Sepher Yetzirah 1.2

1.2 Ten Sephiroth of Nothingness and 22 formative letters: 3 Mothers, 7 Doubles and 12 Singles.

Ten Sephiroth of Nothingness

ספר - scroll

So far there is no correlation with SP

Are these pure numbers or are they also the letters which represent the numbers?

1 - א - The Spirit of the Living God - beginning God IS

2 - ב - Breath from Spirit - end Physical manifestation of Spirit

3 - ג - Water from Breath - good Word from Breath

4 - ד - Fire from Water - evil Judgement from Word

5 - ה - up - up

6 - ו - down - down

7 - ז - East - east

8 - ח - West - west

9 - ט - North - north

10 - י - South - south

Ten commandments of creation

The count of ten commandments comes from:

Ge 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Ge 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Ge 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Ge 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

Ge 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

Ge 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

Ge 1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Ge 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Ge 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Ge 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

According to wikipedia

God is said to have created the world through Ten Utterances, marked by the number of times Genesis states, “And God said.”

   Gen 1:3 - "And Elohim said, 'Let there be Light.' and there was Light." (Kether)
   Gen 1:6 - "And Elohim said, 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the Waters, and let it divide the Waters from the Waters." (Chockmah)
   Gen 1:9 - "And Elohim said, 'Let the Waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.' And it was so." (Binah)
   Gen 1:11 - "And Elohim said, 'Let the Earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth.' And it was so." (Chesed)
   Gen 1:14-15 - "And Elohim said, 'Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.' And it was so." (Gevurah)
   Gen 1:20 - "And Elohim said, 'Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.'" (Tiphareth)
   Gen 1:22 - "And Elohim Blessed them, saying, 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.'" (Netzach)
   Gen 1:26 - "And Elohim said, 'Let us make Man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air,and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.'" (Hod)
   Gen 1:28 - "And Elohim blessed them and Elohim said to them, 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.'" (Yesod)
   Gen 1:29-30 - "And Elohim said, 'Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat.' And it was so." (Malkuth)

Ten gates of Jerusalem

Ne 3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

Ne 3:3 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

Ne 3:6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

Ne 3:13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.

Ne 3:14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

Ne 3:15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.

Ne 3:26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.

Ne 3:28 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.

Ne 3:29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.

Ne 3:31 After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith’s son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.

22 formative letters

The table below differs slightly from those found elsewhere primarily due to spelling differences in the names of the letters. The choice has been made to be consistent with method rather than adopt tradition since traditional methods often appear to be more related to free-for-all allegory. Multidigit numbers are reduced to single digits by adding the digits together. 11 reduces to 2 and is noted 11 : 2

