Zoharic Aramaic · Zohar Readers
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
Pedagogical transliterationta ḥazei de-ha nishmata de-var nash ... begin kakh ityeda ve-la ityeda ...
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The unit begins תא חזי and states that no one can know the human soul directly—preserving (נ״א לא אית), an alternate reading—but it becomes known through the body’s limbs. בגין כך summarizes the paradox: it is known and not known. The passage then applies the analogy to the Holy One, blessed be He, described as נשמתא לנשמתא רוחא לרוחא and known through gates or openings.
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Pedagogical reading guide
Zoharic Aramaic
תא חזי opening → soul cannot be known directly → [נ״א] variant → limbs as mediating levels → בגין כך summary → כך analogy to קב״ה → hidden essence / knowable gates
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Close translation — ‘Come and see: concerning a human being’s soul, there is no one [alternate: there is not one] who can know it, except through these limbs of the body, which are the levels that perform the soul’s craft; therefore it is known and not known. So the Holy One, blessed be He, is known and not known, because He is soul to soul, spirit to spirit, hidden and concealed from all; but through those gates that are openings to the soul, the Holy One, blessed be He, is known.’
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APPROVED STUDY LAYERS
Read a תא חזי opening through a complete analogy while preserving a printed alternate reading.
Zoharic Aramaic exposition with an exact printed variant, causal connectors, a כך analogy, and paired passive forms אתידע / לא אתידע.
Mark the opening, the alternate reading, the two בגין clauses, the analogy marker כך, and both sides of אתידע ולא אתידע. What mediates knowledge in each half?
Opening: תא חזי. Variant: (נ״א לא אית). The limbs mediate knowledge of the human soul; the gates/openings mediate knowledge of the Holy One, blessed be He. בגין כך gives the first summary; בגין דאיהו introduces the divine description. Both halves retain known/not-known tension.
Exact bounded unit from Hebrew Wikisource page זהר חלק א קג ב; the full containing block is retained in evidence.
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