The Silver Chord

“Or ever the רחק חבל [silver cord] be loosed… Then shall the dust [of the body] return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto אלהים Elohim who gave it.” —Bible, Ecclesiastes 12:6

Genesis 1:2

ב  וְהָאָרֶץ, הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ, וְחֹשֶׁךְ, עַל-פְּנֵי תְהוֹם; וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים, מְרַחֶפֶת עַל-פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם. = Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.

וְהָאָרֶץ = And the earth

הָיְתָה = was

תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ tohu ve bohu = without form and void, Fallen Angels, Difference between Ain and Tohu-ve-bohu, Difference between Tohu and Bohu .

Genesis 1:1

בְּרֵאשִׁית, בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ. = In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

בְּרֵאשִׁית = In the beginning

בָּרָא = created

אֱלֹהִים = Gods and Goddesses

אֵת = the

הַשָּׁמַיִם = Heavens

וְאֵת = and the

הָאָרֶץ = Earth

 

Od and Obd

(Hebrew; some translate Odb as Ob) A Kabbalistic symbol representing two energetic forces in the body, known in Sanskrit as Ida and Pingala.

“You are my witness (Hebrew: עד OD), saith Iod Hei Vav Hei, and my servant (Hebrew: עבד OBD) whom I have chosen: that ye may know (Da’ath) and believe me, that these are the faces of your Binah: before me “El” (Chesed) was not formed, neither shall he (Chesed) become after me (Binah). I, even I, am Iod Hei Vav Hei; and AIN as part of me is one savior.” – Isaiah 43: 10, 11

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