English name	Letter	ordinal	value	name	base 7	number of the name	The secret of the alefbet read down this column	Names
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alef	א	1	1	1-1	אלפ	3	God created the heavens and the earth	Thousand	separation
bet	ב	2	2	1-2	בת	402 : 6	He revealed to man that	house, daughter	with man
gimel	ג	3	3	1-3	גמל	73 : 10 : 1	He pursued them with a	camel	pursue
dalet	ד	4	4	1-4	דלת	434 : 11 : 2	Command	poor one, door	command
he	ה	5	5	1-5	הא	6	which they heard, but didn't understand	aha	ignorance
vav	ו	6	6	1-6	וו	12 : 3	it distinguished them	hook, nail	word
zayin	ז	7	7	1-7	זנ	57 : 3	as the bride	sort, kind, prostitute	repentence
het	ח	8	8	2-1	חֵת	408 : 12 : 3	when they understood	dismay	understand
tet	ט	9	9	2-2	טת	409 : 13 : 4	through marriage became	fasting 02908	married
yod	י	10 : 1	10 : 1	2-3	יד	14 : 5	a new creation	hand, side	works
kaf	כ	11 : 2	20 : 2	2-4	כפ	100 : 1	The Son of God	spoon, palm	SOG
lamed	ל	12 : 3	30 : 3	2-5	למד	74 : 11	taught	taught, learn	teach
mem	מ	13 : 4	40 : 4	2-6	ממ	80 : 8	the promise of the Father	blemish, waters	chosen
nun	נ	14 : 5	50 : 5	2-7	ננ	100 : 1	The Son of Man	fish, posterity, propagator	SOM
samekh	ס	15 : 6	60 : 6	3-1	סמכ	120 : 3	fulfilled the promise in spirit	support	Father happy
ayin	ע	16 : 7	70 : 7	3-2	ענ	120 : 3	became flesh	humiliation, depravity	incarnation
pe	פ	17 : 8	80 : 8	3-3	פא	81 : 9	He spoke in riddles, parables, and mysteries	eye, answer	prophet
tsadi	צ	18 : 9	90 : 9	3-4	צד	94 : 13 : 4	exchanged his righteousness for our sin	side, provision	exchange
qof	ק	19 : 1	100 : 1	3-5	קפ	180 : 9	The Son of God died	encompass	resurrection
resh	ר	20	200	3-6	רש	500 : 5	revealing	destitute, evict, head	revelation
shin	ש	21 : 3	300 : 3	3-7	שנ	350 : 8	that his word does not return void	tooth, ivory	increase
tav	ת	22 : 4	400 : 4	4-1	תו	406 : 10 : 1	He completed his work with a new life spontaneously responding to him	mark, record	finished
final kaf	ך	23 : 5	500 : 5	4-2	כפ	100 : 1	The Son of God died (separated from the Father)		SOG died
final mem	ם	24 : 6	600 : 6	4-3	ממ	80 : 8	and finished the law		law complete
final nun	ן	25 : 7	700 : 7	4-4	ננ	100 : 1	The son of man was restored to his heavenly glory		SOM death
final pe	ף	26 : 8	800 : 8	4-5	פא	81 : 9	Prophecy is fulfilled		Prophet died
final tsadi	ץ	27 : 9	900 : 9	4-6	צד	94 : 13 : 4	Judgement is ended		Judge died
final shin	shin-4	28 : 10 : 1	1000 : 1	4-7			We are co-heirs with Christ		inherit

3 Mothers

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

mother אמ of the increase ש

7 Doubles

Sepher Yetzirah 4.1 Seven doubles: beth, gimel, daleth, kaph, pe, resh, tau.

They direct themselves with two tongues:

Beth - bheth

Gimel - ghimel

Daleth - dhaleth

Kaph - khaph

Pe - phe

Resh - rhesh

Tau - thau.

A structure of soft and hard, strong and weak.

אב * father, green shoot, fruit אב * I, created, reconciled (at end), separate, holy, Spirit, firmament א * revelation to man, pref: in ב ¢ ∞ The primary attribute of a father is his procreation of life. ∞ Green shoot ☇↬ Father: God the Father is the source of the first life. ∞ Fruit ☇↬ Father: He is also the source of the second life.

אג * confident אג * I, created, reconciled (at end), separate, holy, Spirit, firmament א * pursue ג ¢ The creator is confident in his pursuit. ▸ ± Nu 23:19 God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

אד * mist, humidity, general revelation, I commanded אד * I, created, reconciled (at end), separate, holy, Spirit, firmament א * commandment ד ¢ The commandment after creation. As water, mist is the word of God. Allegorically, It is general revelation, since it covers the earth.

אכ * smiting, also, but, certainly, even, howbeit, least, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, scarce, surely, surety, truly, verily, wherefore, yet אכ * I, created, reconciled (at end), separate, holy, Spirit, firmament א * Son of God, (pre. as) כ ¢ Com אכ

אפ * anger, nose אפ * I, created, reconciled (at end), separate, holy, Spirit, firmament א * mystery, parable, riddle, mouth פ ¢ Com אפ

אר * light up, holiness, separate אר * I, created, reconciled (at end), separate, holy, Spirit, firmament א * revealed ר ¢ Com אר

את * sign or wonder, with, all, eternal, ploughshare, against, with, in, him, me, upon, את * I, created, reconciled (at end), separate, holy, Spirit, firmament א * completed, finished, purpose, (makes an object) ת ¢ Com את

12 Singles

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