The Kabbalah Unveiled — S. L. MacGregor Mathers (from Knorr von Rosenroth's Latin) (1887)
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plural, for while many masculines form their plural in VTh, many feminines conversely form theirs in IM. In both these cases, however, the gender of the singular is retained in the plural. (See Gesenius’ Hebrew Grammar,
§ 86, art. 4.
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have learned by tradition : All those sacred diadems of the King,* * * § when He is conformed in his dispositions (that is, when the letters of Tetragrammaton are all conjoined together ), are called ADM, Adam , Man, which is the Form f which comprehendeth all things.
800. £‘ But when any portion is taken away therefrom ( that is to say , ivhen it is said IH , and not IHVH), then is understood (Microprosopus) the Holy Name (by the letter I, Yod) and ThORA, Tauara , or the Gate (that is, the Bride, to whom is attributed the name ADN1 > Adonai, whose number when written in its plenitude is 67 1 ,± as the word ThORA or ThROA exhibit eth it, summed up in the letter H, He , of the name IH) , and that which is therein.
801. “ When therefore it is called Tetragrammaton, man is mentioned, with the Gate Tauara included, and those which are therein [otherwise, concerning the inferior worlds. And when it is taken away from the gate (that is, when the letters Vau and He are not joined hereunto , of which the latter denoteth the inferior gate), then is understood the Holy Name (by the Yod), and the Gate and those which are therein (by the He in the name IH). But when it is called IHVH, it is called the man, ADM, and all the rest (conjoined therewith), namely, the gate and those (paths) which are therein.] §
802. “ And therefore did David enumerate those nine conformations ; because he unto whom it is allowed
* The King — i.e., Microprosopus. (See Introduction.)
T For it is said that the Tetra- j
Hebrew letters, gives the figure H
He = the arms, Vau = the ^
(See Table of Hebrew letters in
grammaton, written thus in the of a man. For Yod = the head, body, and He final = the legs. Introduction.)
t That is to say, when the letters of ADNI are spelt thus : ALP, DLTh, NVN, IYD, Aleph, Daleth, Nun , Yod; for A+L+P+D+L+Th+N+V + N + I + V + D = 1+30 + 80 + 4+30 + 400 + 50 + 6 + 50+10 + 6 + 4 = 671. And ThORA or ThROA = 400 + 70 + 200+1 = 671 also.
§ The long piece above in brackets, hut in ordinary type, is from the Cremona Codex.
THE GREATER HOLY ASSEMBLY.
2 1 1 to touch the beard of the Kang can do all which he desireth.
803. “Wherefore then the beard, and not the body?
Because the body is hidden behind the beard, but the
beard hath no place (of concealment') behind the body.
804. “ But he in reckoning it proceedeth in a duplex manner* — once as we have given it ; and next thus, when he saith : 4 I called upon Yah in my distress? The first.
805. 44 4 Yah heard me at large? The second.
806. 44 4 Tetragrammaton is on my side ; I will not fear? The third.
807. 44 -4 What can man do unto me ? ’ The fourth.
808. 44 4 Tetragrammaton taketh my part with them that help me? The fifth.
809. 44 4 And I shall see my desire upon mine enemies? The sixth.
810. 44 4 It is better to trust in Tetragrammaton? The seventh.
8 1 1 . 44 4 Than to put any confidence in man? The eighth.
812. 44 4 It is better to trust in Tetragrammaton.’
The ninth.
813. 44 4 Than to put any confidence in princes?
The tenth.f (Otherwise : 4 It is better to trust in
Tetragrammaton than to put any confidence in man?
The seventh. 4 It is better to trust in Tetragrammaton?
The eighth. 4 Than to put any confidence in princes?
The ninth.)
814. 44 4 1 called upon Yah in my distress? Wbat is this which he saith ? Assuredly doth David say all these things which are here said concerning the form of the beard.”
* Referring to the order of the conformations, and the way in which in the passage those referring to IHYH and ADM are conjoined.
t The reader will ot course also observe that these answer to the ten Scpuiroth.
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815. Rabbi Yeliudah answered and said: “ 4 1 called