Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

connected with Melchizedek. see 248, 254, 228,
854,782, 1 199, 1342.
lB2W purple, purple cloth. A "royal" color,
connected with Jupiter and the Moon. Red purple
is connect with Pentecost, symbolizing the
giving of the written law, consisting of 2 sides,
of the right and of the left [Zohar III:135A]. Note
that purple was a mixture of blue (Chesed) and
red (Geburah) and that it figured prominently in
the building of the tabernacle, and the covering
of Solomon's chariot [Song of Solomon]. Note
that reddish-purple is similar to the traditional
Venusian rose.
?m pertaining to autumn.
7% to be cool, fresh, (unused root).
Nimrod. Founder of Babylon. In Masonic
tradition Nimrod is considered one of the
founders of the craft.
I. Genesis 10:8: "Cush was the father [founder]
of Nimrod, who grew to be a mighty warrior of
the earth."
11. Inman: This word has never yet been
satisfactorily explained, and the following
attempt may probably be considered as faulty as
any of the extant interpretations.. . the meaning
of nimrah PI]. . . is an euphemism for the
'Yoni.' ... 7)?, ad signifies 'eternity,' or, as we
often use the word indefinitely, 'time.' V, od, for
7i'jt od, also signifies 'continuance,' 'duration.'
75ft ud, signifies 'to circle,' 'to repeat,' 'to
increase,' 'to surround,' etc. . . . I think, a sensible
signification to Nimrod, e.g., 'the Eternal
Mother,' 'the womb of time,' 'the perpetual
mother,' 'the circling mother,' 'or the teeming
womb.' [Ancient Faiths VII, pp. 384-3853
111. "Nimerod. .. The verb 7iB3, of which this is
here the contained facultative, passive
movement, signifies literally to give over to one's
impulse, to shake 08 every kind of yoke, to
behave arbitrarily. It is formed from the root 77,
which develops every idea of movement, proper
and persevering, good and evil, ruled by the sign
of exterior action D." [d'olivet, 1976, pp. 280-
281 .]
IV. The Zohar [I:73B-74A] comments: "He was
a mighty hunter before the Lord; wherefore it is
said: like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the
Lord. Truly he was a man of might, because he
was clad in the garments of Adam, and was able
by means of them, to lay snares for mankind and
beguile them. Rabbi Eleazar said: 'Nimrod used
to entice people into idolatrous worship by
means of those garments, which enabled him to
conquer the world and proclaim himself its ruler,
so that mankind offered him worship. He was
called 'Nimrod', for the reason that he rebelled
(marad = rebel) against the most high king
above, against the higher angels and against the
lower angels.' Rabbi Simeon said: 'Our
colleagues are acquainted with a profound
mystery concerning these garments."' (p.25 1)
lXl to totter, to tremble, (unused root).
ayto y. agiois (Gr). saints.
q ~ahq nclpa6q1q. heh kale parathekeh (Gr).
The good deposit. In 2 Timothy 1 : 14: "That good
thing (deposit) which was committed unto thee
by the holy ghost which dwelleth in us."
opohoym. omologia (Gr). profession, confession;
agreement, compact; in war, terms of surrender;
an assent, admission.
oeoq p~yahq. othene megaleh (Gr). a great
sheet; fine white linen, a fine linen veil, a
garment or cloth, a sail-cloth, sail, sheet.
~KKhaota. ekklesia (Gr). Church. Literally,
"They who are called out." An assembly brought
together for oral instruction. (The congregation
of the righteous, the merciful, the true chasidim,
the only true church, the inner church or school,
the true Rosicrucian order, the "White Lodge,"
composed of the "Master of Compassion," said
to be Triumphant over death and the grave). see
53 Latin.
po6ov. rhodon (Gr). Rose. The flower sacred to
Venus, used to designate the interior church of
persons who hear and obey the inner voice.
he akademia (Lt). the Academy (Pythagorean).
q o m . he skene (Gr). the tabernacle. Used in
Greek version of the Old Testament.