ Ḥashmal. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧בגימ׳⁩ / ⁧בגימטריא⁩ │ ⁧בגימטריא⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: “by gematria,” “has the numerical value.” │ 1–14 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ביכורים⁩ │ first fruits / bikkurim │ Chs. 180–188: Temple offering; Chapter 185 distinguishes first fruits, their │ 180–188 │ │ │ │ adornment, and additions. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧בכ״י⁩ │ — │ Chs. 29–42: ⁧בכתב יד⁩, “in manuscript.” │ 29–42 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧בלב״ת⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: In Chapter 124 it equals two lions/“Ariel, Ariel”; in Chapter 125 │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ it is a notarikon of ⁧ב׳ לוחות בינה תבונה⁩ (“two tablets, Binah, Tevunah”). │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧במ״ר⁩ │ ⁧במדבר רבה⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Numbers Rabbah. │ 1–14, 29–42, 62–73, │ │ │ │ │ 98–107, 117–128, │ │ │ │ │ 189–196, 242–249 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧בע״ת⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: “At the time,” said in Chapter 118 to equal ⁧בלע״ם ב״ן בעו״ר⁩ │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ (“Balaam son of Beor”). │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ברי״ת⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Covenant, value 612; in the Hagahah it equals Samael (131) plus │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ Lilith (481). │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧בשג״ם⁩ / ⁧משה⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: ⁧בשגם⁩ in Genesis 6:3 is read as Moses and linked with his 120 years. │ 189–196 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ב״ב⁩ │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Bava Batra. │ 29–42, 43–61, 62–73, │ │ │ │ │ 117–128, 141–149 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ב״ב⁩ / ⁧ב״מ⁩ / ⁧מו״ק⁩ │ — │ Chs. 208–218: Bava Batra / Bava Metzia / Moʿed Katan. │ 208–218 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ב״י⁩ / ⁧א״ח⁩ │ — │ Chs. 208–218: Beit Yosef / Orah Hayyim. │ 208–218 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ב״מ⁩ │ — │ Chs. 62–73: Bava Metzia. │ 62–73, 141–149 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ב״ן⁩ / ⁧ארי״ה⁩ / ⁧כל״ב⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Ban (52), lion, and dog form the central numerical complex of │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ Chapter 124. The source’s 208/216 calculation is inconsistent and documented in │ │ │ │ │ the notes. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ב״ק⁩ │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Bava Qamma. Chs. 62–73: Bava Kamma. │ 29–42, 62–73 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ב״ר⁩ │ ⁧בראשית רבה⁩ │ Chs. 43–61: Genesis Rabbah. Chs. 242–249: Genesis Rabbah, where the context and │ 43–61, 62–73, │ │ │ │ locator support that expansion. │ 98–107, 117–128, │ │ │ │ │ 189–196, 234–241, │ │ │ │ │ 242–249 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ב״ר⁩ / ⁧שמו״ר⁩ / ⁧דב״ר⁩ │ — │ Chs. 208–218: Genesis Rabbah / Exodus Rabbah / Deuteronomy Rabbah. │ 208–218 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ב״ר⁩ / ⁧שמו״ר⁩ / ⁧ויק״ר⁩ / ⁧דב״ר⁩ / │ — │ Chs. 141–149: Genesis Rabbah / Exodus Rabbah / Leviticus Rabbah / Deuteronomy │ 141–149 │ │ ⁧במ״ר⁩ │ │ Rabbah / Numbers Rabbah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧גדל״ך⁩ / ⁧הב״ן⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Both total 57; “Your greatness” is thereby linked with “the son” in │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ Chapters 117, 122, 125, and 128. Chs. 117–128: In Chapter 128 the value 57 │ │ │ │ │ connects Saul’s stature with the Name Ban through the form ⁧הב״ן⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧גלגל⁩ │ — │ Chs. 43–61: “Wheel,” value 66. Its full spelling ⁧גימ״ל למ״ד גימ״ל למ״ד⁩ equals the │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ value of Metatron in Chapter 51. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ג׳⁩, ⁧ב׳⁩, ⁧י׳⁩ │ ⁧שלשה⁩ / ⁧שנים⁩ / ⁧עשרה⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: three / two / ten, according to context │ 15–28 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧דב״ר⁩ │ ⁧דברים רבה⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Deuteronomy Rabbah; context distinguishes this bibliographical │ 1–14, 15–28, 29–42, │ │ │ │ abbreviation from the consonants ⁧בדב״ר⁩ used as notarikon. Chs. 15–28: Deuteronomy │ 43–61, 62–73, │ │ │ │ Rabbah Chs. 29–42: In Chapter 31, initials of ⁧דוד ברגל רביעי⁩ (“David is the │ 117–128, 189–196, │ │ │ │ fourth leg”); in Chapter 38, ⁧דבר⁩ signifies Malkhut. Chs. 29–42: Deuteronomy │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ Rabbah; distinct from the acronym interpreted in Chapter 31. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧דגי״ם⁩ │ — │ Chs. 43–61: “Fish.” Chapter 48 calls it a notarikon of ⁧ד׳ ג׳ליות י״שראל⁩ (“the │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ four exiles of Israel”), although the transmitted expansion does not account for │ │ │ │ │ the final ⁧מ⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ד״ה⁩ │ ⁧דיבור המתחיל⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: s.v.; the comment beginning with the cited words Chs. 62–73: ⁧דיבור⁩ │ 15–28, 62–73, 98–107 │ │ │ │ ⁧המתחיל⁩, lemma beginning; used in a commentary or Tosafot locator. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ההוא⁩ / ⁧ההיא⁩ │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Ketiv/qere contrast, “that” in masculine/feminine form. Chapter 46 │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ reads the feminine form as “that time” in Adar and the masculine form as the │ │ │ │ │ great fish Leviathan. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧הוא⁩ │ — │ Chs. 250–252: Its letters encode Asiyah, Yetzirah, and Beriah from below upward. │ 250–252 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧הו״א ינח״יל⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: “He shall cause [them] to inherit,” value 120, the lifespan Joshua │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ might have attained. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧החלות⁩ / ⁧הלחות⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Anagrammatic reversal: “You have begun” / “the tablets.” It recurs │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ in Chapters 117, 122, and 125. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧הטוב״ה⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: “The good,” value 27, corresponding to the 22 ordinary plus five │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ final Torah letters in Chapter 127. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧השם⁩ / ⁧ה׳⁩ │ ⁧השם⁩ / ⁧ה׳⁩; HaShem, the LORD, or YHWH; │ Chs. 108–116: Rendered according to function: “the LORD” in translated biblical │ 108–116, 180–188 │ │ │ ⁧ה׳⁩ / ⁧השם⁩; the LORD / HaShem / YHWH │ quotation, YHWH in textual or numerical Name-analysis, and HaShem in authorial │ │ │ │ │ discourse. Chs. 180–188: “The LORD” in biblical quotation, HaShem in discourse, │ │ │ │ │ and YHWH in textual, vocalic, or numerical Name-analysis. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ה׳⁩ │ the LORD / YHWH / HaShem │ Chs. 1–14: “The LORD” in translated biblical quotations; “YHWH” when the written │ 1–14, 29–42 │ │ │ │ Name is under analysis; “HaShem” in ordinary authorial discourse. Chs. 29–42: │ │ │ │ │ “the LORD” in translated biblical quotations; “HaShem” in ordinary authorial │ │ │ │ │ discourse; “YHWH” where the written Name is itself analyzed. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ה״ץ⁩ / ⁧יפ״ה⁩ / ⁧מלכ״ה⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Forms with the value 95, used for the combined Great and Small │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ Sanhedrin. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ו⁩ │ vav │ Chs. 1–14: The sixth Hebrew letter; value 6 | Links Moses, Tiferet, six sins, six │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ extremities, the tablets, and Torah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ואיבה⁩ │ — │ Chs. 15–28: “And enmity”; initials of ⁧ואתחנן אל י״י בעת ההיא⁩. Chs. 43–61: “And │ 15–28, 43–61 │ │ │ │ enmity” (Genesis 3:15). Chapter 43 repeatedly seeks its five-letter pattern in │ │ │ │ │ marked biblical initials, sometimes in a different order. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ואתחנן⁩ │ va-etḥannan │ Chs. 1–14: “and I pleaded” | Linked to ⁧וחנותי⁩; value 515; six letters and initial │ 1–14, 29–42, 62–73, │ │ │ │ vav. Chs. 29–42: “And I pleaded”; value 515, equated with ⁧תפלה⁩ (“prayer”) in │ 98–107 │ │ │ │ Chapter 35. Chs. 62–73: “And I pleaded.” Its value is treated as 515; its two │ │ │ │ │ nuns, opening vav, and residual letters are repeatedly analyzed. Chs. 98–107: │ │ │ │ │ Segmented repeatedly into six months, seasonal windows, Nisan/Tishrei, and two │ │ │ │ │ nuns representing paired fifty-day periods. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ואתחנן⁩ / ⁧חנם⁩ │ — │ Chs. 15–28: “I pleaded” / “for nothing, without cause”; an associative link used │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ to identify a kelippah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ואתחנ״ן⁩ / ⁧ישר״ה⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Both equal 515, the number of Moses’s prayers and the “straight” │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ foot extending to the throne. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧וז״ש⁩ / ⁧ז״ש⁩ │ ⁧ז״ש⁩; ⁧זה שאמר⁩; ⁧וז״ש⁩, ⁧ז״ש⁩; ⁧וזה שאמר⁩; │ Chs. 1–14: “this is what [Scripture/he] means by saying.” Chs. 15–28: this is the │ 1–14, 15–28, 29–42, │ │ │ ⁧וז״ש⁩; ⁧וז״ש⁩ / ⁧ז״ש⁩; this is what │ meaning of what was said Chs. 29–42: ⁧זה שאמר⁩, “this is what he said” / “this is │ 62–73, 74–86, │ │ │ Scripture means / this is what he │ the meaning of.” Chs. 62–73: ⁧וזה שאמר⁩ / ⁧וזהו שאמר⁩, “this is what [he/Scripture] │ 98–107, 108–116, │ │ │ said; ⁧ז״ש⁩ / ⁧וז״ש⁩; this is what │ said.” Chs. 74–86: ⁧וזה שאמר⁩ / ⁧זה שאמר⁩, “this is what he said” or “this is the │ 129–140, 180–188, │ │ │ he/Scripture said │ meaning of.” Chs. 108–116: Discursive abbreviation ⁧זה שאמר⁩ or ⁧זה שכתוב⁩, resolved │ 197–207 │ │ │ │ contextually. Chs. 129–140: ⁧זה שאמר⁩ / ⁧וזה שאמר⁩, “this is what he said” or “this │ │ │ │ │ is the meaning of.” Chs. 180–188: Expansion of ⁧זה שאמר⁩ / ⁧זה שכתוב⁩, resolved by │ │ │ │ │ context. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧וחזקה״ו ואמצה״ו⁩ / ⁧רו״ח⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: “Strengthen him and embolden him” is equated with “the spirit of │ 189–196 │ │ ⁧הטומא״ה⁩ │ │ impurity” in Chapter 189. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧וחנותי את אשר אחון⁩ │ ve-ḥannoti et asher aḥon │ Chs. 1–14: “I shall be gracious to whom I shall be gracious” | Source of the │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ supplication/grace interpretation and the Thirteen Attributes. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ויא״ר⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: “And He gave light,” equal to seven times El (217) in Chapter 125. │ 117–128 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ויק״ר⁩ │ ⁧ויקרא רבה⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Leviticus Rabbah. │ 1–14, 15–28, 29–42, │ │ │ │ │ 62–73, 189–196, │ │ │ │ │ 234–241, 242–249 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧וכו׳⁩ │ ⁧וכולי⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: “and so forth.” │ 1–14 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ו״ף⁩ / ⁧אלהים⁩ / ⁧יוס״י⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Forms with the value 86, used for Elohim and Rabbi Yose. │ 189–196 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧זגנזגאל⁩ │ Zagnzagael │ Chs. 108–116: Presented as Metatron’s first name and linked to the treasuries of │ 108–116 │ │ │ │ heavenly stores. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧זמי״ר⁩ │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Notarikon of ⁧זגנזגאל⁩, ⁧מיכאל⁩, ⁧יופיאל⁩, ⁧רזיאל⁩, the four princes of │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ Torah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ז״ל⁩ │ ⁧זכרונם לברכה⁩ / ⁧זכרונו לברכה⁩; of │ Chs. 1–14: “of blessed memory.” Chs. 29–42: ⁧זכרונו לברכה⁩, “of blessed memory.” │ 1–14, 29–42, 62–73, │ │ │ blessed memory │ Chs. 108–116: Honorific following a deceased authority. Chs. 180–188: Honorific │ 74–86, 108–116, │ │ │ │ after a deceased authority. │ 129–140, 141–149, │ │ │ │ │ 180–188, 197–207, │ │ │ │ │ 208–218 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧חֶסֶד דִּין רַחֲמִים⁩ (Ḥesed, Din, │ — │ Chs. 87–97: The three lines: lovingkindness, judgment, and mercy. │ 87–97 │ │ Raḥamim) │ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧חביו״ן⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Read in Chapter 122 as concealing the initials of ⁧חנוך בן ירד⁩ │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ (Enoch son of Jared). │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧חנוך⁩ │ Enoch │ Chs. 108–116: Enoch son of Jared; raised from this world and identified with │ 108–116 │ │ │ │ Metatron. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ח״א⁩, ⁧ח״ב⁩, ⁧ח״ג⁩ │ ⁧חלק א⁩ / ⁧ב⁩ / ⁧ג⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: part I / II / III Chs. 29–42: part/volume I, II, III. │ 15–28, 29–42 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ח״ב⁩ / ⁧ח״ג⁩ │ ⁧חלק ב⁩ / ⁧חלק ג⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Volume II / Volume III. │ 1–14 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ח״ו⁩ │ ⁧חס ושלום⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: God forbid │ 15–28 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ח״ק⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Repeated seasonal pairing: ⁧חריש קציר⁩, ⁧חם קור⁩, ⁧חורף קיץ⁩. │ 117–128 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧טדה״ד⁩ │ — │ Chs. 197–207: The preceding-letter transformation of YHWH, valued at 22 and │ 197–207 │ │ │ │ treated as its merciful inner face. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧טעמים⁩ │ accents │ Chs. 180–188: Masoretic cantillation signs, one of four textual features │ 180–188 │ │ │ │ attributed to Ezra. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧יאהדונה״י⁩ │ — │ Chs. 242–249: The interlacing of YHWH and Adonai, letter by letter, symbolizing │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ the union of the Holy One, blessed be He, and the Shekhinah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧יב״א⁩ │ — │ Chs. 250–252: Double notarikon for Jonah son of Amittai and Abijah son of │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ Jeroboam. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧יגי״ד⁩ │ — │ Chs. 43–61: “Shall declare,” split in Chapter 50 into ⁧י״ג⁩ and ⁧י״ד⁩ (thirteen and │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ fourteen), the revealed and concealed fillings of YHWH. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ידו״ה⁩ │ — │ Chs. 242–249: An unusual circumlocutory or permuted spelling printed in Sodei │ 242–249 │ │ │ │ Razei. It is retained because its six-letter relation with ⁧י״ה⁩ drives Chapter │ │ │ │ │ 244. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧יד״ך החזקה⁩ / ⁧קט״ן⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: “Your strong hand” equals “small,” linking it with Zeʿir Anpin or │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ the Small Sanhedrin. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧יהו״ד⁩ / ⁧ידו״ד⁩ │ — │ Chs. 141–149: Reverential surrogate spellings of YHWH in which a dalet │ 141–149 │ │ │ │ graphically replaces the final he. The written form is retained whenever its │ │ │ │ │ letters matter. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧יו״ד⁩ │ — │ Chs. 141–149: Yoreh Deʿah. │ 141–149 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧יעזריאל⁩ │ Ya‘azriel │ Chs. 108–116: Angel appointed over the abyss; his name has the value 328, equal │ 108–116 │ │ │ │ to ⁧חשך⁩ (“darkness”). │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧יפיפי״ה הש״ר⁩ / ⁧ש״ת⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: “Yefifiah the prince” is said to equal Seth and twice ⁧קרן⁩ │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ (“ray/horn”). │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧יפפיה⁩ │ Yefefiah │ Chs. 108–116: Prince of the Torah sent to restore Moses’ forgotten learning in │ 108–116 │ │ │ │ Chapter 108. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ירדן⁩ / ⁧ירד נון⁩ │ — │ Chs. 43–61: “Jordan,” resegmented in Chapter 49 as ⁧ירד נון⁩ (“nun/fifty descends”) │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ and linked to the descent of judgment (⁧יורד דין⁩). │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ישר⁩ │ — │ Chs. 250–252: “Upright”; used as a numerical encoding of 600,000. │ 250–252 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧י״ג⁩ │ Numerical value 13 │ Chs. 1–14: Used for the Thirteen Attributes. │ 1–14 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧י״ד⁩ │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Fourteen, and also yad, “hand.” The same written form sustains │ 29–42, 62–73 │ │ │ │ repeated hand/fourteen interpretations. Chs. 62–73: Means “hand” but has the │ │ │ │ │ value fourteen; in Chapter 73 it also signifies the two tefillin letters ⁧י⁩ and ⁧ד⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧י״ד⁩ + ⁧נ״א⁩ / ⁧אדנ״י⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: The two letter-pairs combine and rearrange into Adonai in Chapter │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ 128. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧י״ה⁩, ⁧יה״ו⁩, ⁧ה״ו⁩ │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Partial letter-configurations of YHWH. They are not translated when │ 29–42 │ │ │ │ the letters carry the argument. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧כדאיתא⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: “As it is stated.” │ 117–128 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧כדכ״ד⁩ │ — │ Chs. 29–42: The word kadkhod in Isaiah 54:12, split homiletically into │ 29–42 │ │ │ │ twenty-four and twenty-four. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧כה⁩ / ⁧זה⁩ │ — │ Chs. 15–28: “Thus” / “this”; the traditional contrast between other prophets’ │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ prophecy and Moses’ direct indication. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧כוז״ו⁩ │ — │ Chs. 197–207: The following-letter transformation of YHWH, valued at 39 and │ 197–207 │ │ │ │ treated as its judgmental back; traditionally written outside a mezuzah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧כוז״ו במוכס״ז כוז״ו⁩ │ — │ Chs. 29–42: A fourteen-letter substitution cipher written on the outside of a │ 29–42 │ │ │ │ mezuzah, derived by shifting the letters of ⁧ה׳ אלהינו ה׳⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧כוס⁩ │ — │ Chs. 29–42: “Cup,” value 86. Chapter 31 connects it to Elohim and, through its │ 29–42 │ │ │ │ full spelling, to the four fillings of YHWH. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧כימ״ה⁩ / ⁧כה״ן⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Kimah equals “priest” numerically and is assigned to the right │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ side. Its value 75 also underlies the Tabernacle-day count. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧כלאים⁩ │ mixed species │ Chs. 180–188: Prohibited intermixture, interpreted as mixing distinct angelic │ 180–188 │ │ │ │ powers. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧כלל ופרט⁩ │ kelal u-ferat │ Chs. 62–73: Hermeneutic method of generalization and specification, attributed to │ 62–73 │ │ │ │ Rabbi Ishmael in Chapter 73. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧כמ״ש⁩ │ ⁧כמו שכתוב⁩ / ⁧כמו שאמר⁩; ⁧כמו שנאמר⁩ / ⁧כמו⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: “as it is written” / “as stated,” determined by context. Chs. 15–28: │ 1–14, 15–28, 29–42, │ │ │ ⁧שכתוב⁩; as it is written │ as it is stated / as it is written Chs. 29–42: ⁧כמו שנאמר⁩ or ⁧כמו שכתוב⁩, “as it is │ 43–61, 62–73, 74–86, │ │ │ │ said/written.” Chs. 43–61: “as it is written/said.” Chs. 74–86: ⁧כמו שכתוב⁩ / ⁧כמו⁩ │ 98–107, 108–116, │ │ │ │ ⁧שאמר⁩, “as it is written / as he said,” according to context. Chs. 98–107: as │ 117–128, 129–140, │ │ │ │ stated / as written Chs. 108–116: Discursive abbreviation ⁧כמו שכתוב⁩. Chs. │ 141–149, 180–188, │ │ │ │ 129–140: ⁧כמו שכתוב⁩ / ⁧כמו שאמר⁩, “as it is written / as he said.” Chs. 141–149: “as │ 189–196, 197–207, │ │ │ │ it is written” or “as he said.” Chs. 180–188: Expansion of ⁧כמו שכתוב⁩. Chs. │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ 208–218: “as it is written” or “as he wrote.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧כרוב⁩ / ⁧כרובים⁩ / ⁧שור⁩ │ — │ Chs. 15–28: “Cherub” / “cherubim” / “ox”; Chapter 24’s numerical subtraction is │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ 506 − 278 = 228. