The Zohar · Vaetchanan
זוהר, ואתחנן ה׳Zohar, Vaetchanan 5
Section 5 of 32 in Vaetchanan — 12 segments
Segment 1א׳
(דברים ד׳:י״ב) וַיְדַבֵּר יְיָ' אֲלֵיכֶם מִתּוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ קוֹל דְּבָרִים אַתֶּם שׁוֹמְעִים וְגוֹ'. אָמַר רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר, הַאי קְרָא אִית לְאִסְתַּכְּלָא בֵּיהּ, קוֹל דְּבָרִים, מַאי קוֹל דְּבָרִים. אֶלָּא קוֹל דְּאִקְרֵי דִּבּוּר, דְּכָל דִּבּוּרָא בֵּיהּ תַּלְיָא. וְעַל דָּא כְּתִיב, וַיְדַבֵּר ה' אֲלֵיכֶם, דְּהָא דִּבּוּר בַּאֲתָר דָּא תַּלְיָא, לְהַאי אִקְרֵי קוֹל דְּבָרִים.
AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO YOU OUT OF THE MIDST OF THE FIRE: YE HEARD THE VOICE OF WORDS, ETC. R. Eleazar said: ‘What is meant by “the voice of words”? It means, the Voice which is also called Utterance, because all utterance proceeds from it. Hence also it says “ye heard” [and not “saw”], because “hearing” corresponds to “utterance”.
Segment 2ב׳
אַתֶּם שׁוֹמְעִים, דִּשְׁמִיעָה לָא תַּלְיָא אֶלָּא בְּהַאי. בְּגִין דִּשְׁמִיעָה בְּדִבּוּר תַּלְיָא. וּבְּגִין כָּךְ אַתֶּם שׁוֹמְעִים. (ס"א אתם שומעים, ושמיעה בדבור תליא) וְהָא אוֹקְמוּהָ, (שמות כ״א:ו׳) וְרָצַע אֲדוֹנָיו אֶת אָזְנוֹ בַּמַּרְצֵעַ, בְּגִין דְּפָגִים אַתְרָא דְּאִקְרֵי שְׁמִיעָה, וְהוּא דִּבּוּר וְהוּא שְׁמִיעָה.
YOU HEARD: for hearing depends on nothing but this, since hearing depends on utterance; and therefore, YOU HEARD (a variant reads: you heard, and hearing depends on utterance). And this has been explained: “and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl” (Ex. 21, 6) — because he has blemished the place that is called hearing, and it is utterance and it is hearing.
Segment 3ג׳
קוֹל דְּבָרִים אַתֶּם שׁוֹמְעִים וּתְמוּנָה אֵינְכֶם רוֹאִים. מַאי וּתְמוּנָה. כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר (במדבר יב) וּתְמוּנַת יְיָ' יַבִּיט. דָּבָר אַחֵר וּתְמוּנָה, דָּא קוֹל פְּנִימָאָה, דְּלָא הֲוָה מִתְחֲזֵי כְּלַל. זוּלָתִי קוֹל, דָּא קוֹל אַחֲרָא דְּקָאַמְרָן. וּתְמוּנָה, אֲמַאי אִקְרֵי הָכִי. בְּגִין דְּכָל תִּקּוּנָא דְּגוּפָא מִינֵּיהּ נָפְקָא.
BUT YE SAW NO FORM. They were not like Moses, of whom it says, “And he beholdeth the form of the Lord”. Or we may say that “form” refers to the inner Voice which was not seen at all. ONLY YE HEARD A VOICE: this is the other voice, which we mentioned above.
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