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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

The Image on the Cover: "Universal Shiviti Amulet" - Part 2

As promised, herewith an account of the contents of the "Universal Shiviti Amulet."
A. Outside Frame: Twenty-Four Permutations of Adonai
Transliteration:
Top] ADNY ADYN ANDY ANYD AYND AYDN
[Left] DNYA DNAY DYNA DYAN DAYN DANY
[Bottom] NYAD NYDA NAYD NADY NDAY NDYA
[Right] YADN YAND YDAN YDNA YNDA YNAD
B. Top Centre: Psalm 16:8
Transliteration:
Shiviti Adonai l’negdi tamid
Translation:
"I have set YHVH before me"
Transliteration:
YAHDVNHY—Combination of YHVH and Adonai
C. Border Top:
Transliteration:
[Right] da lifnei mi atah omed lifnei.....
[Left] melech mal’chei hamlachim ha-kadosh baruch hu
Translation:
[Right] "Know before whom you stand, before.....
[Left] the King of kings of kings, the Holy One, Blessed be He."
D. Border Right—Bottom—Left: Psalm 121
Right:Transliteration:
[verse 1] shir lama’alot esa einai el heharim me’ayin yavo ezri:
[verse 2] ezri me’im YHVH oseh shamayim v’aretz:
[verse 3] al yiten lamot rag’lecha v’al yanum.....
Translation:
[verse 1] "A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come?
[verse 2] My help cometh from YHVH, who made heaven and earth.
[verse 3] He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; He will not slumber that.....
Bottom:Transliteration:
.....shomrecha: [verse 4] Hinei lo yanum v’lo yishan shomer yisra’el
[verse 5] YHVH shomrecha YHVH tzil’cha al yad yeminecha:
[verse 6] Yomam.....
Translation:
.....keepeth thee. [verse 4] Behold, He that keepeth Israel doth neither slumber nor sleep.
[verse 5] YHVH is thy keeper; YHVH is thy shade upon thy right hand.
[verse 6] By day.....
Left:Transliteration:
.....ha-shemesh lo yakeka v’yarei’ach balailah:
[verse 7] YHVH yishmorcha mikol ra yishmor et naf’shecha:
[verse 8] YHVH yishmor tzeit’cha uvo’echa mei’atah v’ad olam.
Translation:
.....the sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
[verse 7] YHVH shall keep thee from all evil; He shall keep thy soul.
[verse 8] YHVH shall guard thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth and for ever."
(more to follow)

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