פרק ב — עשרים ושתים אותיות

Twenty-two letters: He drew them, hewed them, combined them, weighed them, interchanged them, and through them produced the whole creation and everything that is destined to come into being.

Westcott 1887

Twenty-two letters: fixed in a wheel with two hundred and thirty-one gates, and the wheel rotates forward and backward; and its sign is: no good higher than delight (Oneg, ענג) and no evil lower than plague (Nega, נגע).

Westcott 1887

How did He combine, weigh, and interchange them? Aleph with all, and all with Aleph; Beth with all, and all with Beth; and so they all rotate in turn — and from this comes that all formation and all speech goes forth from one Name.

Westcott 1887

Twenty-two letters: He formed them by voice, He hewed them out in air, and He fixed them on the mouth of five places — Aleph, He, Cheth, Ayin; Beth, Vau, Mem, Pe; Gimel, Yod, Kaph, Koph; Daleth, Teth, Lamed, Nun, Thau; Zain, Samech, Shin, Resh, Tsaddi.

Westcott 1887

The twenty-two letters — twenty-two sounds and letters engraved by voice, carved in the air, and set in the mouth at five places: Gutturals, Labials, Palatals, Linguals, and Dentals.

Westcott 1887

By twenty-two letters He formed all things: He placed them in a circle like a wall. He took Aleph with them all, and all with Aleph. He weighed them and he changed them.

Westcott 1887