Divine name
Elohim Tzevaot
Elohim Tzevaot
2 correspondences · 0 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 with no source located
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The oldest attribution here is Divine name of Hod, first attested 1200 BCE.
Divine name of
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Hod
Traditional- Who says so
- Not yet attributed to a school
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1200 BCE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
אלהי"ם צבאו"ת — the Third Gate of Sha'arei Orah. Gikatilla organises by NAME rather than by sefirah and counts upward from Malchut, so the gate ordinal and the sefirah number run in opposite directions. Gates Three and Four are one section: Gikatilla says the two names need each other in their explanation. Gate Three is the EIGHTH sefirah, Hod — the reverse of the order a reader counting downward expects.
Evidence
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Moses for the Torah; the prophets and the men of the Great Assembly for the rest, Tanakh, c. 1200–165 BCE (composition); canon fixed by c. 100 CE — Psalms 80:8
Where the name itself stands in scripture: אֱלֹהִים צְבָאוֹת הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ. Cited by locator; the kabbalistic claim is about the name, not about this verse's plain sense.
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Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla, Sha'arei Orah, c. 1290 — Sha'arei Orah, Third and Fourth Gates, Seventh and Eight Sefirah
The gate's own opening formula names the sefirah and the name together.
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Hod
Traditional- Who says so
- Not yet attributed to a school
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1200 BCE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
אלהי"ם צבאו"ת — the Third Gate of Sha'arei Orah. The name belongs to the SEFIRAH and not to any diagram: Gikatilla wrote around 1290, four centuries before this arrangement was printed, and was describing neither this tree nor any other. Gates Three and Four are one section: Gikatilla says the two names need each other in their explanation. Gate Three is the EIGHTH sefirah, Hod — the reverse of the order a reader counting downward expects.
Evidence
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Moses for the Torah; the prophets and the men of the Great Assembly for the rest, Tanakh, c. 1200–165 BCE (composition); canon fixed by c. 100 CE — Psalms 80:8
Where the name stands in scripture: אֱלֹהִים צְבָאוֹת הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ.
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Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla, Sha'arei Orah, c. 1290 — Sha'arei Orah, Third and Fourth Gates, Seventh and Eight Sefirah
The gate's opening formula names the sefirah and the name together.