Sefer Yetzirah, the Cube of Space, and the Emergence of ... - Maqom

In this verse, the Hebrew word alachson that is generally translated as diagonal actuallymeans the longest side of a triangle. For example, in a right triangle this would be thehypotenuse which is usually oriented so that it looks like a diagonal line from the bottomto the top of the triangle.If we now imagine creating triangles by drawing lines from the center of a cube to itsvarious corner points, then the longest side of each triangle will be an edge of the cube.Thus, the twelve diagonal boundaries are nothing more than the twelve edges found on atypical cube.diagonal or edgeThe twelve plain letters are listed in their usual order of appearance in the Hebrewalphabet, and beginning with the east face of the cube they are, in the GRA version of the26