For all things are comprehended in those letters, VH, Vau He, which are BN VBTh, Ben Va-Bath, Son and Daughter; and all things are one system, and these are the letters ThBVNH.
In the Book of Rav Hamenuna the Elder it is said that Solomon revealeth the primal conformation (that is, the Mother) when he saith, Cant. i. 15, “Behold, thou art fair, my love”; wherefore he followeth it out himself.
And he calleth the second conformation the Bride, which is called the Inferior Woman.
And there are some who apply both these names (those, namely, of Love and Bride) to this Inferior Woman, but these are not so.
For the first H, He (of IHVH), is not called the Bride; but the last H, He, is called the Bride at certain times on account of many symbolic reasons.
Together They (Chokmah and Binah, IH) go forth, together They are at rest; the one ceaseth not from the other, and the one is never taken away from the other.
And therefore is it written, Gen. ii. 10, “And a river went forth out of Eden”—i.e., properly speaking, it continually goeth forth and never faileth.
As it is written, Isa. lviii. 11, “And like a fountain of waters, whose waters fail not.”
And therefore is She called “My love,” since from the grace of kindred association They rest in perfect unity.
But the other is called the Bride, for when the Male cometh that He may consort with Her, then is She the Bride, for She, properly speaking, cometh forth as the Bride.