Sefer YetzirahKabbalahMystical / EsotericHebrewShareSefer Yetzirah 4W. W. Westcott 1887 - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableW. W. Westcott 1887LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Sefer Yetzirah 1Sefer Yetzirah 2Sefer Yetzirah 3Sefer Yetzirah 4Sefer Yetzirah 4-supplementSefer Yetzirah 5Sefer Yetzirah 5-supplementSefer Yetzirah 6Sefer Yetzirah thirty-two-paths›Sefer Yetzirah: Chapter 4Sefer Yetzirah 4ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1There were formed seven double letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pe, Resh, Tau, each has two voices, either aspirated or softened. These are the foundations of Life, Peace, Riches, Beauty or Reputation, Wisdom, Fruitfulness, and Power. These are double, because their opposites take part in life, opposed to Life is Death; to Peace, War; to Riches, Poverty; to Beauty or Reputation, Deformity or Disrepute; to Wisdom, Ignorance; to Fruitfulness, Sterility; to Power, Slavery. 2These seven double letters point out the dimensions, East, West, height, depth, North, South, with the holy temple in the middle, sustaining all things. 3These seven double letters He formed, designed, created, and combined into the Stars of the Universe, the days of the week, the orifices of perception in man; and from them he made seven heavens, and seven planets, all from nothingness, and, moreover, he has preferred and blessed the sacred Heptad. 4From two letters, or forms He composed two dwellings; from three, six; from four, twenty-four; from five, one hundred and twenty; from six, seven hundred and twenty; from seven, five thousand and forty; and from thence their numbers increase in a manner beyond counting; and are incomprehensible. These seven are Planets of the Universe, the Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars; the seven days are the days of creation; and these an the seven gateways of a man, two eyes, two ears, two nostrils and a mouth, through which he perceives by his senses. ‹Previous chapterSefer Yetzirah 3Next chapterSefer Yetzirah 4-supplement›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public domain in the United States