The Image on the Cover: "Universal Shiviti Amulet" - Part 2

As promised, herewith an account of the contents of the "Universal Shiviti Amulet."

A. Outside Frame: Twenty-Four Permutations of Adonai

Transliteration:

Top] ADNY ADYN ANDY ANYD AYND AYDN

[Left] DNYA DNAY DYNA DYAN DAYN DANY

[Bottom] NYAD NYDA NAYD NADY NDAY NDYA

[Right] YADN YAND YDAN YDNA YNDA YNAD

B. Top Centre: Psalm 16:8

Transliteration:

Shiviti Adonai l’negdi tamid

Translation:

"I have set YHVH before me"

Transliteration:

YAHDVNHY—Combination of YHVH and Adonai

C. Border Top:

Transliteration:

[Right] da lifnei mi atah omed lifnei.....

[Left] melech mal’chei hamlachim ha-kadosh baruch hu

Translation:

[Right] "Know before whom you stand, before.....

[Left] the King of kings of kings, the Holy One, Blessed be He."

D. Border Right—Bottom—Left: Psalm 121

Right:Transliteration:

[verse 1] shir lama’alot esa einai el heharim me’ayin yavo ezri:

[verse 2] ezri me’im YHVH oseh shamayim v’aretz:

[verse 3] al yiten lamot rag’lecha v’al yanum.....

Translation:

[verse 1] "A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come?

[verse 2] My help cometh from YHVH, who made heaven and earth.

[verse 3] He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; He will not slumber that.....

Bottom:Transliteration:

.....shomrecha: [verse 4] Hinei lo yanum v’lo yishan shomer yisra’el

[verse 5] YHVH shomrecha YHVH tzil’cha al yad yeminecha:

[verse 6] Yomam.....

Translation:

.....keepeth thee. [verse 4] Behold, He that keepeth Israel doth neither slumber nor sleep.

[verse 5] YHVH is thy keeper; YHVH is thy shade upon thy right hand.

[verse 6] By day.....

Left:Transliteration:

.....ha-shemesh lo yakeka v’yarei’ach balailah:

[verse 7] YHVH yishmorcha mikol ra yishmor et naf’shecha:

[verse 8] YHVH yishmor tzeit’cha uvo’echa mei’atah v’ad olam.

Translation:

.....the sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

[verse 7] YHVH shall keep thee from all evil; He shall keep thy soul.

[verse 8] YHVH shall guard thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth and for ever."

(more to follow)