זוהר, תצוה ב׳Zohar, Tetzaveh 2

Section 2 of 18 in Tetzaveh — 30 segments

Segment 1א׳

רָזָא קַדְמָאָה, יוֹ"ד, נְקוּדָה קַדְמָאָה דְּקַיְּימָא עַל תֵּשַׁע סַמְכִין דְּסַמְכִין לָהּ. וְאִינּוּן קַיְימִין לְאַרְבַּע סִטְרֵי עָלְמָא. כְּמָה דְּסוֹפָא דְּמַחֲשָׁבָה, נְקוּדָה בַּתְרָאָה, קַיְּימָא לְאַרְבַּע סִטְרֵי עָלְמָא. בַּר דְּהַאי דְּכָר, וְאִיהִי נוּקְבָּא.

The first mystery: yod, the primal point, which stands upon nine supports that support it. And they stand toward the four quarters of the world, just as the end of thought, the last point, stands toward the four quarters of the world — save that this one is male and that one is female.

Segment 2ב׳

וְהַאי קַיְּימָא בְּלָא גּוּפָא, וְכַד קַיְּימָא בִּלְבוּשָׁא, דְּאִתְלָבַּשׁ בְּהוּ, אִיהִי קַיְּימָא עַל תֵּשַׁע סַמְכִין, בְּרָזָא דְּאָת ם בְּלָא עִגּוּלָא. וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּאָת ס' אִיהִי בְּעִגּוּלָא, וְקַיְּימָא בְּעִגּוּלָא. אֲבָל בְּרָזָא דְּאַתְוָון חֲקִיקִן, גּוֹ נְקוּדֵי, טְהִירִין לְעֵילָּא, אִינּוּן בְּרִבּוּעָא, דִּלְתַתָּא אִיהוּ בְּעִגּוּלָא.

And this one stands without a body; and when it stands in a garment, clothed in it, it stands upon nine supports, in the mystery of the letter final mem, which has no circle. And although the letter samech is a circle and stands in a circle, yet in the mystery of the letters engraved within the points, which are translucent above, they are in a square, while what is below is in a circle.

Segment 3ג׳

הַאי בְּרִבּוּעַ אִיהִי קַיְּימָא בְּשִׁיעוּרָא דְּתֵשַׁע נְקוּדִין, תְּלַת תְּלַת לְכָל סְטָר. וְאִינּוּן בְּשִׁיעוּרָא דְּחוּשְׁבָּנָא תְּמַּנְיָא נְקוּדִין, וְאִינּוּן תֵּשַׁע. וְאִלֵּין אִינּוּן דְּקַיְימִין מֵרָזָא דְּבוּצִינָא בְּרִיבּוּעָא בְּסַמְכִין תִּשְׁעָה לְאָת יוֹ"ד, נְקוּדָה חֲדָא. אִינּוּן תִּשְׁעָה. אִינּוּן תְּמַנְיָא בְּרָזָא דְּאָת ם בְּרִבּוּעָא, כְּגַוְונָא דָּא:: תְלָת תְלָת לְכָל סְטָר

This square stands in the measure of nine points, three and three to each side; and in the measure of the reckoning they are eight points, and they are nine. And these are they that stand, from the mystery of the lamp, in a square, as nine supports to the letter yod, a single point. They are nine; they are eight, in the mystery of the letter final mem in a square, in this manner: three and three to each side.

Segment 4ד׳

וְדָא אִיהוּ רָזָא : דְּאָת יוֹ"ד נְקוּדָה חֲדָא, וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּאִיהִי נְקוּדָה חֲדָא, דִּיּוּקְנָא דִּילָהּ, רֵישָׁא לְעֵילָּא, וְקוֹצָא לְתַתָּא, וְשִׁיעוּרָא דִּילָהּ תְּלַת נְקוּדִין כְּגַוְונָא דָּא וְעַל דָא אִתְפַּשְׁטוּתָא לְאַרְבַּע סִטְרִין, תְלָת, תְלָת לְכָל סְטָר אִיהִי תֵשַׁע וְאִיהִי תְמַנְיָא.

And this is the mystery: the letter yod is a single point, and although it is a single point, its form is a head above and a tip below, and its measure is three points, in this manner. And therefore its expansion is to the four sides, three and three to each side: it is nine and it is eight.

Segment 5ה׳

וְאִלֵּין אִינּוּן סַמְכִין דְּנָפְקִין מֵרָזָא דְּבוּצִינָא, לְמֶהוֵי סַמְכִין לְאָת יוֹ"ד, וְאִלֵּין אִקְרוּן רְתִיכָא דִּילָהּ. וְלָא קַיְּימִין בִּשְׁמָא, בַּר בְּרָזָא דְּתֵשַׁע נְקוּדִין דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא.

And these are the supports that issue from the mystery of the lamp, to be supports to the letter yod, and these are called its chariot. And they do not subsist in a name, but only in the mystery of the nine points of the Torah.

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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