לִשְׁלֹ֥ל שָׁלָ֖ל וְלָבֹ֣ז בַּ֑ז לְהָשִׁ֨יב יָדְךָ֜ עַל־חֳרָב֣וֹת נוֹשָׁבֹ֗ת וְאֶל־עַם֙ מְאֻסָּ֣ף מִגּוֹיִ֔ם עֹשֶׂה֙ מִקְנֶ֣ה וְקִנְיָ֔ן יֹשְׁבֵ֖י עַל־טַבּ֥וּר הָאָֽרֶץ׃
물건을 겁탈하며 노략하리라 하고 네 손을 들어서 황무하였다가 지금 사람이 거처하는 땅과 열국 중에서 모여서 짐승과 재물을 얻고 세상 중앙에 거하는 백성을 치고자 할 때에
Introduction to Sulam Commentary
These ten sefirot, which are formed into actual vessels, are termed “interior” and “body“, meaning that they are the inner part, the inside, and the exterior, the body, of the partzuf. The Malkhut of the interior is termed “navel,” as in the phrase “the navel [tabur] of the earth,”13See Ezekiel 38:12. which means the center, the middle. This indicates that the Malkhut of the interior is the central Malkhut, from which its returning light, the actualized vessels of the body, were made. It can further be stated that the word for navel, tabur, comes from the letters of tov or, “good light,” indicating that the light is “good” up to that point since it is enclothed in the vessels that are suitable for receiving it. This is the explanation of the ten sefirot of the interior until the navel.