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* Ox, horns; projection of mind, unto creation; seed,planting; symbol of oxen/priests, who plant and

harvest via teaching/services.

* Indicates strength, stability, power, dominant being;alef energies; expansion; to perpetuate.

* Primal cause, central point; unity; beginning,renewal; conception, humanity.

* Concepts of holy; to go inward, becomesmall/humble/reduced: thus, to learn of expansive

origin and destiny.

* Expresses ruling forces: Elohim, Adonim, Adam.

* 1st-person future sign, indicating self-will,movement.

* Side view of eye, indicating presence of light,capacity to conceive/to see: lit., the mind conceives.

* 1st day, conception of light/ideas.

* Illustrated in plants: almond, rose; animal: oxen;scroll: Sefer Maaseh Bereshit (Genesis); tribe:

Reuvan.

* Alef is foundational to the alefbet triad thatprogresses to chet and culminates in samek.

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* House, habitation, establishment, household; interior andintegral: those things which receive and hold the expansions of alef..

* Ovum, fetus, cellular division, segmentation; means,manifestation, formulation; to develop, formulate,

* To be associated: units, pairs; ear, hearing, instrumentalaction; shell, body; magnetic; state of consciousness; that which

receives and holds--feminine symbol; passivity, acceptance.

* Symbol of body/work of Mashiyach (Messiah) as means of composition and development, image of invisible.

* Symbol of ram, means of atonement, covering of soul.

* Prepositional form, often combined in prefix to the root of aword, conveying the senses "in, at, by, on, among, with."

* Used as an article in regards to interior/inherent principles;used similarly as an adverb/qualifier of verb.

* 2nd day, development of space, definition.

* Illustrated in plants: mandrake, hyssop; animals: sheep, frog,goose; fabric: wool; scroll: Sefer Yetziat Mitzraim (Exodus);

tribe: Shimeon.

* Bet is foundational to the alefbet triad progressing to tet andculminating in ayin.

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* Camel, throat; carries, facilitates, lifts-up; to arise, ascend,sprout.

* A conduit, process, procedure, avenue; perpetuality;entangle, tangle.

* Canal, birth canal, deep crevice; umbilical cord; thatwhich transmits, transports, assists to produce all ideas

derived from the house/body.

* Neck; vocalization, transmission of sound; carrier of actions; waves.

* Bowels, transportation systems of the body; movement,locomotion: thus, agent or means, as of charity; to

recompense, to render. * To approach, reach, go beyond/through.

* 3rd day, land arising and sprouting.

* Illustrated in plants: clover, lily; animals: camel, giraffe,llama, praying mantis, ostrich; scroll: Torat

haQohanim/Leviticus; tribe: Lewi/Levi.

* Gimel is foundational to the alefbet triad that progresses toyod and culminates in pe.

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* Door, passageways; nose; entrances/exits; nodes; gates; access/openings topast/present/future; secret chamber.

* To pervade, shine; to mature in the paths.

* Pyramid (lit., "fire amidst"), quad structure, base for brain/mind energies:ability to extend the energies to the pinnacle of the mind's satisfaction.

* Insight: examines, facilitates to bless.

* Vagina opening, door to existence.

* Tent door, security, refuge; door of sheepfold, through which we go andcome for pasture; means of acquisition, revelation.

* Access to beneath and above, to form and spirit realms; door of separation;hence, sign of division. Sign of shabbat as the door of holiness and

rest/fulfillment. * Means of acquisition and revelation; means to maintain communications

with all paths of the diamond-clustered nature (see Crown Diamond).

* Means of access to each of the twelve tribes within: the doubled dalet,comprising the universal emblem , illustrates two doors--one to the earth

and another to the heavens.

* 4 th day, separation of light and darkness; a distinction to enter BetHaShem.

* Illustrated in the plant: lilac; animal: duck; element: tin; scroll: ChameshhaPekudim/Numbers; tribe: Yahúdah.

* Dalet is foundational to the alefbet triad that progresses to kaf andculminates in tsade.

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* Light rays; life universal; animation; stars; gifts: innumerable, withoutmeasure or limit; electricity, lightening, illumination; to sparkle.

* The definite article (compared to a spot light), used to point out,highlight.

* The winnowing fork, rake: gathers, distinguishes, distributes.

* Evaporation and precipitation: as vapor rays ascend, collect, anddisperse--bringing rain, fullness.