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧כ״א⁩ │ ⁧עשרים ואחד⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: twenty-one │ 98–107 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧לאמר⁩ │ leʾmor │ Chs. 1–14: “saying” | Marks the reversal in Numbers 27 and the distinctive │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ opening of the vows passage. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧לבנון⁩ │ Levanon / Lebanon │ Chs. 1–14: “Lebanon” | Segmented conceptually as ⁧ל״ב⁩ and ⁧נ⁩ to evoke thirty-two │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ paths of Ḥokhmah and fifty gates of Binah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ל״אל ג״ומר ע״לי⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Its initials read backward give ⁧עג״ל⁩ (“calf”); its final letters │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ total ⁧ר״ם⁩ (240). │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ל״ך⁩ │ — │ Chs. 98–107: Numerical value 50; divided as thirty days of Elul plus twenty days │ 98–107 │ │ │ │ of Tishrei; doubled as ⁧לך לך⁩ to give one hundred. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧מגן⁩ │ — │ Chs. 250–252: “Shield”; notarikon for Michael, Gabriel, and Nuriel. │ 250–252 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧מחנ״י נ״א מספר״ך אש״ר⁩ / │ — │ Chs. 189–196: A claimed final-letter construction whose transmitted order is │ 189–196 │ │ ⁧ארי״ך⁩ │ │ documented in [TN-190-02]. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ממי״ן⁩ │ — │ Chs. 43–61: Plural of the letter ⁧מ⁩ (“mems”). Chapter 45 divides twenty-two mems │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ into two sets of eleven, aligned with the twenty-two Torah letters. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧מסו״ה⁩ / ⁧מ״ה⁩ + ⁧ס״ו⁩ │ — │ Chs. 43–61: “Veil.” Chapter 51 inserts ⁧ס״ו⁩ (66, the value of ⁧גלגל⁩) into ⁧מ״ה⁩, │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ Moses’s designation, to produce ⁧מסוה⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧מע״ט⁩ │ — │ Chs. 43–61: “A little,” numerical value 119. Chapter 49 uses it for the 119 of │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ 120 permutations of Elohim that Moses sweetened in life. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧מ״ה נור״א המקו״ם הז״ה⁩ / │ — │ Chs. 117–128: “How awesome is this place” and “dragon” both total 510 in Chapter │ 117–128 │ │ ⁧תני״ן⁩ │ │ 121. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧מ״ט⁩ │ ⁧ארבעים ותשעה⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: forty-nine │ 98–107 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧מ״ט⁩ / ⁧נ⁩ │ — │ Chs. 98–107: Forty-nine revealed gates/aspects and the concealed fiftieth gate. │ 98–107 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧מ״עין ש״ם ה״מפורש⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: “A likeness of the Explicit Name,” whose initials spell ⁧משה⁩ │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ (Moses). │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧נ⁩ / ⁧ן⁩ │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Bent and final nun; each evokes fifty. Chapter 29 aligns them with │ 29–42 │ │ │ │ the fifty gates in Malkhut and Binah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧נא⁩ │ — │ Chs. 29–42: Ordinarily “please” or “now.” Chapters 32, 35, 37, 39, and 40 treat │ 29–42 │ │ │ │ its letters and value independently. Its value is 51, equal to ⁧אדום⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧נדרים⁩ / ⁧נ׳ דרים⁩ │ nedarim / nun darim │ Chs. 1–14: “vows” / “fifty dwellings” | Connects vows to the fifty gates of │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ Binah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧נו״ן אל״ף⁩ / ⁧עב״ד נאמ״ן⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: The full spelling of ⁧נ״א⁩ equals “faithful servant” (217) in Chapter │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ 125. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧נחש⁩ / ⁧נחושת⁩ / ⁧נחשתי⁩ │ — │ Chs. 43–61: “Serpent / copper / I have divined.” Their shared consonantal complex │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ drives the copper-serpent interpretation in Chapter 43. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧נ״א⁩ │ ⁧נון־אלף⁩; numerical value 51 │ Chs. 1–14: In Chapter 4 this is a number, not an ordinary lexical abbreviation. │ 1–14, 15–28, 43–61, │ │ │ │ Chs. 15–28: Read as ⁧נ׳ אמה⁩ in Chapter 18, ⁧נער אדם⁩ in Chapter 24, and ⁧נדב אביהו⁩ in │ 62–73, 98–107, │ │ │ │ Chapter 25. Chs. 43–61: Normally “please” or “now.” Chapters 47–50 expand it │ 117–128, 141–149, │ │ │ │ repeatedly: ⁧נ״חש א״דם⁩ (“serpent, man”); pairs of rulers whose initials are ⁧נ⁩–⁧א⁩; │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ ⁧נ״תיב א״חד⁩ (“one path”); and ⁧נ׳ א״ותיות⁩ (“fifty letters”). Chs. 62–73: “Please,” │ │ │ │ │ repeatedly re-read as a notarikon or numerical unit: fifty cubits, fifty │ │ │ │ │ thousand, paths of letters, path of alef, Nogah/Love, and other constructions. │ │ │ │ │ Chs. 98–107: Path of Arikh; Nogah-light; seasonal Nisan/Eitan; under ATBaSH, │ │ │ │ │ Tevet/Tammuz; also an unresolved fifty/fifty-one form in Chapter 107. Chs. │ │ │ │ │ 117–128: A highly multivalent form: Nadab–Abihu and “one thousand and fifty” in │ │ │ │ │ Chapter 122; the filled value of “faithful servant” in Chapter 125; fifty-one │ │ │ │ │ weekly hours of respite from Gehinnom in Chapter 127; and letters joined with ⁧י״ד⁩ │ │ │ │ │ to form Adonai in Chapter 128. Chs. 141–149: Ordinarily “please” in Moses’s │ │ │ │ │ prayer; the range also treats it as a notarikon, though the source’s ⁧אהרן נצח⁩ │ │ │ │ │ initials occur in reverse order in Chapter 145. Chs. 250–252: “Please”; variously │ │ │ │ │ expanded as “soul of a maidservant” and linked numerically to Elijah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧נ״א⁩ / ⁧נוֹא⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: ⁧נא⁩ read with a holam as No, Egypt, in Chapter 193. │ 189–196 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧נ״א⁩ / ⁧נח אדם⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: In Chapter 190, Noah and Adam, from whom Moses receives fifty and │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ seventy years. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧נ״א⁩ / ⁧נחמני איגרת⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Nahmani and Agrat in Chapter 192. │ 189–196 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧נ״א⁩ / ⁧נחש אחא⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Serpent and Aha, referring to Rav Aha bar Jacob’s seven-headed │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ adversary. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧נ״א⁩ / ⁧נפש אדם⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: “Soul of a person,” referring to corpse impurity and a quarter-log │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ of blood. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧סגרון⁩ │ Sagron │ Chs. 108–116: Opaque angelic or secret name in Chapter 116, used in a disputed │ 108–116 │ │ │ │ gematria and in the notarikon ⁧אסף⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧סי׳⁩ │ ⁧סימן⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Section or numbered unit. Chs. 29–42: section or siman. │ 1–14, 29–42 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧סלח נא⁩ │ selaḥ na │ Chs. 1–14: “Please forgive” | One side of the two-oath dilemma in Chapter 13. │ 1–14 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧סל״ם⁩ / ⁧סינ״י⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Ladder and Sinai, both value 130. │ 189–196 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ספר העתים⁩ │ Sefer ha-Ittim │ Chs. 180–188: Cited for the pillars of fire seen during the Adar and Elul study │ 180–188 │ │ │ │ months. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ספר הפליאה⁩ │ Sefer ha-Peliah │ Chs. 108–116: Kabbalistic work cited in Chapter 112 for the filled spelling of │ 108–116 │ │ │ │ Moses. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ס׳ רבוא⁩ │ ⁧ששים רבוא⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: sixty myriads; 600,000 │ 15–28 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ס״ל⁩ │ ⁧סבירא ליה⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: “he holds,” “in his view.” │ 1–14 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧עבד״ך⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Resegmented as ⁧ע״ב עייני״ן⁩, ⁧כ״ד זייני״ן⁩, seventy-two ayins and │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ twenty-four zayins. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧עוד⁩ │ ʿod │ Chs. 1–14: “again,” “further,” “else” | Links three verses in Chapter 5. Chs. │ 1–14, 15–28 │ │ │ │ 15–28: “Again/more/another”; marks a second oath, Moses’ additional superiority, │ │ │ │ │ and the notarikon ⁧עוף ובהמה דג⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧עו״ץ⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: Uz, Job’s land/name-form, interpreted in Chapter 118 through ⁧עובד⁩ │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ ⁧צלמים⁩ and the Terah complex. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧עיטור ביכורים⁩ │ adornment of first fruits │ Chs. 180–188: Second of the three first-fruits grades. │ 180–188 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧עיין שם⁩ / ⁧ע״ש⁩ │ ⁧עיין שם⁩ / ⁧ע״ש⁩; see there; ⁧עיין שם⁩ │ Chs. 108–116: Direction to consult the cited source; no absent locator is │ 108–116, 197–207 │ │ │ │ supplied. Chs. 197–207: “See there,” referring the reader to the cited source. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧עי״ן⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Eye, value 130, linked with the evil eye and Samael’s camps. │ 189–196 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧עכו״ם⁩ │ ⁧עובדי כוכבים ומזלות⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: idolaters (literally, worshippers of stars and constellations) │ 15–28 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧עכ״ל⁩ │ — │ Chs. 242–249: “Thus far its words.” │ 242–249 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧עם הכולל⁩ │ with the collective │ Chs. 108–116: Gematria convention that adds one for the word or expression as a │ 108–116, 180–188 │ │ │ │ whole. Chs. 180–188: Gematria convention adding one for the expression as a │ │ │ │ │ whole. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧עמו דייקא⁩ │ — │ Chs. 15–28: “With him precisely”; a formula signaling that an ordinary │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ preposition carries an ontological claim. