The numerical value of Qof is 100.
Tzaddi means "back of the head"
According to the Sepher Yetzirah, its correspondences are:
Modality |
Space/
Direction |
Time |
Body |
Laughter |
Pisces
Lower North |
Adar |
Spleen |
Qof, and the three
letters that follow it (resh, shin, tau) represent mankind's perfected
state. The single number 1-9 are archetypal states, the numbers 10-90 are the
same states manifested in mankind, to numbers 100-400 represent the level which
perfected mankind can achieve.
Qof is existence
perfected.
Thus qof is the
embodiment of the perfected life force. It is the first letter of the word
(kedushah)
which translates as holiness. The
has now achieved the
state of holiness.
