פרק ה — שתים עשרה פשוטות

Twelve simple letters: He, Vau, Zayin, Cheth, Teth, Yod, Lamed, Nun, Samech, Oin, Tzaddi, Qoph. The foundations are: sight, hearing, smell, speech, taste, sexual love, work, movement, anger, mirth, imagination, and sleep.

Westcott 1887

Twelve simple letters: He drew, hewed, combined, weighed, and exchanged them, and formed from them twelve constellations in the universe: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces.

Westcott 1887

Twelve months in the year: Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tamuz, Av, Elul, Tishrei, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar. Twelve leaders in the human body: the two hands, two feet, two kidneys, spleen, liver, gall, stomach, colon, and maw.

Westcott 1887

Three dominions: He fixed three opposite each other, one in the soul, one in the year, and one in the body. By twelve are they recognised — twelve constellations, twelve months, twelve leaders.

Westcott 1887