The Sepher Yetzirah Chapter 1
1.1 With thirty two wonderful paths of wisdom Yah - the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, the living God, King of the Universe, El Shaddai, Merciful and Gracious, High and Exalted, Dwelling in eternity, Whose name is Holy, He is lofty and holy - engraved and He created His universe with three books: with letters, with number and with sound.
32 paths of wisdom
notes
Names of God:
- Yah
- the Lord of Hosts
- the God of Israel
- the living God
- King of the Universe
- El Shaddai
- Merciful and Gracious
- High and Exalted
- Dwelling in eternity
- Whose name is Holy
- He is lofty and holy
engraved and created His universe
three books
- letters - Hebrew hieroglyphics
- numbers - gematria
- sound - Hebrew puns
a
בִּשְׁלשִׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם נְתִיבוֹת פְּלִיאוֹת חָכְמָה הָקַק
b
יָהּ יְהוָֹה צְבָאוֹת אֱלהִׁים הַיִּים וּמֶלֶךְ עוֹלָם אֵל שַׁדַּי
c
רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן רָם וְנִשָּׂא שׁוֹכֵן עַד מָרוֹם וְקָדוֹשׁ שְׁמוֹ
d
וּבָרָא אֶת עוֹלָמוֹ בִשְׁלשָׁה סְפָרִים *בִּסְפָר וְסִפּוּר
- וברא - and created
- את - eternal
- עולמו - eon of him
- בשלשה - in three
- ספרים - scrolls
- בספר - in scroll
- וספור - and scroll
- NOTE: ספר sepher means to count, write and speak. By the triple repetition, all three meanings are used. In one of the GOT sayings, two of the three meanings of a word are used and the third is hidden in the riddle.
e
וְסֵפֶר׃ עֶשֶׂר סְפִירוֹת בְּלִימָה וְעֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁתַּיִם
f
אוֹתִיּוֹת יְסוֹד׃ שָׁלשׁ אִמּוֹת וְשֶׁבַע כְּפוּלוֹת וּשְׁתֵּים