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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
Yoad
Spelling: yoad vahv dalet
Yoad indicates the initial source-point of time, being and space.
It is comprised of a crown with a downflowing ‘tail’, and this
letter has quite a tale to tell — for it encapsulates secret
aspects of the nature of God, in whom finite and infinite are unified
—
and transcended.
The spelling of yoad tells part of the story:
a zero-dimensional ‘point’ (yoad) expands into a line (vahv)
and begets ‘surfaces’, ‘forms’ and ‘doorways’(dalet). This can
be
seen as a point which expands into a rod. This rod, in revolving
randomly around the point at ever-increasing speed, in turning
establishes a
sphere. Spheres such as Earth are comprise the ‘table’ or
basis of Life.
Yoad is unique in that it is the only Hebrew letter which appears
‘suspended’ above the baseline, representing the quality
of ‘hovering’
described in chait. It is the smallest of the letters, and one
of the most profound, being the first letter of the Name of God
(YHVH or YHWH). Additionally, yoad is seen as included in the upper
portion of all of the other letters, the
clearest examples being found in geemel, vahv, nune, and tzahday.
This is
interpreted
as evidence of omnipresence — the ‘signature’ of
God. All letters begin with ‘a point’.
In its signification of ‘a hand’, the 10th letter indicates both
hands, (the count of the fingers) but also the idea that God’s
hand and human hands are one. Alternately, we might understand
this to mean that the left hand is ours, and the right belongs
to God — however this idea is very general —
human beings are each unique, and some even have their hearts on
the
opposite
side
(dextrocardia).
In English, we use the ’ character
(extremely similar to yoad) to indicate ‘possession’ after
an personal noun — and in Hebrew, the addition of yoad
as a suffix similarly indicates possession, as in ‘my’
or
‘mine’, indicating a partial adoption of this function
in English. Additionally, the ‘dotted’ minscules of i and j both
preserve a relationship with yoad — the dot represents yoad, and
these letters are both similar to the sound and use of yoad in
Hebrew.
In it’s identity as the first of the ‘three fathers’,
yoad represents the ever-growing trancendence of all qualities
and opposites, a living hyperstructure which begets by emanation
— the living source of
all wisdom and wonder.
o:O:o
o:O:o
Family: Existential: Actualized in existence within
the spiral/cone of transentient emanation. Existing within space-time.
The second 9 letters.
Archetypal: Aleph
Existential: Yoad
Supernal: Qoaf
Position: The tenth letter. The first of the ‘three
fathers’ (yoad hey vavh ) which comprise the Name of God.
The sixth of the ‘twelve elementals’ or simples.
Common associations:
Primary Significations: A Hand. Initial source of all creation.
Secondary Significations: The power to commute ideation into reality.
Possession or ownership. Intelligence and empathy.
Body: The left hand.
Power: Action.
Sign: Virgo
Archetype / Tribe: Gad
Element:
Path on the Tree of Life:
Traditional: Tiphareth / Netzach
Hermetic: Chesed / Tiphareth
Yoad
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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
