זוהר, בראשית ס׳Zohar, Bereshit 60

Segment 1א׳

דָּבָר אַחֵר וְאֶת הָאָרֶץ כִּדְקָאֲמָרָן לְאַסְגָּאָה אַרְעָא דִלְתַתָּא דְּאִיהִי אִתְעֲבִידַת בְּכַמָּה מְדוֹרִין (נהורין) כֹּלָּא כְּגַוְונָא עִלָּאָה. וְדָא הוּא וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחשֶׁךְ וְרוּחַ. אִלֵין אִנּוּן מְדוֹרֵי אַרְעָא. אֶרֶץ. אֲדָמָה. גִּיא. נְשִׁיָּה. צִיָה. אַרְקָא. תֵבֵל. וְגָדוֹל שֶׁבְּכוּלָם תֵּבֵל דִּכְתִיב, (תהילים ט׳:ט׳) וְהוּא יִשְׁפּוֹט תֵּבֵל בְּצֶדֶק.

Another explanation of AND THE EARTH: as we have said, it is to include the lower earth, which was made with several abodes, all after the supernal pattern. And this is the meaning of “the earth was formless and void, and darkness, and spirit”. These are the abodes of the earth: Erez, Adamah, Gia, Neshiyah, Ziyah, Arka, Tebel. And the greatest of them all is Tebel, as it is written, “And He will judge the world (tebel) in righteousness” (Ps. 9, 9).

Segment 2ב׳

אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי מָאן הוּא צִיָּה. אָמַר לֵיהּ דָּא הוּא אֲתַר דְּגֵיהִנֹּם כְּמָא דְאַתְּ אָמֵר צִיָּה וְצַלְמָוֶת. וְרָזָא דָא כְּתִיב, (ד"א דכתיב) (במלת) וְחשֶׁךְ עַל פְּנֵי תְהוֹם. דָּא רָזָא אֲתַר דְּגֵיהִנֹּם. דָּא הוּא צִיָּה אֲתַר דְּמַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת כִּדְקָאֲמָרָן דְּאִיהוּ מַחְשִׁיךְ אַנְפַּיְיהוּ דִּבְרִיָּיתָא. וְדָא הוּא אֲתַר דְּחשֶׁךְ עִלָּאָה.

Said R. Jose: ‘What is Ziyah?’ He said to him: ‘This is the place of Gehinnom, as it says, “a land of drought (ziyah) and of the shadow of death” (Jer. 2, 6). And the inner meaning of this is what is written, “and darkness was upon the face of the deep” — this is the mystery of the place of Gehinnom. This is Ziyah, the place of the angel of death, as we have said, who darkens the faces of created beings. And this is the place of the supernal darkness.’

Segment 3ג׳

תֹּה"וּ דָּא נְשִׁיָּ"ה דְּלָא אִתְחַזְיָיא בָּהּ חֵיזוּ כְּלָל עַד דְּאִתְנְשֵׁי מִכֹּלָּא. וְעַל דָּא אִתְקְרֵי נְשִׁיָּה. וָבֹהוּ דָּא אַרְקָא אֲתַר דְּלָא אִתְנְשֵׁי. רַבִּי חִיָּיא אָמַר דָּא גֵיא. וְרוּחַ אֱלהִים מְרַחֶפֶת דָּא לָקֳבֵל תֵּבֵל דְּאִתְּזָן מֵרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים, וְכֹלָּא כְּחַד הוּא.

TOHU: this is Neshiyah, in which no appearance at all is seen, so that it is forgotten by all; and therefore it is called Neshiyah (forgetfulness). AND BOHU: this is Arka, a place that is not forgotten. R. Hiya said: this is Gia. AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD HOVERED: this corresponds to Tebel, which is nourished from the spirit of God. And all is one.