Zacarías 4:7 Cábala: Sha'arei Orah

In response to this, King David, peace be upon him, composed his songs-zemirot-זמירות, in order to clear the path for the prayers to pass. This is because all those camps are like a cloud that obstructs the prayers from ascending. About this it states,¹¹Lamentations 3:44 “You have covered Yourself in a cloud that prayer cannot penetrate.” However, now that David came and composed songs-zemirot-זמירות, when a person recites these songs-zemirot-זמירות, then these destroyers, spoilers and obstructers withdraw and go away. They are called songs-zemirot-זמירות from the term “machete-mazmer-מזמר,” as in the verse,¹²Isaiah 18:5 “He will cut down the young branches with machetes-mazmerot-מזמרות.” About this scripture states,¹³Psalms 119:54. This verse is usually translated, “Your statutes were music to me in my house of residence.” “Your statutes were like machetes-zemirot-זמירות for me in the house of my fears-megurai-מגורי.” This is to say that in those places on the way that I was in fear and terror-magor-מגור, I scattered and cut through them with those machetes-zemirot-זמירות (songs).

Sometimes, HaShem’s-יהו"ה title Lord-Adona”y-אדנ״י is called by the term Stone-Even-אבן, since it is the foundation of all constructs in the world, and because all beings that exist in the world depend upon it and are in need of it. It is referred to as The Cornerstone-Even HaRoshah-אבן הראשה,⁵⁹Zachariah 4:7 – “Who are you, O’ great mountain? Before Zerubbabel, become a plain! He will bring out the cornerstone (Even HaRosha-אבן הראשה) with cheers of ‘Grace! Grace!’ for it.” from which all the multitudes of the upper and lower hosts came forth in the act of creation (Ma’aseh Bereishit). It is called a Brilliant Stone-Even Sapeer-אבן ספיר,⁶⁰Ezekiel 1:26 since it receives all the colors from the levels above it. In addition, in the creatures it affects a thing and its opposite, at times for goodness and at times for evil, to enliven or to put to death, to smite or to heal, to impoverish or to make wealthy and the like. This is hinted at in the verse,⁶¹Deuteronomy 32:39 “See now that I-Ani-אני, I am He, and no god is with Me. I-Ani-אני put to death and I bring to life, I have struck down and I will heal, and there is no one who can rescue from My hand.”⁶²As will soon be explained, the term I-Ani-אני is one of the subtitles of the title Lord-Adonay-אדנ״י in the Torah, and thus relates to the quality of HaShem’s-יהו״ה kingship, blessed is He. This is also hinted at in the shared letters of the term “I-Ani-אנ״י,” which has the numerical value of 61, has three letters and is one word (ד-4), thus totaling 65, which is the numerical value as “Lord-Adonay-אדנ״י-65.”