* Pattern of cervical mucus, netted leaf veins.

* 5th day, fullness of life.

* Illustrated in plants: fern, ginseng; animals: mice, rabbit; elements:nitrogen, hydrogen; scroll: Mishneh Torah (Deuteronomy); tribe: Dan.

* He is foundational to the alefbet triad that progresses to lamed andculminates in kof.

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* Hook, yoke; connects, joins, ties together, adheres, bonds; nail; to clasp.

* Scales, balance beam, evaluation, equilibrium; administration.

* Breast, thumb, big toe; consideration, contraction and expansion.

* Womb; goblet of justice/cup of mercy: thus, the conjunction symbol--uniting all elements, from the highest sense to the lowest, and

communicating the spiritual with the material; the wind.

* Conjunctive prefix to a root word, conveying the senses "and, also, then,therefore, but."

* 6th day, administration and balance of life; creation of man, whoadministers the creation.

* Illustrated in plants: cypress, barley; animals: goat, pigeons; elements:

carbon, phosphorus; scroll: Yahushúa/Joshua; tribe: Naphtali. * Waw is foundational to the alefbet triad that progresses to mem, the

thirteenth position, and culminates in resh, the twentieth position.

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* Weapon, knife, two-edged sword; tongue; word, laws, instruments;arrow, dart, javelin: that which penetrates, splits; penis, feather: that

which marks; thrust: warrior armed with a spear.

* All things leading to a goal, aim; to complete, finish; instrument tomake, shape, carve out; to nail.

* Pursuit: thus, the goal of the law-perfection, regeneration, healing,deliverance.

* 7th day, shabbat/rest, completion of intent.

* Illustrated in plants: wheat, cedar, aloe; animal: snake; scroll:Shophetim/Judges; tribe: Gad.

* Zayin is foundational to the alefbet triad that progresses to nun andculminates in shin.

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* Ladder; elevating, emerging, ascending/descending; changing,repenting; equality.

* Work, service. assignments, place/level of developments and positionsamongst men; engagements, labor; provider.

* Care, help--signifying effort required; rise/fall of perspectives/ elevationsderived from doings, visions; weaving; fatigue, accomplishment.

* Window, outlook, perspective.

* Means to reach plateaus; covenant; progress; to initiate, to causeprecipitation.

* 8th day, to enter into brit milah--covenant of circumcision--a sign of faith to disclose/uncover: activity link between he (light) and kaf

(assimilated forms/products). * Illustrated in the plant: chamomile; animal: donkey; scroll: Ruth; tribe:

Asher.

* Chet/ascension is the link in the alefbet triad that begins withalef/expansion and progresses to samek/stability.

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* United heads: male and female, as one; sex; unites/divides,collects/separates, resolves; operational stages; builds up/breaks apart; cell

dynamics; patterns, arrangements.

* A place of shelter, refuge, truth, security, trust, mutuality, interchange,obedience, union, dependence; shield; a link of habitation/protectionbetween dalet (entrance) and taw (exit); interfacing of networks and

centers of the body; the heart.

* Symbol of town, city, community, dwelling area, gathering; comingtogether, communal consciousness.

* Signifies resolution of opposites, harmonization of disparate forces.

* Illustrated in plants: fig, tomato; material: clay; scroll: Shmuel; tribe:

Yissachar (Issachar). * Tet/interchange is the link in the alefbet triad that begins with

bet/consciousness and progresses to ayin/understanding.

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* Hand, open right hand: giving/receiving; first letter of HaShem as theextension of love; to share, whereby a receptacle is fashioned.

* To set things in motion; means of attainment; actions; blessing, fullness;manifested power; ruling.

* Manifestation/mark of one's self: hence, 1st-person designation, indicatingpossession, ownership--belonging to, as in the construct case.

* Expresses idea of duration and strength before a word root; replaces nun asdesire is swallowed up by action.

* Illustrated in the elements: oxygen, iodine; scroll: Melachim (Kings); tribe:Zebulun.

* Yod/activity is the link in the alefbet triad that begins with gimel/process

and progresses to pe/manifestation.

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* Branch, leaves, palm; spoon; sole of hand/foot, bird foot.

* Handle, extensions; scale, sizings; productivity, fruitfulness; to make evident,as the evidence of fruit.

* Consciousness; branching, antlers; reproduction; offspring, teachings,doctrines, coverings.

