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Translation and Explanation of Acronyms and Terms

Acronyms & Terms

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Translation

AA

Arich Anpin

Long Face

AB

72 in Gematria

HaVaYaH filled with Yods

ABYA

Atzilut, Beria, Yetzira, Assiya

 

Adam HaRishon

 

The First Man

AHP

Awzen, Hotem, Peh

Ear, Nose, Mouth

AK

Adam Kadmon

Ancient Man

AVI

AbaveIma

Father and Mother

BON

52 in Gematria

The name HaVaYaH filled with Heys

BYA

Beria, Yetzira, Assiya

 

Chazeh

 

Chest

Din

 

Judgment

Ein Sof

 

Infinity

ELEH

Aleph- Lamed- Hey

Lower part of the name Elokim

Elokim

 

God

Gadlut

 

Greatness/adulthood

GAR

Gimel Rishonot

First Three (Sefirot in a Partzuf)

GE

Galgalta Eynaim

Skull and Eyes

GEAHP

Galgalta, Eynaim, Awzen, Hotem, Peh

Skull, Eyes, Ear, Nose, Mouth

Gematria

 

Numeric value of the letters and their combinations.

HaVaYaH

Yod-Hey-Vav-Hey

 

HB

Hochma and Bina

 

HB TM

Hochma, Bina, Tifferet, Malchut

 

HBD

Hochma, Bina, Daat

 

HBD HGT NHY

Hochma, Bina, Daat, Hesed, Gevura, Tifferet, Netzah, Hod, Yesod

 

HBD HGT NHYM

Hochma, Bina, Daat, Hesed, Gevura, Tifferet, Netzah, Hod, Yesod, Malchut

 

HG

Hassadim and Gevurot

 

HG TM

Hesed, Gevura, Tifferet, Malchut

 

HGT

Hesed, Gevura, Tifferet

 

HGT NHY

Hesed, Gevura, Tifferet, Netzah, Hod, Yesod

 

HGT NHYM

Hesed, Gevura, Tifferet, Netzah, Hod, Yesod, Malchut

 

HS

Hochma Stimaa

Blocked (hidden) Hochma

Ibur

 

Conception/impregnation

Idra Raba

Great Circle or Great Assembly

The name of the cave where Rabbi Shimon and his students hid from the Romans and wrote The Zohar. Also, the title of one of the parts in The Zohar.

Katnut

 

Smallness/infancy

KH

Keter, Hochma

 

KHB

Keter, Hochma, Bina

 

KHB HGT NHY

Keter, Hochma, Bina, Hesed, Gevura, Tifferet, Netzah, Hod, Yesod

 

KHB HGT NHYM

Keter, Hochma, Bina, Hesed, Gevura, Tifferet, Netzah, Hod, Yesod, Malchut

 

KHB TM

Keter, Hochma, Bina, Tifferet, Malchut

 

KHBD

Keter, Hochma, Bina, Daat

 

Kli (plural: Kelim)

Vessel

 

MA

45 in Gematria

The name HaVaYaH filled with Alephs

MAD

Mayin Duchrin

Male Water (Aramaic)

MAN

Mayin Nukvin

Female Water (Aramaic)

Masach

 

Screen

Merkava (pl. Merkavot)

 

Chariot/assembly/structure

MI

MemYod

Upper part of the name Elokim

Mitzva (pl. Mitzvot)

 

Commandment/Precept—correction of the desire into having the aim to bestow.

Mocha Stimaa

 

Blocked (hidden) Mind

Mochin

 

Lights of Hochma

NE

Nikvey Eynaim

Sockets of the Eyes

New Zohar

 

Additional interpretations to the Bible that were added after the first interpretations were compiled, hence the title, New Zohar.

NH

Netzah, Hod

 

NHY

Netzah, Hod, Yesod

 

NHYM

Netzah, Hod, Yesod, Malchut

 

NR

Nefesh, Ruach

 

NRN

Nefesh, Ruach, Neshama

 

NRNHY

Nefesh, Ruach, Neshama, Haya, Yechida

 

PBP

Panim be Panim

Face-to-Face

Rachamim

 

Mercy/mercies

RADLA

Reisha de Lo Etyada

The Unknown Rosh (head)

Rashbi

Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai

 

RTS

Rosh, Toch, Sof

Head, Interior (middle), End

SAG

63 in Gematria

HaVaYaH filled with Yods and Aleph in the Vav

SAM

Angel Sam’el

 

Sitra Achra

 

Other Side

TANTA

Taamim, Nekudot, Tagin, Otiot

Flavors, points, tags, letters

TM

Tifferet, Malchut

 

TNHYM

Tifferet, Netzah, Hod, Yesod, Malchut

 

Tzimtzum

 

Restriction

Tzimtzum Aleph

 

First Restriction

Tzimtzum Bet

 

Second Restriction

VAK

Vav (six) Ktzvot (edges)

The bottom six Sefirot of a Kli

Yenika

 

Nursing/suckling

YESHSUT

Ysrael Saba ve Tevuna

 

ZA

Zeir Anpin

Small Face

ZAT

ZayinTachtonot

Seven lower Sefirot

ZON

Zeir Anpin and Nukva

 
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