זוהר, פנחס מ״חZohar, Pinchas 48

Section 48 of 129 in Pinchas — 9 segments

Segment 1א׳

כַּד סָלִיק דִּבּוּרָא, עַל כַּנְפֵי דְּרֵיאָה, אִתְעָבִיד קוֹל. בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא (קהלת י׳:כ׳) כִּי עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם יוֹלִיךְ אֶת הַקּוֹל. (תהילים כ״ט:ג׳) קוֹל יְיָ עַל הַמָּיִם. מִסִּטְרָא דְּמַיָּא, דְּאִיהוּ מוֹחָא, דְּתַמָּן סָלִיק בְּכַנְפֵי רֵיאָה. קוֹל יְיָ חוֹצֵּב לַהֲבוֹת אֵשׁ, מִסִּטְרָא דְּלִבָּא, כַּד נָפִיק מִפּוּמָא, אִתְקְרֵי דִּבּוּר.

When the speech rises upon the wings of the lung, it becomes voice. At that time, “for a bird of the air shall carry the voice” (Eccl. 10, 20). “The voice of the Lord is upon the waters” (Ps. 29, 3) — from the side of the water, which is the brain, from where it rises on the wings of the lung. “The voice of the Lord hews out flames of fire” — from the side of the heart. When it goes out of the mouth, it is called speech.

Segment 2ב׳

וְלָקֳבֵל תְּרֵין כַּנְפֵי רֵיאָה, דְּפַתְחִין גַּדְפִּין לְקַבְּלָא לֵיהּ, הֲדָא הוּא דִּכְתִּיב, (יחזקאל א׳:י״א) וּפְנֵיהֶם וְכַנְפֵיהֶם פְּרוּדוֹת מִלְמָעְלָה. הָכִי שִׂפְוָון נַטְלִין לֵיהּ לְדִיבּוּר, וּפַרְחִין לֵיהּ לְעֵילָּא.

And corresponding to the two wings of the lung, which open their wings to receive it — this is what is written, “and their faces and their wings were separate above” (Ezek. 1, 11) — so the lips take up the speech and make it fly upward.

Segment 3ג׳

וּכְגַוְונָא דְּאִינּוּן חֲמִשָׁה כַּנְפֵי (ס"א ענפי) רֵיאָה, כֻּלְּהוּ פְּתִיחָן בְּלָא סִרְכָא, לְקַבְּלָא הַאי קוֹל, הָכִי נָמֵי צְּרִיכִין לְמֶהֱוִי חַמְשָׁא תִּקּוּנִין דְּפוּמָא, כֻּלְּהוּ פְּתִיחָן בְּלָא סִירְכָא, בְּחָמֵשׁ תִּקּוּנִין דְּאִינּוּן: אחהע בַּגָרוֹן. בומף בְּשִׂפְוָון. גיכק בַּחֵיךְ. דטלנתּ בְּלִישָׁנָא. זסשרץ בַּשִּׁינַיִם.

[The Hebrew letters] Aleph, H'et, Hei, A'yin [are pronounced] with the throat. Bet, Vav, Mem, Feh with the lips. Gimel, Yud, Khaf, Quf with the Palate. Dalet, Tet, Lamed, Nun, Taf with the Tongue. Zayin, Samekh, Sin (Shin), Resh, Tzadi with the teeth.

Segment 4ד׳

וְדִבּוּר דִּיְהֵא בְּהוֹן, בְּלָא סִרְכָא וְעִכּוּבָא כְּלַל. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (בראשית כ״ד:ט״ו) וַיְהִי הוּא טֶרֶם כִּלָּה לְדַבֵּר וְהִנֵּה רִבְקָה יוֹצֵּאת. דָּא צְּלוֹתָא, דְּאִיהוּ דִּבּוּר. וּבְגִינֵיהּ אִתְּמַר, אִם שְׁגוּרָה תְּפִלָּתִי בְּפִי יוֹדֵעַ אֲנִי שֶׁמְקוּבָּל. וְאִי אִית סִרְכָא וְנָפְקָא בְּעִכּוּבָא, יוֹדֵעַ אֲנִי שֶׁמְטוּרָף. בְּגִין (ס"א כגון) סִרְכָא בְּרֵיאָה דְּאִיהִי טְרֵפָה.

And the speech that is in them shall be without any adhesion or hindrance at all. This is what is written: “And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out” (Gen. 24, 15). This is prayer, which is speech. And for its sake it is said: If my prayer is fluent in my mouth, I know that it is accepted. And if there is an adhesion, and it goes out with hindrance, I know that it is torn away (metoraf) — because of (a variant reads: like) an adhesion on the lung, which is terefah.

Segment 5ה׳

וְקוֹל דָּא שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל, דְּבֵיהּ (יחזקאל א׳:כ״ד) וָאֶשְׁמַע אֶת קוֹל כַּנְפֵיהֶם. וְדָא יְדוָֹ"ד דְּאִיהוּ קוֹל, כַּד נָפִיק לְקַבְּלָא שְׁכִינְתָּא בִּצְּלוֹתָא בַּחֲשָׁאי, דְּאִיהוּ דִּבּוּר, דְּבֵיהּ אֲדֹנָ"י שְׂפָתַי תִּפְתָּח, כָּל אֵבָרִין פְּתִיחָן כֻּלְּהוּ גַּדְפַיְיהוּ, בְּרמ"ח תֵּיבִין, דְּאִינּוּן בְּד' פָּרְשִׁיָין דִּקְרִיאַת שְׁמַע, דִּבְהוֹן נָחִית קָלָא.

And voice — this is “Hear, O Israel”, in which is “and I heard the voice of their wings” (Ezek. 1, 24). And this is the Tetragrammaton, which is voice, when it goes out to receive the Shekinah in the silent prayer, which is speech, in which is “O Lord, open my lips”: all the limbs open, all of them, their wings, in the two hundred and forty-eight words which are in the four sections of the Shema, in which the voice descends.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

English: Sefaria Community Translation (CC0)

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