* Used in applauding, rejoicing.

* Expression of the organic characters; symbol of cyclic nature, which does notstop or remain (as leaves and fruit).

* Illustrates that the three primoral natures of man stem from one stem: Shem,

Cham, and Yapheth. * Assimilative and concomitant article (like, as).

* 2nd-person designation at end of a root word, indicating your output, yourpossession, etc.

* Illustrated in the plants: celery, palm tree; scroll: Yeshayahu (Isaiah); tribe:Yoseph.

* Kaf/productivity is the link in the alefbet triad that begins with dalet/insightand culminates in tsade/righteousness.

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* Goad, staff; instruct, teach, learn; course, direction; to order, point. * Arm, leg and foot, jawbone; supportive structure; directive movement.

* To prod, defend, prevent, refrain, chastise, correct: thus, used to form aprohibition--the word "lo" (lamed/alef) to cease, prevent (the rod before

the horn); or the word "al" (alef/lamed) to correct (the rod after theaction); thus, the directive article.

* Gives way to the qof; for once the lamed serves, it gives way toactualization.

* Symbol of authority, as the staff and beard.

* Symbol of inheritance and role of an individual.

* Illustrated in the element: iron; scroll: Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah); tribe:

Benyamin.

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* Water, fluids; pertains to waters above and below firmament; a natural-fluid mirror, means of reflecting an image.

* The composite body of man, embodiment, given to reflect spiritual positionand to make visible spiritual structure.

* Means to extract, reduce, or draw out properties; means to release/measure,give forth messages; contains essence/ fullness of life.

* Oil, source of combustion: soft, flowing, cleansing.

* Means of conception, consecration, anointing.

* Collective symbol of people, multitudes, seas.

* 3rd-person male designation (semen, blood) at end of word.

* Extractive article (from, drawn out) and partitive article (some) before a

root word. * Illustrated in the plant: watermelon; animal: elephant; scroll: Yechezkel

(Ezekiel).

* Mem/anointing is the link in the alefbet triad that begins with waw/unity andculminates in resh/King Mashiyach.


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* Fish, potentiality; flourish/decline; son of man symbol; capable of moving inmany directions; to exchange; various speeds and movements; swiftness;

passive-active; purpose, scope, weight.

* Used at front of a word to indicate interior action, determination, desire; tovow: that which may be swallowed up by one's actions/yod.

* Action folded back within itself (vagina): withdraws, reverses, sucks, filters,intakes.

* Placed at the end of a word, indicates all possible extensions, display,augmentation.

* 3rd-person female designation; fertility. * Fins and scales (exterior forms of the fish) are expressions of balance, thusmaking them edible flesh: fins indicate direction (justice) unto knowledge;scales indicate a covering (mercy) and sanctifying of spirit. Via these two

principles in proper balance we attain to our potential.

* Illustrated in the plants: pecan, cherry; animal: fish; region: Italy; scroll:Neviim (Twelve Prophets).

* Nun/desire is the link in the alefbet triad that begins with zayin/deliveranceand culminates in shin/wisdom.

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* Support, pillar, tower, fortification, fortress, shelter; the

skeleton, spine; to be bristly; united branches, as in sukkot . * Framework, construction, arrangement; the boundary of a

structure; confines, stretches; a secret place; buildings,dimensions; frame of reference-- that which upholds,

supports.

* Reliance, trust; to lean upon, empower, authorize,encourage; bears, promises, bonds together; energizes.

* Stability, steadfastness; to be dependable, responsible,competent; to ordain.

* Trunk of tree; concentric marks/circles, indicating

seasons, cycles; journey, travel; inner walls of strength; fiber,skin.

* Design of fish skeleton, spider-web pattern.

* Illustrated in the plants: carrot, cumin; element: calcium;scroll: Tehillim (Psalms).

* Samek is understood in the branchings of a tree: above, inthe heavens, and below, in the branchings rooted in theearth, which drink from the branchings of the earth's

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* Eye, pupil; openings to ear, mouth, anus, etc.; cavity of chest, heart;compassion; center of understanding or confusion--eye full of light or

darkness.

* Illuminates; brightness; clear, keen, transparent; penetrating vision;view, discern; prophecy; enlighten, consider; transference.

* Hate, hostility, jealousy, arrogance; boast; pride/humility.

* Roundness: egg, navel, jewels, planets; well of water, spring, fountain;concept of depth, reception, attention, universal consciousness.

