Zarqa¹ is a line like the image of the letter Vav¹, its head is Yod¹, three ‘wheels’² ascend [Var. it is] within it, in the sea of the Torah, and they are segol¹ [Var. segolta¹ ], and each wheel adds up to 10 wheels above. (Ez. 1:20) *... and the ‘wheels’*² rise correspondingly to them. And when:the ophanim rise correspondingly to them, then immediately:... the rivers have risen, Y”Y... (Ps. 93:4)

footnotes: ¹ ֘ ¹ ו ¹ י ² galgalim ¹ ֶ ¹ ֒ ² ophanim

Two points which are of the segolta¹, rise to that one point on its wings, and are made into Y-H. And this is: the rivers have risen, Y”Y – they are the 2 points of****א¹: Yod¹² above and Yod¹² below, they raise Vav¹² upon [its wings] wings.

footnotes: ¹ ֒ ¹ Aleph ¹ י ² 10 ¹ י ² 10 ¹ ו ² 6

And to where do they raise it? But their numeric-value is equal to the numeric-value of the Name YQV”Q¹, and when they raise it upon their wings, to receive upon them the Cause of all causes, Who descends upon them.

footnotes: ¹ 26

And furthermore, Zarqa¹ is: (Ps. 48:3) *... the fairest of sites, the joy of the whole earth... *– it is Zayin¹², the seventh day, and that is the Righteous-One³⁴, and it is a branch of the body of the tree, which is the Middle Pillar: (Ps. 48:3) *... Mount Zion, the sides of the north... *– this is one point, a small [Var. א¹ ] י¹ – ‘sign of the covenant’.

footnotes: ¹ ֘ ¹ ז ² 7 ³ tzadiq ⁴ Yesod ¹ Aleph ¹ Yod

And upon it is stated: (Ps. 93:3) The rivers have risen Y”Y. And what are they? (Ps. 48:3) *... the sides of the north... *– which raise Her, towards YQV”Q, Who is Her Husband. And when they raise Her towards Him, that point is called (ibid.) ... the city of a great king.

At that time, when that point ascends with two thighs¹, two arms receive Her, which are two ‘higher rivers’¹, and they raise Her in the Middle Pillar.

footnotes: ¹ Netzaḥ-Hod ¹ Ḥesed-Gevurah

And this is: the rivers have raised their voice (Ps. 93:3) * *– the two thighs escort Her towards Her husband, and these two arms receive Her as She ascends towards Her Husband. And therefore, it is stated of the two ‘rivers’: The rivers have raised¹ Y”Y... And of the two secondary rivers: The rivers shall raise¹ ...

footnotes: ¹ nas-u ¹ yis-u

And it is further stated of Her, the concept of raising and descending, like this: when they raise Her towards the Middle Pillar, it is stated of it (Ps. 93:3) ... the rivers have raised their voice, but when they lower Her towards the Righteous-One¹, it is stated of it:... the rivers shall raise their pounding².

footnotes: ¹ Yesod ² dokhyam

And that which was ‘segolated’ above, like this: ֒, when She descends towards the Righteous-One, She is made into a segol like this: ֶ** **.

And therefore, that which was above, is taken [Var. is returned] below, and therefore, She is called – when lowered within the Righteous-One – their depth¹ (ibid.) .

footnotes: ¹ dokhyam

And for Her sake the lower waters are crying¹ – because they are ‘the gates of tears’. And upon them it is stated:² ‘the gates of tears are never locked’. And because She is their tear, She is their depth assuredly.

footnotes: ¹ Bereishyt Rabbah 5:4 ² BT Berakhot 32b

And the Righteous-One in relation to Her is dokh¹ -yam¹. And thus have they established: (Ps. 74:21) Let not the poor¹ return ashamed...

footnotes: ¹ poor-one ¹ sea ¹ dakh

And of it: (Ps. 39:13) *... to my tear do not be silent... *And about Her it is stated: (Ex. 3:9) ... the cry of the Children of Israel has come to Me...

The ‘movement’¹ which raises Her towards Her husband, this is the cantillation-note re-vi’a².

footnotes: ¹ te-nu’ah ² ֗

And at that time, He is called the cantillation-note zaqeph gadol¹, and She is called: (Ps. 48:3) the habitation of the great king.

footnotes: ¹ ֕

And with what is this ‘straightening up’¹ in relation to Him? With the two rivers – of which it is stated: (Ex. 15:6) Your right-hand Y”Y is adorned with power, Your right-hand Y”Y crushes the enemy.

footnotes: ¹ zaqpha

And about them is stated: (Ps. 16:11) ... pleasantness in Your right-hand for ever¹. What is Your right-hand? – this is Gedulah².

footnotes: ¹ netzaḥ ² Ḥesed

At that time, He is called ‘great upright’¹², and when She descends into the Righteous-One, She is called ‘small upright’¹². And what is the ‘movement’ that lowers Her? It is the cantillation-note te-vir².

footnotes: ¹ zaqeph gadol ² ֕ ¹ zaqeph qatan ² ֔ ² ֛

Re-vi’a¹ is of the right-hand side, – (Ex. 34:6) slow of anger² towards ordinary people, and with it He ‘lengthens’². Te-vir¹ is of the left-hand side, the ‘breaking’² of the wicked.

footnotes: ¹ ֗ ² erekh-apayim ² ma-arikh ¹ ֛ ² te-viru

One note ascends in a single trumpet-blast¹, and ‘extends’ with it, and one note descends in broken-sounds¹. Shalshelet² – this is the trumpet sound te-ru’ah, the connection of both-of-them.

footnotes: ¹ te-qi’ah ¹ she-varim ² ֓

The image of qubutz shureq¹ is below the letter: with shalshelet¹ it rises, with shureq¹ it descends. This is a ladder [Var. ḥolem¹ ] which ascends upwards, and this is a ladder [Var. ḥireq¹ ] which descends downwards, and thus the cantillation-note darga¹ is two notes.

footnotes: ¹ ֻ ¹ ֓ ¹ ֻ ¹ ˙ ¹ ִ ¹ ֧

And the ‘responding’¹ of the Shekhinah, even though She is of three sides: with teqi’ah which is ‘soft judgement’ – rapheh¹, and with she-varim which is harsh judgement –dagesh¹, Gevurah, She has no ‘responding’ like the response of to Her husband, which is te-ru’ah, shalshelet².

footnotes: ¹ ’inuya ¹ soft ¹ emphatic ² ֓

And the mystery of the matter: (Ex. 32:18) *It is not the sound of a cry of strength *– this is she-varim, *and nor the sound of a cry of weakness *– this is te-qi’ah, rather, *the sound of ‘crying-out’*¹ *... *– this is te-ru’ah, which rises in answering, one after the other, like te-ru’ah.

footnotes: ¹ ’anot

And because of this: (Ps. 89:16) Happy is the nation, those who know the te-ru’ah. Even though the Shekhinah is answered, from right and from left, there is no ‘responding’¹ like the response of to Her husband.

footnotes: ¹ ’inuya

Te-ru’ah, which is Torah and the letter’Ayin¹² 70 faces,³ and She is His te-ru’ah. And because of this:

footnotes: ¹ ע ² 70 ³ Bemidbar Rabbah 13:15