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The Zohar · Bereshit

זוהר, בראשית פ״זZohar, Bereshit 87

Section 87 of 102 in Bereshit — 19 segments

Segment 1א׳

בְּאַרְבְּעִין וְחָמֵשׁ גַּוְונֵי זִינֵי נְהוֹרִין אִתְפְּלִיג עָלְמָא. שִׁבְעָה מִתְפַּלְּגִין לְשִׁבְעָה תְּהוֹמִין. כָּל חַד בָּטַשׁ בִּתְהוֹמָא דִילֵיהּ וְאֲבָנִין מִתְגַּלְגְּלִין בְּגוֹ תְּהוֹמָא. וְעָיִיל הַהוּא נְהוֹרָא בְּאִנּוּן אֲבָנִין וּנְקַב לוֹן. וּמַיָא נָפְקוּ בְּהוּ וְשָׁקְעִין כָּל חַד וְחַד עַל תְּהוֹמָא וְחַפְיָיא לִתְרֵין סִטְרִין.

The world is divided into forty-five colours, varieties of light. Seven are apportioned to the seven abysses. Each one strikes its own abyss, and stones roll about within the abyss; and that light enters those stones and pierces them, and waters issue from them; and each one sinks upon the abyss, and it covers it on two sides.

Segment 2ב׳

נָפְקוּ מַיָא בְּאִנּוּן נוּקְבִין וְעָאל נְהוֹרָא וּבָטַשׁ לְאַרְבַּע סִטְרֵי תְהוֹמָא. מִתְגַּלְגְּלָא נְהוֹרָא בַּחֲבֶרְתָּהּ וְאִעָרְעוּ בְּחַד וּפַלְגִין מַיִין

The waters issued through those holes, and the light entered and struck the four sides of the abyss. Light rolls into its fellow, and they meet as one, and they divide the waters,

Segment 3ג׳

וְאֲחִידָן כָּל אִנּוּן שִׁבְעָה בְּשִׁבְעָה תְּהוֹמֵי. וְכָרָאן (ס"א שראן) בַּחֲשׁוֹכֵי תְהוֹמָא. וְחֲשׁוּכֵי אִנּוּן אִתְעָרְבֵי בְּהוֹן. וְסָלְקִין מַיָא וְנָחֲתִין וּמִתְגַלְגְּלִין בְּאִנּוּן נְהוֹרִין. וְאִתְעָרְבוּ כְּחֲדָא נְהוֹרִין וַחֲשׁוֹכִין וּמַיִין וְאִתְעֲבִידוּ מִנַּיְיהוּ נְהוֹרִין דְּלָא אִתְחַזָּאן חֲשׁוֹכָאן.

and all those seven take hold of the seven abysses, and they dig into the darknesses of the abyss, and those darknesses mingle with them. And the waters rise and descend and roll about in those lights; and lights and darknesses and waters were mingled together, and from them were made lights in which no darkness appears.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

English: The Zohar — Soncino Press, London 1933 (public domain)

English: rendered from the Aramaic for this app — The Gematria's own rendering program. A rendering of the words, not a commentary; the Zohar is learned with a teacher