Sephirah
Keter
Keter means Crown and represents divine will before it unfolds into distinct intellectual or emotional qualities. Some Jewish systems count Keter among the ten sefirot, while others treat it as transcendent and count Da'at in its place.
1 correspondence · 0 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 with no source located
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The oldest attribution here is Divine name Ehyeh, first attested 1200 BCE.
Divine name
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Ehyeh
Traditional- Who says so
- Not yet attributed to a school
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1200 BCE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
אהי"ה — the Tenth 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. The table says 'Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh', while Gikatilla's gate name is EHYEH: 'the tenth of the holy names is called Ehyeh; this is the name that rises to the head of Keter'. The longer form comes from Exodus 3:14. Its scriptural form and Gikatilla's sefirotic attribution are cited separately.
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 — Exodus 3:14
Where the name itself stands in scripture: אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה. 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, Tenth Gate, First Sefirah
The gate's own opening formula names the sefirah and the name together.