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The Sepher
Yetzirah
Chapter 4
4.1
Seven doubles: beth, gimel, daleth, kaph, pe,
resh, tau.
They direct themselves with two tongues:
Beth -
bheth
Gimel - ghimel
Daleth - dhaleth
Kaph - khaph
Pe - phe
Resh
- rhesh
Tau - thau.
A structure of soft and hard, strong and weak.
4.2
Seven doubles: beth, gimel, daleth, kaph, pe, resh,
tau.
Their foundation is wisdom, wealth, seed, life, dominance, peace and
grace.
4.3
Seven doubles: beth, gimel, daleth, kaph, pe, resh, tau,
in speech and in transposition.
The opposite of wisdom is folly;
the
opposite of wealth is poverty;
the opposite of seed is desolation;
the
opposite of life is death;
the opposite of dominance is subjugation;
the
opposite of peace is war;
the opposite of grace is ugliness.
4.4
Seven doubles: beth, gimel, daleth, kaph, pe, resh,
tau.
Up and down, East and West, North and South, and the Holy palace
exactly in the centre supports them all.
4.5
Seven doubles: beth, gimel, daleth, kaph, pe, resh,
tau.
Seven and not six, seven and not eight.
Examine with them and
probe with them.
Make each thing stand on its essence and make the Creator
sit on His base.
4.6
Seven doubles: beth, gimel, daleth, kaph, pe, resh, tau,
of Foundation.
He engraved them, He carved them;
He permuted them, He
weighed them;
He transformed them and with them He formed:
Seven planets
in the Universe;
Seven days in the Year;
Seven gates in the Body, male and
female.
4.7
Seven planets in the Universe: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun,
Venus, Mercury, Moon.
Seven days in the Year: the seven days of the
week.
Seven gates in the Body, male and female: two eyes, two ears, two
nostrils, and the mouth.
4.8
He made the letter beth king over Wisdom and He bound a
crown to it. And He combined one with another and with then He formed:
the
Moon in the Universe;
Sunday in the year;
the right eye in the Body, male
and female.
4.9
He made the letter gimel king over Wealth and He bound a
crown to it. And He combined one with another and with then He formed:
Mars
in the Universe;
Monday in the year;
the right ear in the Body, male and
female.
4.10
He made the letter daleth king over Seed and He bound a
crown to it. And He combined one with another and with then He formed:
the
Sun in the Universe;
Tuesday in the year;
the right nostril in the Body,
male and female.
4.11
He made the letter kaph king over Life and He bound a
crown to it. And He combined one with another and with then He formed:
Venus
in the Universe;
Wednesday in the year;
the left eye in the Body, male and
female.
4.12
He made the letter pe king over Dominance and He bound
a crown to it. And He combined one with another and with then He
formed:
Mercury in the Universe;
Thursday in the year;
the left ear in
the Body, male and female.
4.13
He made the letter resh king over Peace and He bound a
crown to it. And He combined one with another and with then He formed:
Saturn
in the Universe;
Friday in the year;
the left nostril in the Body, male
and female.
4.14
He made the letter tau king over Grace and He bound a
crown to it. And He combined one with another and with then He
formed:
Jupiter in the Universe;
the Sabbath in the year;
the mouth in
the Body, male and female.
4.15
Seven doubles: beth, gimel, daleth, kaph, pe, resh,
tau.
With them were engraved:
seven Universes, seven
firmaments;
seven lands, seven seas;
seven rivers, seven deserts;
seven
days, seven weeks;
seven years, seven sabbaticals,
seven jubilees and the
Holy Palace.
Therefore, He made sevens beloved under all the heavens.
4.16
Two stones build two houses;
three stones build 6
houses;
four stones build 24 houses;
five stones build 120 houses;
six
stones build 620 houses;
seven stones build 5040 houses.
From here go and
calculate that which the mouth cannot speak and the ear cannot hear.
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