Chilufei Otiyot
Alphabetic Transformations

Introduction

Al-bam	Ach-bi	Achas-beta
At-bash	Ayik-becher	At-bach

Ach-bi

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 da'at.

The three transformation systems, al-bam, at-bash, and ach-bi (corresponding to chochmah, binah, and da'at), form together a "transformation ring," wherein each two results in the third (e.g. alef in al-bam transforms into lamed; lamed in at-bash transforms into kaf--itself the transformation of alef in ach-bi).

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