Шмуэль Б 23:20 Каббала: Zohar & Sha'arei Orah

(The word “living” is similarly used in the verse “And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a living man” (II Sam. 23, 20), i.e. a righteous man who illumines his generation as the living Deity above illumines the universe.) So the well constantly looks to the “living one” to be illumined. Further, the statement that Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi teaches the same lesson as the statement “And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah” (Gen. 25, 20), and abode with her and was united with her, symbolising in this way the union of darkness with night, as it is written: “His left hand under my head” (S. S. 2, 6). Observe now that after Abraham’s death Isaac remained in Kiriath-arba; how, then, it may be asked, can it say that he dwelt in Beer-lahai-roi? The answer is, to indicate that Isaac attached himself and held fast to that well in order to awaken the attribute of mercy, as already explained.’

When this Divine quality draws forth supernal blessings, beneficence, and emanations from the Tree of Life-Etz HaChayim-עץ החיים, by means of the quality called, the Living God-El Chai-אל חי, it then is called, The Land of the Living-Eretz HaChayim-ארץ החיים. Those who have passed on and are buried in the Land of Israel, which is uniquely tied to this quality, will be the first to be brought back to life in the resurrection of the dead.²⁴⁴See Talmud Bavli, Ketubot 111a Moreover, whosoever does good deeds, keeps HaShem’s-יהו"ה Torah and mitzvot-commandments, and adheres to this Divine quality through guarding the purity of his limbs, as explained in the introduction, is called, “alive,” even after passing from this world. The verse by which to remember this is,²⁴⁵Samuel II 23:20 “And Benayahu the son of Yehoyada was a valiant man-Ben Ish Chay-בן איש חי,” which is written, “living-Chay-חי,” though it is read “valiant-Chayil-חיל,” since the two matters are intertwined and integral to each other. Thus, whosoever adheres to this quality merits eternal life.