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ענפיאל⁩ │ Anafiel │ Chs. 108–116: Angelic prince in the Hekhalot account of Elisha ben Avuyah’s │ 108–116 │ │ │ │ punishment. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ערב רב⁩ │ mixed multitude │ Chs. 180–188: Group Moses brought from Egypt in an unsuccessful effort to bring │ 180–188 │ │ │ │ distant people under the Shekhinah. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧עתיקא⁩ │ Atika │ Chs. 180–188: Aramaic “the Ancient One,” a supernal degree associated in Chapter │ 180–188 │ │ │ │ 180 with YH. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ע׳⁩, ⁧נ׳⁩, ⁧כ״ח⁩, ⁧י״ד⁩, ⁧ל״א⁩, ⁧כ״ד⁩ │ numerical letter forms │ Chs. 15–28: 70, 50, 28, 14, 31, and 24 │ 15–28 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ע״א⁩ / ⁧ע״ב⁩ │ ⁧ע״א⁩ / ⁧ע״ב⁩; ⁧עמוד א⁩ / ⁧עמוד ב⁩; ⁧ע״א⁩, ⁧ע״ב⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Folio side a / folio side b. Chs. 29–42: side a / side b of a Talmudic │ 1–14, 15–28, 29–42, │ │ │ │ or Zoharic folio. Chs. 62–73: First side (amud alef) / second side (amud bet) of │ 62–73, 141–149, │ │ │ │ a folio. Chs. 141–149: Side a / side b of a folio when used in a locator; the │ 208–218 │ │ │ │ same spellings can also denote numerical or Divine-Name values where the context │ │ │ │ │ requires. Chs. 208–218: Side a / side b of a folio when used in a locator; ⁧ע״ב⁩ │ │ │ │ │ can instead denote the Name AB where the context requires. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ע״ה⁩ │ ⁧עליו השלום⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: “peace be upon him”; in numerical contexts it may instead equal 75. │ 1–14, 15–28, 62–73, │ │ │ │ Chs. 15–28: peace be upon him Chs. 62–73: ⁧עליו השלום⁩, “peace be upon him.” │ 74–86 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ע״ז⁩ │ — │ Chs. 141–149: Avodah Zarah. │ 141–149 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ע״י⁩ │ — │ Chs. 15–28: Expanded as Ezra/Joshua, Asiyah/Yetzirah, and Esau/Ishmael in Chapter │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ 27. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧פסגה⁩ │ Pisgah │ Chs. 1–14: The mountain summit | Its immediately preceding letters, after │ 1–14 │ │ │ │ permutation, yield ⁧בעדן⁩ (“in Eden”) in Chapter 12. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧פרדס⁩ │ Pardes Rimmonim │ Chs. 180–188: Cited by the Chapter 180 Hagahah on Divine appellations. │ 180–188 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧פ״א⁩, ⁧פי״א⁩, etc. │ — │ Chs. 29–42: chapter 1, chapter 11, etc.; exact expansion depends on the title │ 29–42 │ │ │ │ cited. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧פ״מ⁩, ⁧פמ״ה⁩ │ ⁧פרק מ⁩ / ⁧פרק מה⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: chapter 40 / chapter 45 │ 15–28 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧פ״ק⁩ │ ⁧פרק קמא⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: First chapter of a tractate. │ 1–14 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧צ״ו⁩ │ — │ Chs. 29–42: “Command”; value 96, equated with ⁧אל אדני⁩ and Joshua’s age upon │ 29–42 │ │ │ │ entering the land. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧צ״ו לצ״ו⁩ / ⁧א״ף⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Twice 96 equals 192; the full spelling ⁧אל״ף פ״א⁩ likewise equals │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ 192. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧קב״ה⁩ │ — │ Chs. 43–61: “Curse,” numerical value 107, equated in Chapter 51 with the 107 │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ powers of Galgaliel. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧קד״ם⁩ │ — │ Chs. 43–61: In Chapter 47, a notarikon of ⁧ק״רן ד״רומית מ״זרחית⁩ (“southeastern │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ corner”), derived from “the land of the people of the east.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧קה״ר⁩ │ ⁧קהלת רבה⁩ │ Chs. 1–14: Ecclesiastes Rabbah. Chs. 15–28: Qohelet Rabbah │ 1–14, 15–28, 62–73, │ │ │ │ │ 98–107 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧קליפת נוגה⁩ │ kelippah of Nogah │ Chs. 180–188: Intermediate/impure shell assigned to Sennacherib’s left-side │ 180–188 │ │ │ │ nurture. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧קן ציפור⁩ │ Bird’s Nest │ Chs. 180–188: Zoharic supernal locus where Messiah is described as concealed. │ 180–188 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧קפ״ג⁩ │ ⁧מאה שמונים ושלשה⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: 183 │ 98–107 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧קרב״ן⁩ / ⁧אר״ך אפי״ם⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: “Offering” and “long-suffering” both equal 352. │ 189–196 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧קר״ק⁩ │ — │ Chs. 250–252: Initials derived from ⁧קרני ראם קרניו⁩ and applied to a Rosh Hashanah │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ blast order. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ק״ך⁩ │ ⁧מאה ועשרים⁩ │ Chs. 98–107: 120 │ 98–107 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧רוח פסקונית⁩ │ the spirit Piskonit │ Chs. 108–116: Figure mentioned in Sanhedrin 44b; Rashi identifies it with │ 108–116 │ │ │ │ Gabriel, while this chapter associates the mystery with Metatron. