Clavicvla

· The Key · — tabvla hebraica, instrvmenta regis, pentacvla planetarvm

Alphabetum Hebraicum

A Reader’s Key to the Hebrew of the Clavicula King

1889

1. The 22 Letters + 5 Finals

אAleph(silent) 1
בBethb 2
גGimelg 3
דDalethd 4
הHeh 5
וVauv 6
זZayinz 7
חChethch 8
טTetht 9
יYody 10
כKaphk 20
לLamedl 30
מMemm 40
נNunn 50
סSamekhs 60
עAyin(silent) 70
פPep 80
צTzadditz 90
קQophq 100
רReshr 200
שShinsh 300
תTaut 400

The Five Final Forms

ךKaph sofitk 500
םMem sofitm 600
ןNun sofitn 700
ףPe sofitp 800
ץTzaddi sofittz 900

6. Divine Names You Will Meet

 
אדניADNIAdonai, Lord
אלALEl, God
אלהיםALHIMElohim
אהיהAHIHEheieh, I am
שדיShDIShaddai, Almighty
צְבָאותTzBAVThTzabaoth, of Hosts
גבורGBVRGibor, Mighty
קדושQDVShQadosch, Holy

AGLA is a notariqon of Atah Gibor Le-olam Adonai.

ON, AZOTH, PRIMEUMATON,         ANAPHAXETON, PENTAGRAMMATON
are barbarous names, written in Latin letters, not Hebrew words.

2. How the Script Works

  1. Reading runs right to left.
  2. Letters never join.
  3. No capitals.
  4. Five letters take a final form at the end of a word.
  5. Vowels are usually absent and supplied by the reader.
  6. Aleph, He, Vau, Yod double as vowel carriers.

3. Look-Alikes

כ / ב
ר / ד
ת / ח / ה
ג / ז / ו
נ / ג
ם / ס
צ / ע
י / ו

7. Phrases from the Plates

1.

אלהים גבור אלהים צְבָאות

Elohim Gibor, Elohim Tzabaoth.On the trumpet, Fig. 59.

2.

יהוה אדני אל אלהים

IHVH, Adonai, El, Elohim.On the Master’s crown, Fig. 57.

3.

אגלא עון

Agla, On.On the knife with the white hilt, Fig. 61.

4.

נבקעו כל מעינת תהום רבה והי הגשם על הארץ

the fountains of the great deep were broken up,
and the rain was upon the earth.Genesis 7:11–12,
Sixth Pentacle of the Moon, Fig. 54.

4. Vowel Points (Niqqud)

qamatzבָ
cholamבֹ
patachבַ
qubutzבֻ
tzereבֵ
shurukוּ
segolבֶ
shvaבְ
chirikבִ
dageshבּ

Pointed Hebrew appears in the pentacle versicles of the plates.

5. The Mathers Transliteration Key

A
Aleph
B
Beth
G
Gimel
D
Daleth
H
He
V
Vau
Z
Zayin
Ch
Cheth
T
Teth
I or Y
Yod
K
Kaph
L
Lamed
M
Mem
N
Nun
S
Samekh
O
Ayin
P
Pe
Tz
Tzaddi
Q
Qoph
R
Resh
Sh
Shin
Th
Tau

In the plates the Latin letters are printed under each Hebrew letter left to right, so read them backwards. MIHLA is ALHIM, Elohim. HVHI is IHVH.
ThVABTz is TzBAVTh, Tzabaoth.

The Cipher Alphabets: the ring-and-line characters on the plates belong to the Malachim, Passing the River and Celestial alphabets, ciphers of the same 22 letters, and they carry no separate meaning.

Tabvla·MDCCCLXXXIX — XXII litterae·V finales·pvncta vocalia

legitvr a dextra ad sinistram — read from the right hand toward the left

א ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט י כ ל מ נ ס ע פ צ ק ר ש ת ך ם ן ף ץ

litterae vivae — ink, not engraving; press and copy

Instrvmenta·regis

e clavicula maiore — tap one to hold it at arm's length

Pentacvla·planetarvm

e clavicula maiore — septem planetae, XLIV pentacvla

Satvrni

Iovis

Martis

Solis

Veneris

Mercvrii

Lvnae

Escape lets it go

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