And from that opening of the nose, from those openings of the nostrils, dependeth the letter He, in order to establish the other and inferior He.
And that Spirit proceedeth from the hidden brain, and She is called the Spirit of Life, and through that Spirit[812] will all men understand ChKMThA, Chokmatha, Wisdom, in the time of King Messiah.
As it is written, Isa. xi. 2: “And the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, RVCh ChKMH VBINH, Ruach Chokmah Va-Binah, shall rest upon Him,” etc.
This nose is life in every part; perfect joy, rest of spirit, and health.
The nose of Microprosopus is as we have (before) conformed it.
Since concerning Him it is said, Ps. xviii. 9, “There ascendeth a smoke in his nose,” etc.
But concerning this it is written, Isa. xlviii. 9, “And for my name's sake will I defer mine anger (literally, lengthen my nose) for thee.”
(But in the book which is called “The Treatise of the School of Rav Yeyeva the Elder,” the letter He is located in the mouth, and he doth not argue in the same manner as in the text, neither doth he bring about the same combination, although the matter eventuateth in the same manner.)
But yet from the letter the judgment dependeth, and judgment pertaineth unto the nose (of Microprosopus). Like as it is written, Ps. xviii. 9, “Smoke ascendeth out of His nose.”
And if thou sayest that behold also it is written, “And fire out of His mouth consumeth,” surely the foundation of wrath dependeth from His nose.