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Mathers table

The Mathers table of Hebrew and "Chaldee" (Aramaic) letters is a tabular display of the pronunciation, appearance, numerical values, transliteration, names, and symbolism of the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet appearing in The Kabbalah Unveiled, S.L. MacGregor Mathers' late 19th century English translation of Kabbala Denudata, itself a Latin translation by Christian Knorr von Rosenroth of the Zohar, a primary Kabbalistic text.

Overview

This table has been used as a primary reference for a basic understanding of the Hebrew alphabet as it applies to the Kabbalah, generally outside of traditional Jewish mysticism, by many modern Hermeticists and students of the occult, including members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and other magical organizations deriving from it. It has been reproduced and adapted in many books published from the early 20th century to the present.{{efn|A non-exhaustive list of books that reproduce the Mathers table either substantially or exactly:

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The Table

TABLE OF HEBREW AND CHALDEE LETTERS	Number	Sound or Power	Hebrew and
Chaldee Letters	Numerical Values	Roman character by
which expressed	Names	Signification of Names
1.	a (soft breathing).	א	1.	(Thousands are
denoted by a
larger letter;
thus an Aleph
larger than the
rest of the let-
ters among
which it is,
signifies not 1,
but 1000.)	A.	Aleph.	Ox.
2.	b, bh (v).	ב	2.	B.	Beth.	House.
3.	g (hard), gh.	ג	3.	G.	Gimel.	Camel.
4.	d, dh (flat th).	ד	4.	D.	Daleth.	Door.
5.	h (rough breathing).	ה	5.	H.	He.	Window.
6.	v, u, o.	ו	6.	V.	Vau.	Peg, nail.
7.	z, dz.	ז	7.	Z.	Zayin.	Weapon, sword.
8.	ch (guttural).	ח	8.	CH.	Cheth.	Enclosure, fence.
9.	t (strong).	ט	9.	T.	Teth.	Serpent.
10.	i, y (as in yes).	י	10.	I.	Yod.	Hand.
11.	k, kh.	כ	Final =	ך	20.	Final = 500	K.
12.	l.	ל	30.		L.	Lamed.	Ox-goad.
13.	m.	מ	Final =	ם	40.	Final = 600	M.
14.	n.	נ	Final =	ן	50.	Final = 700	N.
15.	s.	ס	60.		S.	Samekh.	Prop, support.
16.	O, aa, ng (gutt.).	ע	70.		O.	Ayin.	Eye.
17.	p, ph.	פ	Final =	ף	80.	Final = 800	P.
18.	ts, tz, j.	צ	Final =	ץ	90.	Final = 900	TZ.
19.	q, qh (guttur.).	ק	100.	(The finals are not
always considered
as bearing an in-
creased numeri-
cal value.)	Q.	Qoph.	Back of the head.
20.	r.	ר	200.	R.	Resh.	Head.
21.	sh, s.	ש	300.	SH.	Shin.	Tooth.
22.	th, t.	ת	400.	TH.	Tau.	Sign of the cross.

Notes

References

(1887). "The Kabbalah Unveiled". Redway.
(1890). "Numbers". Theosophical Publishing Society.

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