Wednesday 6 May 2015

Hebrew letters.... from the Goldern Dawn
http://www.golden-dawn.org/gd_fr12.htm

TELESMATIC ATTRIBUTIONS OF THE LETTERS OF THE HEBREW ALPHABET

ALEPH. Spiritual. Wings generally, epicene, rather male than female, rather thin type.

BETH. Active and slight. Male.

GIMEL. Grey, beautiful yet changeful. Feminine, rather full face and body.

DALETH. Very beautiful and attractive. Feminine. Rather full face and body.

HEH. Fierce, strong, rather fiery; feminine.

VAU. Steady and strong. Rather heavy and clumsy, masculine.

ZAYIN. Thin, intelligent, masculine.

CHETH. Full face, not much expression, feminine.

TETH. Rather strong and fiery. Feminine.

YOD. Very white and rather delicate. Feminine.

CAPH. Big and strong, masculine.

LAMED. Well-proportioned; feminine.

MEM. Reflective, dream-like, epicene, but female rather than male.

NUN. Square determined face, masculine, rather dark.

SAMEKH. Thin rather expressive face; masculine.

AYIN. Rather mechanical, masculine.

PEH. Fierce, strong, resolute, feminine.

TZADDI. Thoughtful, intellectual, feminine.

QOPH. Rather full face, masculine.

RESH. Proud and dominant, masculine.

SHIN. Fierce, active, epicene, rather male than female.

TAU. Dark, grey, epicene; male rather than female.

(These genders are only given as a convenient guide.)

There is another method of assigning gender based upon whether or not the sound of the HEBREW Letter is arrested or prolonged. If the former it is masculine, if the latter it is feminine -- as follows:

SOUND PROLONGED

(MASCULINE)

Aleph-broad A

Beth-B-Bh

Vau-U,V, 00

Zayin-Z

Caph-K, Kh

Nun-N

Samekh-S

Ayin-O, Ngh, Au

Qoph-Q, Qh

Resh-R

Shin-Sh, S

SOUND ARRESTED

(FEMININE)

Gimel-G, Gh

Daleth-D, Dh

Heh-H

Cheth-Ch (gutteral)

Teth-T

Yod-I, J, Y.

Lamed-L

Mem-M

Peh-P, Ph

Tzaddi-Tz

Tau-T, Tb

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