3 Mothers
From Sensus Plenior
The mothers appear to be the foundation of phonetics. I have yet to observe a classification system associated with it beyond language.
[ from SY]
English name | Letter | ordinal | value | name | number of the name | The secret of the alefbet | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
alef | א | [spirit] | 1 | 1 | אלפ | 3 | God created the heavens and the earth |
mem | מ | [word] | 13 : 4 | 40 : 4 | ממ | 80 : 8 | the promise of the Father |
shin | ש | [voice] | 21 : 3 | 300 : 3 | שנ | 350 : 8 | that his word does not return void |
Last night אמש
Notes
Sepher Yetzirah 2.1 Twenty two formative letters: three Mothers, seven Doubles, twelve Singles. The three mothers are aleph, mem, shin.