ey produce BN, _Ben_, the Son, and this is the word
Binah. Father and Mother, who are I, _Yod_, and H, _He_, with whom are
interwoven the letters B, _Beth_, and N, _Nun_, which are BN, _Ben_; and
thus far regarding Binah.

Also is She called THBVNH, _Thebunah_, the Special Intelligence. Wherefore
is She sometimes called Thebunah, and not Binah?

Assuredly Thebunah is She called at that time in which Her two Children
appear, the Son and the Daughter, BN VBTH, _Ben Va-Bath,_ who are VH, _Vau
He_; and at that time is She called THBVNH, _Thebunah_.

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.

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 sin