Beth appears in 2 systems: the same name is used for more than one thing. Both are shown below.
Gematria
Beth
Beth is 'house', the letter that begins the Torah, and one of the seven doubles, pronounced b and v. The midrash asks why the world was created with a beth and answers that the letter is closed on three sides and open in front — so one may ask what came after creation but not what is above, below or before it.
The 'closed on three sides' answer is Genesis Rabbah 1:10 and turns on the shape of the letter, not on its value; the number 2's associations are the Kabbalists'. The double pronunciation b/v is what marks the seven doubles, and the Mercury and Magician attributions are the Golden Dawn's.
Practice
- Script
- Hebrew
- Derivation
- Beth = 2, ordinal 2, reduced 2, no final form. Spelled in full, בית = 2+10+400 = 412.
Nature and meaning
- Kind
- Letter value
- Value
- 2
- Meaning
Beth is 'house', the letter that begins the Torah, and one of the seven doubles, pronounced b and v. The midrash asks why the world was created with a beth and answers that the letter is closed on three sides and open in front — so one may ask what came after creation but not what is above, below or before it. Its 2 is the first pair and the first division: the created world's duality, and the two tablets.
Details
- Letter
- Beth
- Ordinal Value
- 2
- Reduced Value
- 2
- Correspondences
- KetherBinahThe Magician
Hebrew letters
The King Scale colour and the stone, perfume, plant and animal are the Liber 777 attributions. The path numbering follows the tree.
Correspondences
- Tarot
- The Magician
Nature and meaning
- Hebrew
- ב
- Value
- 2
- Meaning
- House
Details
- Path Number
- 12
- Connects
- KetherBinah
- Attribution
- Mercury
- Colour King Scale
- Yellow
- Stone
- Agate
- Perfume
- Mastic
- Plant
- Vervain
- Animal
- Ibis
- Letter Class
- Double
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Every entry that names Beth, grouped by the system it comes from.
☉ Planets 1
- Mercury Hebrew Letter
✦ Tarot 1
- The Magician Hebrew Letter
№ Numerology 1
- Two Hebrew Letter
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