Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

72 SELF-INITIATION IN10 THE GoLDEN DAWN 'fRADmoN
Letter Power Value Final Name Meaning
N A 1 Aleph ox
~ B 2 Beth house
~ G,Gh 3 Gimel camel
D,Dh 4 Daleth door
iT H 5 Heh window
O,D,V 6 Vav pin, hook
,
Z 7 Zayin sword, armor
n Ch 8
,
Cheth fence, enclosure
tQ T 9 Teth serpent
"I
I, Y 10 Yod hand
K,Kh 20-500 Kaph fist, palm of hand
;
L 30 Lamed ox goad
Q M 40-600 C Mem Water
~ N 50-700 r Nun fish
Q S 60 Samekh prop
Aa 70 Ayin eye
P,Ph 80-800 Peh mouth
~
~
~
~ Tz 90-900 Tzaddi fishhook
Q 100 Qoph back of the head
R 200 Resh head
r: S,Sh 300 Shin tooth
~ T, Th 400 Tau cross
Concerning Pronunciation
During MacGregor Mathers' time, there were two principle dialects in the Hebrew
language. They were the Ashkenazic, a dialect employed in Germany, Poland, and
Russia, and Sephardic, which was used in Spain and the Mediterranean. The
Golden Dawn teachings stress the Sephardic pronunciation.
Hebrew words are almost never accented on the first syllable, but usually
on the final syllable with secondary accents falling on every other syllable before
the final one. The following chart shows the general pronunciations of transliterated
Hebrew letters: 23
Transliterated
Letter
a
b
c
ch
d
Usual
transliteration of
vowel point
Beth
Kaph
Cheth (sometimes Kaph)
Daleth
Pronunciation
a as in Father
or a as in cat
b
k
ch in German nacht
d
23 Adapted from information given in David Godwin's Cabalistic Encyclopedia, Third Edition (St.
Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1994,pgs. xxii-xxiii.)