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A protective name in Malachim characters radiates through the wheel. Psalm 37’s sword returning into its owner’s heart gives the promised reversal of weapons a precise image. [1]
Mathers 1889 · Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 64; figure 30, Plate VII; plate PDF page 83
The sixth Mars notice promises preservation in combat by turning an attacker’s weapons against the attacker. Defence takes the form of a reversal: the threatening weapon returns toward the person who wielded it. [1]
Eight character-tipped spokes form a wheel within a circular verse. Mathers reads Elohim qeber, translated as Elohim having covered or protected, in the Malachim alphabet; the surrounding verse is Psalm 37:15. [1]
Mathers reads Elohim qeber, which he translates as Elohim having covered or protected, at the ends of the radiating lines. These words use the Malachim alphabet. Psalm 37:15 describes a sword entering its owner’s heart and a broken bow, making the enclosing verse a close verbal counterpart to the notice’s reversal of weapons. [1]
S. L. MacGregor Mathers, 1889; printed edition, including editorial restoration of Hebrew characters. Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 64; figure 30, Plate VII; plate PDF page 83
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