Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

will as morally, and of the mysterious root 3lN
which develops the idea of the fecundation of the
universe. Thus according to the figurative and
hieroglyphic sense, the word 2213 signifies not
only star, but the virtual and fecundating force of
the universe. Therein can be found the germ of
many ancient ideas, where relative to astrological
science, concerning which it is known that the
Egyptians thought highly, or whether relative to
the Hermetic science. [d'olivet, 1976, pp. 47-
48.1 Note that Chokmah is the sphere of the
zodiac or stars is the center also of Wl Chaiah,
the Life-force. see 73,23.
35772 Gedulah. greatness, majesty,
magnificence, a name for Chesed (72). From a
root 572, gadal, meaning: to twist, and therefore
connected with the idea of spiral motion. see 37,
43,440.
5 a women, force, power, strength,
efficiency; wealth, vigor, health. The word is
derived from a root, spelled the same way,
meaning "to whirl, to twist." A reference to the
spiral motion which is characteristic of the
influence descending from Kether, where the
whirlings begin, into all the paths of wisdom
below the Crown.
PI7 Ham. warmth, heat, fire, blackness. As a
proper noun Pll is the son of Noah [5:32, 6:10]
see 936,993, 190.
"Ham ... this name is on the whole, the opposite
of that of Shem. The sign il which constitutes it,
recalls al ideas of effort, of obstacle, or fatigue of
travail. The root which result from its union with
the sign of exterior action, employed as
collective, presents a bending, a dejection, a
thing which inclines toward the lower parts: it is
the heat which follows a sharp compression: it is
the hidden fire of nature: it is the warmth which
accompanies the rays of the sun; it is the dark
color, the blackness, which results from their
action; it is finally, in the broadest sense, the sun
itself considered as the cause of heat and of
torrefaction.
When the name of Ham is presented alone and in
an absolute sense, it can be taken in a good
sense, since it expresses the effect of the sun
upon inferior bodies; but if one only sees in it the
opposite of Shem, it offers only sinister ideas. If
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Shem is the sublime, the superior, Ham is the
abased, the inferior; so if the former is the
radiant, the exalted, the infinite, the latter is the
obscure, the bending, the limited, etc." [d701ivet,
1976, pp. 170-171.1
With different pointing: Pll Khem. The
Egyptians' own name for their country. Through
Egyptians influence of the Greeks, the root of
our words alchemy and chemistry.
clapping, applause, fullness of the body;
good humor.
"Onomatopoeic root which depicts the noise that
is made in clapping the hands: figuratively,
action of applauding; state of being joyous, of
having good appearance. Clapping, applause,
fullness of the body; good humor.
l?B The sign of exterior and passive action
united to that of elementary labor, or to the root
rPS, symbol of all equality, constitutes a root to
which are attached the ideas of abolition,
desuetude; of ravage carried on by time, by the
action of the elements, or by man; thence 3Rl3
action of eflacing, depriving, taking away,
destroying; of razing a city, an edifice; of
washing, cleansing, etc. [d701ivet, 1976, pp.
388-389.1
53'lq stream, river; trumpet blast (from the
sound coming from a stream). Jubal, the name of
the son of Lamech (traditional founder of Free
Masonry). See Genesis 4:2 1.
3 jubile. ram; ram's horn, inventor of
musical instruments.
5ll army, rampart; wall.
Ir'lNtJ Love.
W of old. In Proverbs 8:22: "The Lord
possessed me in the beginning of his way before
his works of old." see 3, 12,21,30,39, 57.
3.37 61" Shem ha-Mephorash, short form. see 79
& Appendix 10.
~W'R "God Great and Lofty" The 49th Shem
ha-Mephorash. Psalm 145:3: "Great is the Lord