מילון על בראשית 19:39

Ten [letters or groups of letters] in the Torah are marked by dots:⁷The dots are placed above the letters. Cf. above, ARN XXXIV, p. 165 where the Rabbinical explanations are given. In the Lord judge between me and thee⁸Gen. 16, 5. there is a dot on the beth⁹So GRA. V and H ‘the yod’. of ubeneka (and between thee). In and they said unto him,¹⁰ibid. XVIII, 9. there are dots on alef-yod-waw of ’elaw (unto him). In and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose,¹¹ibid. XIX, 33. the [second] waw in ubekumah (nor when she arose) is marked with a dot. In and kissed him,¹²ibid. XXXIII, 4. the entire word wayyishshaḳehu is marked by dots. In and his brethren went to feed their father’s flock,¹³ibid. XXXVII, 12. the letters of ’eth (the mark of the defined accusative) are dotted. In whom Moses and Aaron numbered¹⁴Num. 3, 39. the word Aaron is marked with dots. In or be in a journey afar off,¹⁵ibid. IX, 10. the he in reḥoḳah (afar off) has a dot. In and we have laid waste even unto Nopha, which¹⁶ibid. XXI, 30. the resh in ’asher (which) has a dot. In and a several tenth part,¹⁷ibid. XXIX, 15. in the section dealing with the first day of the festival of Tabernacles, the second waw in we’issaron (and a tenth part) has a dot. In the secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever,¹⁸Deut. 29, 28. [H more correctly, ‘unto us and to our children and the ‘ayin in עד’. Cf. Sanh. 43b (Sonc. ed., p. 285, n. 4) and ARN above, p. 166.] the ‘ayin in ‘ad (for) has a dot.

(10) If the alchemist's work is discovered, it will become a cause for his death, because his work runs contrary to the natural order, and the Director of the world will allow someone to kill him when he fails to hide his secret . But for one who trusts in G-d, when his trust becomes known, he will be held in high esteem and honored by the public. They will feel blessed to be near him or to see him, and his presence will bring good fortune to the city and shield the people from troubles, as written "the righteous man is the foundation of the world" (Mishlei 10:25), similar to Lot in Tzoar .