* Craters, texture of lunar surface; moon/lamp of Mashiyach.Silver/understanding, means of redemption/purifications-- blood/wine.

* Illustrated in the plants: grape, olive, legumes, peas, lentils, beet,buckeye (eye of deer); animals: quail, eagle, hawk; element: silver; jewel:pearl; region:Yisrael; scroll: Mishle (Proverbs).

* Sixteenth of the twenty-two letters of the alefbet; the third level/octave of bet.

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* Mouth, lip, edge, breath; to exhale; cup, container, pit; to drink, eat,partake; voice, utterance; soul, nature of expressions; to make manifest;

appearance.

* In contrast to the forms of bet, the pe is the output or exhalation of theform, whereas the bet is the input or inhalation of energies.

* Fruit, facet; border, side, region, corner, extremity.

* Faces, personality; that which depicts the striking attribute of rendering man's thoughts.

* Opens/closes; opening for input/output; restrict/permit; entrance/exit. * Illustrated in the plant: spelt; animals: badger, bear, moth, caterpillar;

element: lead; scroll: Eyov (Job).

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* Host, insect; transformation, metamorphosis; do by design; jointedleg; winged creature.

* To pursue/order the forces, to appropriate/designate the use of energies; sacrifice; to ward off, defend, exorcise; to fear.

* Army, defense, military; warrior; chariot spoke/wheel; victory,dance; battle, conquest, conflict; devastate.

* Intention; to overturn, acquit; righteous; correct, change;order/organization; accomplishment, success; prevail; solution.

* Indicates definite movement toward a goal and marks the level of accomplishment attained; conveys the lateral side, flank: ability to

turn/rotate, an appendage, wings.

* Illustrated in the animals: grasshopper, bee, hornet, horse; scroll:Megillot/Shir HaShirim (Song of Songs), Echah (Lam.), Koheleth

(Ecclesiastes).

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* Priest's cap, crown; kingdom, domain; sky, corona, dome; to control,seclude, regulate; nest.

* Skull; protect; covering, shell; smoke; vibration, separation.

* To distinguish; sanctification, purifying; holiness, consecration: aspecialist/professional.

* To confer/confirm; to be under a shadow, or under the dome of theheavens; to tremble.

* Symbol of the priesthood--position of holiness and consecration of mind.

* Brain and spinal column.

* Pattern of vibrations/sound.

* Spiral design and associated movements: denotes progression and

achievement--from the kaf (doctrines/teachings) to the kof (crown of righteousness).

* Illustrated in plants: mushroom, oak, flax; fabric: linen; animals:monkey, tortoise, lemur, dog, chicken, turtle; scroll: Daniel.

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* Head, first part, chief component; force of beginning, source of giving;mountain; determines movement and progress.

* Mind, knowledge, intelligence, discretion; honor, beauty, devotion,reverence; noble, graceful; adjure; fortune/poverty.

* Self, individual; positions of ruler, King, overseer, headteacher/instructor.

* Illustrated in the plants: walnut, corn, pomegranate, mustard; animals:deer, gazelle, hart, roebuck, antelope, turkey; element: copper

(bronze/brass); scroll: Ezra.

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* Tooth; to digest, shatter/assimilate; wisdom.

* Fire, sun; glory of Yahúweh. Strength of the Spirit, spiritof Mashiyach/Messiah, strength of a lion; utilization and

application of truth, peace.

* Used as reflexive pronoun.

* Serves as a sign which consumes, yet connects.

* Illustrated in the plants: peony, garlic, dandelions; animal:lion; element: gold; material: ivory; scroll: Nechemyah

(Nehemiah).

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* Vane; the four areas of the earth, comprising all; the total sum

of a world/age; wholeness; four corners, directions; composite of fire/energy/angelic, air/gas/spirit, water/fluids/soul,

earth/solids/body.

* Loom, to weave; sinew, strings, cords.

* Sum, totality, infinity; sign, mark; finishes, completions; Torah,Tanach.

* Composition of all preceding: thus, idea of completion andperfection.

* Expresses further change, continuation, addition, renewal,regeneration, resurrection: providing a continuum, endurance;

perpetuality, connecting threads to past, present, future.

* 2nd-person future indication.

* 400 = sanctification of all things/completion of all.

* Illustrated in plants: evergreen tree; scroll: Dibre haYamin(Chronicles).


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