The shadow of a letter = the complete Hebrew alphabet, minus that letter.
For example, the shadow of the letter Heh (ה) has an ordinal gematria equal to 248 (total value of the alphabet, 253 – 5):
אבגדוזחטיכלמנסעפצקרשת
= gematria of Avraham (also the number of positive commandments)
אברהם
To turn Avram into Avraham, the letter Heh (ה) must be added:
“No longer shall your name be called Avram; your name shall be Avraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.” (Genesis 17:5)
Now let’s calculate the shadow of the Name of God YHVH (יהוה):
We remove each of its letters in turn:
אבגדהוזחטכלמנסעפצקרשת (without Yod – י)
אבגדוזחטיכלמנסעפצקרשת (without Heh – ה)
אבגדהזחטיכלמנסעפצקרשת (without Vav – ו)
אבגדוזחטיכלמנסעפצקרשת (without Heh – ה)
Classical gematria total = 5954
= gematria of the Name of God YHVH (26) × 229
229 is the gematria of “Ribuya”, which means “Expansion”, “Multiplication” in Aramaic.
It can also be read as “Ribuy Aleph” in Hebrew: the expansion of the Aleph, of the One.
ריבויא
ריבוי א
Shadow of God = God × Expansion
What we perceive as the absence of God (The Name) is in fact His silent expansion.
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