And therefore doth Solomon expound those two forms of the Woman; and concerning the first form indeed he worketh hiddenly, seeing it is hidden.
But the second form is more fully explained, seeing that it is not so hidden as the other.
But at the end all his praise pertaineth unto Her who is supernal, as it is written, Cant. vi. 9, “She is the only one of Her Mother, She is the choice one of Her that bare Her.”
And since this Mother, Aima, is crowned with the crown [pg 323] of the Bride, and the grace of the letter I, Yod, ceaseth not from Her forever, hence unto Her arbitration is committed all the liberty of those inferior, and all the liberty of all things, and all the liberty of sinners, so that all things may be purified.
As it is written, Lev. xvi. 30, “Since in that day he shall atone for you.”
Also is it written, Lev. xxv. 10, “And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year.”[831] This year is IVBL, Yobel, Jubilee.
What is Yobel? As it is written, Jer. xvii. 8, “VOL IVBL, Va-El Yobel, And spreadeth out her roots by the river”; therefore that river whichever goeth forth and floweth, and goeth forth and faileth not.
It is written, Prov. ii. 3, “If thou wilt call Binah the Mother, and wilt give thy voice unto Thebunah.”
Seeing it is here said, “If thou wilt call Binah the Mother,” wherefore is Thebunah added?
Assuredly, according as I have said, all things are supernal truth: Binah is higher than Thebunah. For in the word BINH, Binah, are shown Father, Mother, and Son; since by the letters IH, Father and Mother are denoted, and the letters BN, denoting the Son, are amalgamated with them.