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The Ach-bi Letter Transformation (אכבי)

Ach-bi is a method of alphabetic transformation wherein the alef-beit is divided into two equal groups of eleven letters. Within each group, the letters pair "reflectively"--the first with the last, the second with the second-to-last, etc.

The name ach-bi is a reference to the first two of these transformation pairs: alef-kaf and beit-yud.

This is the alphabetic transformation whose elements correspond to the sefirot within the partzuf of knowledge (da'at.)

The three transformation systems, al-bam, at-bash, and ach-bi (corresponding to wisdom (chochmah), understanding (binah), and knowledge (da'at) form a "transformation ring," which means that if you transform a letter using all three you will come back to your original letter. E.g., alef in al-bam transforms into lamed; lamed in at-bash transforms into kaf--, which using ach-bi, transforms back to alef.

Ach-bi
alef kaf   lamed tav
beit yud   mem shin
gimmel tet   nun reish
dalet chet   samech kuf
hei zayin   ayin tzadik
vav vav   pei pei

This section of our website is an abridged version of material appearing in Harav Ginsburgh's book, The Hebrew Letters.

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