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Names 10 to 18. Two of them share the same letters, לאו, at places 11 and 17: the list counts the place, not only the letters.

For names 10 to 18, the first letter comes from "haElohim haholekh," "the angel of G-d who went" before the camp; the second, still moving back through the second verse, from "velo karav zeh el zeh," "one did not come near the other"; the third from "yado al hayam vayolekh," "his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove" the sea. Note that two names in this group have exactly the same letters, לאו, at the eleventh and seventeenth places: each name is defined by its place in the weave, and each receives its own verse.

10. אלד (Alef, Lamed, Dalet). Psalm 88:2: "Lord, G-d of my salvation, by day I cry out, by night I am before You."

11. לאו (Lamed, Alef, Vav). Psalm 27:13: "Had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living..."

12. ההע (Heh, Heh, Ayin). Psalm 6:5: "Return, Lord, rescue my soul; save me for the sake of Your kindness."

13. יזל (Yod, Zayin, Lamed). Psalm 104:16: "The trees of the Lord are sated, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted."

14. מבה (Mem, Bet, Heh). Psalm 9:10: "May the Lord be a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of distress."

15. הרי (Heh, Resh, Yod). Psalm 128:4: "Behold, thus is blessed the man who fears the Lord."

16. הקם (Heh, Kof, Mem). Psalm 10:1: "Why, Lord, do You stand far off, hiding in times of distress?"

17. לאו (Lamed, Alef, Vav). Psalm 105:1: "Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name, make His deeds known among the peoples."

18. כלי (Kaf, Lamed, Yod). Psalm 103:21: "Bless the Lord, all His hosts, His servants who do His will."

Name 14, מבה, will also return at place 55 with another verse. In Sha'arei Tziyon, the letters of the name are marked with a sign above the words of the verse that carry them, so that the eye links them while the verse is said. On the page, each name is printed in the margin, in large letters, beside its verse.

Source text

שׁוּבָה יְהוָה חַלְּצָה נַפְשִׁי הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי לְמַעַן חַסְדֶּךָ

Return, Lord, rescue my soul; save me for the sake of Your kindness.

Psalms 6:5, Tanach with Nikkud, Public Domain.

Key terms

HebrewTransliterationMeaning
למפרעlemafreabackwards, from end to beginning
פסוקpassoukverse
צירוףtseroufcombination of letters

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Where the 72 Names come fromThree verses of 72 letters, read forwards, backwards, then forwards: so 72 names are born, which the tradition keeps for prayer.Names 1 to 9The first nine names, from the very first, והו, which Rashi works out letter by letter, to the ninth, with the Psalm verse of each.Names 10 to 18Names 10 to 18. Two of them share the same letters, לאו, at places 11 and 17: the list counts the place, not only the letters.Names 19 to 27Names 19 to 27. Four of them take their last letter from the Name of the Lord written in the third verse.Names 28 to 36Names 28 to 36: the camp of Israel moves on, cloud and darkness come between, the east wind blows, and each name receives its verse.Names 37 to 45Names 37 to 45. The first, אני, is the one Rabbi Yehudah said around the altar, together with והו, according to the Mishnah and Rashi.Names 46 to 54Names 46 to 54. Name 49 repeats the letters of the very first, והו, with a verse of praise: "Great is the Lord."Names 55 to 63Names 55 to 63: the pillar stands behind Israel, the sea becomes dry land, and the verses speak of the throne, salvation and blessing.Names 64 to 72The last nine names, up to מום, formed from the last letter of the first verse, the first of the second and the last of the third.

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