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧רומח⁩ / ⁧רחום⁩ │ — │ Chs. 15–28: “Spear” / “merciful”; an anagram used in the Phinehas interpretation. │ 15–28 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧רז״ל⁩ │ ⁧רבותינו זכרונם לברכה⁩; the Sages, of │ Chs. 1–14: “our Rabbis, of blessed memory.” Chs. 43–61: “our Sages, of blessed │ 1–14, 43–61, 74–86, │ │ │ blessed memory │ memory.” Chs. 74–86: ⁧רבותינו זכרונם לברכה⁩, “our masters, of blessed memory.” Chs. │ 108–116, 117–128, │ │ │ │ 108–116: Expansion of ⁧רבותינו זכרונם לברכה⁩. │ 129–140, 180–188, │ │ │ │ │ 189–196, 197–207, │ │ │ │ │ 242–249 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧רז״ל⁩ / ⁧ז״ל⁩ │ ⁧ז״ל⁩, ⁧רז״ל⁩; ⁧זכרונם לברכה⁩ / ⁧רבותינו⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: of blessed memory / our Rabbis of blessed memory Chs. 98–107: our │ 15–28, 98–107 │ │ │ ⁧זכרונם לברכה⁩; ⁧רז״ל⁩, ⁧ז״ל⁩; ⁧רבותינו⁩ │ Sages of blessed memory / of blessed memory │ │ │ │ ⁧זכרונם לברכה⁩ / ⁧זכרונו לברכה⁩ │ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧רז״ל⁩ / ⁧חז״ל⁩ │ — │ Chs. 29–42: “our Sages, of blessed memory.” Chs. 62–73: ⁧רבותינו זכרונם לברכה⁩ / │ 29–42, 62–73, │ │ │ │ ⁧חכמינו זכרונם לברכה⁩, “our Rabbis/the Sages, of blessed memory.” Chs. 141–149: │ 141–149, 208–218 │ │ │ │ “our masters / the Sages, of blessed memory.” │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ריבוי ומיעוט⁩ │ ribbui u-mi‘ut │ Chs. 62–73: Hermeneutic method of inclusion and exclusion, attributed to Rabbi │ 62–73 │ │ │ │ Akiva in Chapter 73. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧רשות⁩ │ — │ Chs. 250–252: “Optional” or “authority/domain”; the double sense supports the │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ evening-prayer exposition. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ר״ל⁩ │ ⁧רוצה לומר⁩; that is / meaning │ Chs. 1–14: “that is,” “he means.” Chs. 15–28: that is; meaning Chs. 29–42: ⁧רוצה⁩ │ 1–14, 15–28, 29–42, │ │ │ │ ⁧לומר⁩, “that is to say.” Chs. 43–61: “that is to say.” Chs. 74–86: ⁧רוצה לומר⁩, │ 43–61, 62–73, 74–86, │ │ │ │ “that is to say” or “meaning.” Chs. 108–116: Discursive abbreviation ⁧רוצה לומר⁩. │ 98–107, 108–116, │ │ │ │ Chs. 117–128: “That is to say” / “meaning.” Chs. 141–149: “that is to say” or │ 117–128, 129–140, │ │ │ │ “meaning.” Chs. 180–188: Expansion of ⁧רוצה לומר⁩. │ 141–149, 180–188, │ │ │ │ │ 189–196, 197–207, │ │ │ │ │ 208–218, 242–249 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ר״ת⁩ / ⁧ס״ת⁩ │ initials / final letters │ Chs. 141–149: “initial letters” / “final letters.” Chs. 180–188: ⁧ראשי תיבות⁩ / │ 141–149, 180–188, │ │ │ │ ⁧סופי תיבות⁩, used for notarikons and acrostics. │ 189–196, 208–218 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧שאול⁩ │ Sheol │ Chs. 108–116: The underworld; Korah is stationed there as a witness in Chapter │ 108–116 │ │ │ │ 111. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧שבת⁩ hidden letters │ — │ Chs. 250–252: The concealed portions ⁧י״ן י״ת ו׳⁩ of ⁧שי״ן⁩, ⁧בי״ת⁩, ⁧ת״ו⁩, totaling │ 250–252 │ │ │ │ Elijah plus Messiah son of David. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧שם ה׳ הקטן⁩ │ the lesser YHWH │ Chs. 108–116: Hekhalot title assigned to Metatron; rendered this way only in │ 108–116 │ │ │ │ explicit Name-analysis. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧שמו״ר⁩ │ ⁧שמות רבה⁩ │ Chs. 15–28: Exodus Rabbah │ 15–28, 29–42, 43–61, │ │ │ │ │ 62–73, 98–107, │ │ │ │ │ 117–128, 189–196 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧שס״ה⁩ │ — │ Chs. 117–128: 365, formed by the final letters of ⁧שמ״ש חר״ס חמ״ה⁩ and by the │ 117–128 │ │ │ │ initials of ⁧שבע ספירות הבנין⁩. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧שפע⁩ │ influx │ Chs. 180–188: Supernal flow transmitted to a generation through Moses or Joshua │ 180–188 │ │ │ │ as conduit. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧שקל הקדש⁩ │ sacred shekel │ Chs. 180–188: Shekel corresponding to a Torah letter/soul in Chapter 186. │ 180–188 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧שר הפנים⁩ │ Prince of the Presence │ Chs. 108–116: Angelic office assigned especially to Metatron; plural ⁧שרי פנים⁩, │ 108–116 │ │ │ │ Princes of the Presence. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧שרריאל⁩ │ Sarariel │ Chs. 108–116: Great angelic prince encoded in a phrase from Psalm 90 and linked │ 108–116 │ │ │ │ to ⁧סה״ר⁩ in Chapter 108. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧תוספות ביכורים⁩ │ additions to first fruits │ Chs. 180–188: Third of the three first-fruits grades. │ 180–188 │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧תי׳⁩ │ [uncertain] │ Chs. 15–28: probably a term meaning “explanation” or “resolution”; retained │ 15–28 │ │ │ │ unexpanded in Chapter 17 │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧תכ״ה⁩ / ⁧כה״ת⁩ / ⁧הת״ך⁩ │ — │ Chs. 189–196: Permutations of the three-letter Name developed in Chapter 195 │ 189–196 │ │ │ │ through “strike,” Psalm initials/final letters, Hatach, and prayer formulas. │ │ ├──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤ │ ⁧ת״ל ת״ל⁩ │ — │ Chs. 43–61: The word ⁧תלתלים⁩ (“curls”) divided into two units of 430; together │ 43–61 │ │ │ │ they total 860, ten times the value of Elohim, in Chapter 49. │ │ └──────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────┘ ``` ## Consolidation Control - Source range-glossary entries: 1,603. - Unified entries after exact and reviewed-alias deduplication: 732. - Translation packages represented: 22/22.