Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

consonant is the letter Mem. In most languages
Mem is the basic sound of "mother." In general,
the symbol of mother nature, Eve, "the mother of
all life," is the womb of all (manifest) existence.
This is after she ascends in aspiration--the secret
of the letter Lamed--to receive from Adam the
seed of life." [The Alef-Beit, Rabbi Ginsburgh]
"This character as consonant, belongs to the
nasal sound. As symbolic image it represents
woman, mother, companion of man; that which
is productive, creative. As grammatical sign, it is
the maternal and female sign of exterior and
passive action; placed at the beginning of words
it depicts that which is local and plastic; placed
at the end, it becomes the collective sign,
developing the being in infinitive space, as far as
its nature permits, or unity by abstraction, in one
single being all those of the same kind. In
Hebrew it is the extractive or partitive
article ... expressing in nouns or actions that sort
of movement by which a name or an action, it
taken for means or instrument, is divided in its
essence, or is drawn from the midst of several
other similar nouns or actions." [d'olivet, 1976,
p. 385.1
Extractive or Partitive Article. The movement
which this article expresses, with nouns or
actions is taken for the means, for the instrument,
by which they are divided in their essence, or
drawn from the midst of several other nouns or
similar actions. I render it ordinarily by from, out
of; by; with, by means of; among, between, etc.
[ibid., p. 1 121
5 to loathe, feel nausea. The state of
consciousness preceding the attainment of the
consciousness symbolized by Key 12.
5~ to cut off or flay, to take away, to strip off,
as skin from the flesh; to rob or plunder. Refers
to the alchemical idea that the element water is
the source of form, associated with the creative
letter Heh and the multiplication of forms is the
apparent subdivision of the ONE into various
parts.
5~ As a verb it means: to twist, to wind
together, to bind; to pledge; to pervert, to
damage, to act corruptly, to sin, to wound. As a
noun cheybel: a cord, a rope; pain, sorrow; a
measuring line; a snare. Limitation and
measurement are inseparable from creation-the
One Life sacrifices itself for manifestation,
which is a source of pain and sorrow. This world
is a delusion and a snare to those who
misapprehend the meaning of its appearances.
Also with different points: woe! Oh! Alas!; what
a pity! This mixture is a breaking up of "the still
calm of Pure Being ..." A sense in which the
original purity of the subsisting ONE is damaged
or destroyed by the creative process.
5 With different pointing cheyrIeyb,
meaning: fatness; the best of it. The "Virgin's
Milk" or alchemical water. From the element of
Water the Wise derive all their supplies of
substance for manifestation.
7 T Yod Tetragrammaton. the hand of
Jehovah (formative power). Ezekiel 1 :3 "The
had of the Lord was upon him." Signifies the
formation power of the One Reality. Alchemical
Water is the agency or power whereby the One
Reality projects its creative energy into specific
forms. see 90.
'15'1 child boy; infant, embryo; young of an
animal.
redeemer, savior, messiah, liberator, a title
of Yesod. With different pointing: kinsman,
relative. Jeremiah 59:20: "and a redeemer will
come to Zion."[It is important for the
understanding of the passage cited, lob 19:25
(My redeemer, 44), to know that the fundamental
meaning of 5'13, "Redeemer" is a blood relative,
or one next of kin.] see 233,4,400,233,44.
5 to me, to mine. We shall come to the
redeemer, when we hear the call. We iire driven
(Lamed) to the Father (Yod).
8% To patch; to cover with spots [Genesis
30:20].
5~2 the ripening (of figs); puberty of women.
5 To languish, faint, to be exhausted, to
faint; to be foolish or mad. "Water" causes
illusion, delusion and snare, as well as being the
great healer.
M? Secret; to wrap, cover; to speak gently.