There are said to be 32 paths on the Tree of Life. The first 10 are the Sefiroth (not including Daat). The remaining 22 correspond to the lines or channels of energy that join the Sefiroth together. Each of these, in turn, corresponds to one of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
| Name | Value | Meaning | Class | Joins Sefiroth | Tarot | Astrology | |||
| א | Aleph | 1 | Ox | Mother | Keter - Khokmah | Fool | Air | ||
| ב | Bet | 2 | House | Double | Keter - Binah | Magician | Mercury | ||
| ג | Gimel | 3 | Camel | Double | Keter - Tifaret | High Priestess | Moon | ||
| ד | Dalet | 4 | Door | Double | Khokmah - Binah | Empress | Venus | ||
| ה | He | 5 | Window | Single | Khokmah - Tifaret | Emperor | Aries | ||
| ו | Vav | 6 | Nail | Single | Khokmah - Khesed | Hierophant | Taurus | ||
| ז | Zayin | 7 | Spear | Single | Binah - Tifaret | Lovers | Gemini | ||
| ח | Khet | 8 | Fence | Single | Binah - Gevurah | Chariot | Cancer | ||
| ט | Tet | 9 | Snake | Single | Khesed - Gevurah | Strength | Leo | ||
| י | Yod | 10 | Fist | Single | Khesed - Tifaret | Hermit | Virgo | ||
| כ | Kaf | 20 | Open hand | Double | Khesed - Netzakh | Wheel of Fortune | Jupiter | ||
| ך | Kaf Sofit | 500 | |||||||
| ל | Lamed | 30 | Ox-goad | Single | Gevurah - Tifaret | Justice | Libra | ||
| מ | Mem | 40 | Water | Mother | Gevurah - Hod | Hanged Man | Water | ||
| ם | Mem Sofit | 600 | |||||||
| נ | Nun | 50 | Fish | Single | Tifaret - Netzakh | Death | Scorpio | ||
| ן | Nun Sofit | 700 | |||||||
| ס | Samekh | 60 | Prop | Single | Tifaret - Yesod | Temperance | Sagittarius | ||
| ע | Ayin | 70 | Eye | Single | Tifaret - Hod | Devil | Capricorn | ||
| פ | Pe | 80 | Mouth | Double | Netzakh - Hod | Tower | Mars | ||
| ף | Pe Sofit | 800 | |||||||
| צ | Tzaddi | 90 | Fishhook | Single | Netzakh - Yesod | Star | Aquarius | ||
| ץ | Tzaddi Sofit | 900 | |||||||
| ק | Qoph | 100 | Back of head | Single | Netzakh - Malkut | Moon | Pisces | ||
| ר | Resh | 200 | Head | Double | Hod - Yesod | Sun | Sun | ||
| ש | Shin | 300 | Teeth | Mother | Hod - Malkut | Judgement | Fire | ||
| ת | Tav | 400 | Cross | Double | Yesod - Malkut | World | Saturn | ||
Explanation:
Some letters have two forms. The form known as Sofit (= Final)
is the one generally used when the letter appears at the end of a word
(bearing in mind that Hebrew is written from right to left!).
The numeric values are used to express numbers, but also to calculate the intrinsic value of words for the procedure known as Gematria.
The Class of letter distinguishes those letter having only one pronunciation (single) from those with with two (double) - for example, bet may be pronounced as English b or v; pe as p or f. The "Mother Letters" are considered special - in some sense, all the other letters are considered to be derived from them.
