“ Mem is mute, Shin is sibilant, and Aleph is the Mediator and as it were a friend placed between them.
2. The Celestial Dragon, T L I, is placed over the universe like a king upon the throne; the revolution of the year is as a king over his dominion; the heart of man is as a king in warfare. ”

“ These Three Mothers did He produce and design, and combined them; and He sealed them as the three mothers in the Universe, in the Year and in Man—both male and female. He caused the letter Aleph to reign in Air and crowned it, and combining it with the others He sealed it, as Air in the World, as the temperate (climate) of the Year, and as the breath in the chest (the lungs for breathing air) in Man: the male with Aleph, Mem, Shin, the female with Shin, Mem, Aleph. ”

“ Et Il a fait cet engagement comme entre les dix orteils des pieds—c'est celui de la circoncision ; et comme entre les dix doigts des mains et celui-là est de la langue. (57) Et il a façonné les vingt-deux lettres en parole (58) et lui à montré tout leurs mystères. (59) Il les a dessinés par les eaux ; Il les a brûlés dans le feu ; Il les a vibrés dans le ciel ; Sept planètes dans les cieux, et douze constellations célestes de tient le premier rôle du zodiaque ”

“ The Seven double letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Peh, Resh, and Tau have each two sounds associated with them. They are referred to Life, Peace, Wisdom, Riches, Grace, Fertility and Power. The two sounds of each letter are the hard and the soft—the aspirated and the softened. They are called Double, because each letter presents a contrast or permutation; thus Life and Death; Peace and War; Wisdom and Folly; Riches and Poverty; Grace and Indignation; Fertility and Solitude; Power and Servitude.
2. These Seven Double Letters point out seven localities ”

“ The ineffable Sephiroth give forth the Ten numbers. First; the Spirit of the God of the living; (20) Blessed and more than blessed be the Living God (21) of ages. The Voice, the Spirit, and the Word, (22) these are the Holy Spirit.
10. Second; from the Spirit He produced Air, and formed in it twenty-two sounds—the letters; three are mothers, seven are double, and twelve are simple; but the Spirit is first and above these. Third ”

“ Moreover, He made all things one from the other; and the Elohim set good over against evil, and made good things from good, and evil things from evil: with the good tested He the evil, and with the evil did He try the good. Happiness (50) is reserved for the good, and misery (51) is kept for the wicked. ”

“ Ces douze lettres simples qu'il a conçues, et combiné, et formé avec eux les douze constellations célestes du zodiaque, dont les signes sont Teth, Shin, Tau, Samech, Aleph, Beth, Mem, Oin, Qoph, Gimel, Daleth, et Daleth. (45) Les douze sont également les mois de l'année : Nisan, (46) Yiar, Sivan, Tamuz, ab, Elul, Tishri, Hesvan, Kislev, Tebet, Sabat et Adar. Les douze sont également les douze organes des créatures vivantes : (47) les deux mains, les deux pieds, les deux reins, la rate, le foie, la vésicule biliaire, les parties intime, l’estomac et les intestins. ”

“ NOTE.--Mediaeval authorities and modern editors give very different allocations to the twelve simple letters.
CHAPTER VI Section 1. Three Fathers and their generations, Seven conquerors and their armies, and Twelve bounds of the Universe. See now, of these words, the faithful witnesses are the Universe, the Year and Man. The dodecad, the heptad, and the triad with their provinces; above is the Celestial Dragon, T L I, (49) and below is the World, and lastly the heart of Man. The Three are Water, Air and Fire; Fire above, Water below, and Air conciliating between them ”