Jó 28:23 Cabalá: Sha'arei Orah & Idra Zuta

Now, because the first Wisdom-Chochmah-חכמה is the secret of the spreading and expression of thought (Machshavah) from Crown-Keter, therefore compared to everything that comes after it, it is immeasurable and limitless. About this the verse states,¹²⁴Job 28:12; Also see Rabbeinu Bachaye to Genesis 1:2 “Wisdom-Chochmah-חכמה is found from nothing-Ayin-אין.” “From nothing-Me’Ayin-מאין” means from the spreading forth of thought (Machshavah) from the Crown-Keter. About this the verse states,¹²⁵Job 28:23 “God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם understands its way,” meaning that through Understanding-Binah¹²⁶The name God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם in this verse refers to the quality of Understanding-Binah, as explained in Gate Eight. we enter to grasp the Upper Wisdom-Chochmah HaElyonah. The verse then continues, “and He-Hoo-הוא knows its place.” That is, “He-Hoo-הוא” refers to the secret of the Crown-Keter¹²⁷This was discussed in Gate Five. from which Wisdom-Chochmah is drawn. Therefore, He-Hoo-הוא certainly knows its place. This Wisdom-Chochmah is at the beginning of the expression of thought (Machshavah), at the beginning of emanation, about which the verse states,¹²⁸Proverbs 3:19-20 “HaShem-יהו״ה founded the earth with wisdom-Chochmah-חכמה; He established the heavens with understanding-Tevunah-תבונה; through His knowledge-Da’ato-דעתו the depths were split.” However, we are not presently in the explanation of these verses.

Come and see, it is written, “Elohim understands its way” (Ibid. 23), its way literally; because Elohim, which is Zeir Anpin, knows the way Chochmah of the thirty-two paths spreads into the lower Chochmah. But “he,” Atika Kadisha, “knows its place” (Ibid.), its place literally, that is, the actual highest Chochmah, which signifies Aba and Ima and surely Chochmah that is concealed in Atika Kadisha, as it is its own brain.