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Names 28 to 36

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Names 28 to 36: the camp of Israel moves on, cloud and darkness come between, the east wind blows, and each name receives its verse.

With names 28 to 36, the first letter advances through "Yisrael vayelekh meachareihem," "Israel, and it went behind them"; the second moves back through "heanan vehachoshekh vayaer," "the cloud and the darkness, and it lit up"; the third comes from "hayam beruach kadim," "the sea, by an east wind." The three verses tell the same night from three angles: the angel changing place, the cloud separating the two camps, the hand of Moses over the sea. In each name, these three moments meet in three letters.

28. שאה (Shin, Alef, Heh). Psalm 35:24: "Judge me by Your righteousness, Lord my G-d, and let them not rejoice over me."

29. ריי (Resh, Yod, Yod). Psalm 9:12: "Sing to the Lord who dwells in Zion, tell His deeds among the peoples."

30. אום (Alef, Vav, Mem). Psalm 7:18: "I will thank the Lord for His righteousness and sing to the name of the Lord Most High."

31. לכב (Lamed, Kaf, Bet). Psalm 31:15: "But I trust in You, Lord; I said: You are my G-d."

32. ושר (Vav, Shin, Resh). Psalm 116:4: "I called upon the name of the Lord: please, Lord, save my soul."

33. יחו (Yod, Chet, Vav). Psalm 92:6: "How great are Your works, Lord! Your thoughts are very deep."

34. להח (Lamed, Heh, Chet). Psalm 98:4: "Shout to the Lord, all the earth; break forth, exult and sing."

35. כוק (Kaf, Vav, Kof). Psalm 88:14: "But I cry to You, Lord, and in the morning my prayer comes before You."

36. מנד (Mem, Nun, Dalet). Psalm 26:8: "Lord, I love the dwelling of Your house and the place where Your glory resides."

The Zohar, quoted by the Pardes Rimonim, links the first verse to Chesed, the second, read backwards, to Gevurah, the third to the king crowned on both sides, whom Cordovero identifies with Tiferet. One may read each name as a small union of these three measures. Name 32 receives a verse in which the Name of the Lord is invoked twice.

Source text

יְהוָה אָהַבְתִּי מְעוֹן בֵּיתֶךָ וּמְקוֹם מִשְׁכַּן כְּבוֹדֶךָ

Lord, I love the dwelling of Your house and the place where Your glory resides.

Psalms 26:8, Tanach with Nikkud, Public Domain.

Key terms

HebrewTransliterationMeaning
ענןananthe cloud
רוח קדיםrouah kadimthe east wind
חסד וגבורהHessed ouGuevourakindness and severity

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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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