A • B • C • D • E • F • G • H • I • J • K • L • M N • O • P • Q • R • S • T • U • V • W • X • Y • Z Hebrew: Aleph • Beit • Geemel • Dalet • Hay • Vahv • Zaiyin • Chait • Tait Yoad • Kaf • Lahmed • Mame • Nune • Sahmek • Aiyin • Pay Tzahday • Qoaf • Raysh • S(h)een • Tahv Hey Spellings: hey aleph, heh heh or hey yoad The fifth letter symbolizes a window, which allows light in, but doesn’t allow beings to enter or depart. This denotes the dimension of spiritual emanation, which is a similar sort of window in the heart or soul, one through which all beings are in communion and unity. In this perspective Hey represents spirituality in general. The shape of the letter signifies ‘a window high above’, which in this case means spiritually as well as physically. Hey can also be seen as dalet with ‘an unattached leg’, thought and speech combining to bring about action (the leg). Hey is fundamentally expressive, as is the sound made when we speak it. We can understand it analagously as the expression of breath one might use to fog a mirror. Exhaling with ha or hhh results in myriads of droplets of mist, which are at once reflected in the mirror, themselves (because of being on the mirror) and each other. From a single gesture a sublime webwork of interrelated and interreflective participants emerges. This recalls the ‘breath of God’ which similarly results in universes and beings — all of which inwardly and outwardly reflect their basis and each other in endless dimensions. The relationship between geemel and dalet (a benefactor chasing a poor person to bestow benefits) is resolved in hay, which is essentially dalet with ‘an extra leg’ — or ‘new ways of moving and relating’. As the second of the ‘three fathers’ hey relates to the creative expression of yoad as a unique form of ‘breathing’. Imagine that all beings and entities in space and time collapse to perfect unity, and re-expand to sublime distinction centillions of times per instant — and that this process gains speed exponentially. This is merely an analogy, but grants us an image of what this incredible and awe-inspiring ‘breathing of God’ might be like. In the name YHVH, the first hey can be understood as representing God’s creative in-and-exhallation from the heavenly (God’s) perspective. It is this supernal hyperactivity which drives and replenishes and unifies all universes. o:O:o     o:O:o Family: Archetypal: A seed or primieval force from which the existential and supernal are actualized. Existing outside of space and time. The first 9 letters. Archetypal: Hay Existential: Nune Supernal: (Kaf-Sophit) Position: The Fifth letter. The first of the ‘twelve elementals’ or simples. The second of the ‘three fathers’ (hey vavh yoad) which comprise the Name of God. Common associations: Primary Significations: Real. Bestowing Life through emanation. A window. Secondary Significations: Spiritual beings. The breath of god. The ‘speaking” of the Word by God. Body: The right foot. Power: Speech. Sign: Aries Archetype / Tribe: Judah Element: Path on the Tree of Life: Traditional: Keter / Chockma Hermetic: Chockma / Tiphareth Hey A • B • C • D • E • F • G • H • I • J • K • L • M N • O • P • Q • R • S • T • U • V • W • X • Y • Z Hebrew: Aleph • Beit • Geemel • Dalet • Hay • Vahv • Zaiyin • Chait • Tait Yoad • Kaf • Lahmed • Mame • Nune • Sahmek • Aiyin • Pay Tzahday • Qoaf • Raysh • S(h)een • Tahv