The Hanged Man Mem
to Lamed to the Tree to Nun

Mem (מ, or ם final)

Mem, the twenty-third path, connects Geburah and Hod.

Mem is one of the three mother letters, which represent primal elements. They are the axes that create space. Its attributions are:

Elementwater
Directioneast/west
Number מ‎ = 40 or ם‎ (final) = 600
Nameמימ, or
מים
MeaningWater[1] (all things liquid, especially life-giving fluids; blood, wine, semen)
Tarot trumpThe Hanged Man
ColorDeep blue
Yetsiratic Attribution[2] Stable Intelligence, because it has the virtue of consistency among all numerations.

Mem is one of five characters that also has a "final" form -- that is, a form of the letter that is used when it appears at the end of a word. The two forms have different enumerations, as shown above.


[1]מימ, mayim, means water or waters
[2]From the 32 Paths of Wisdom, often printed as an appendix to Sepher Yetzirah.
[1]מימ, mayim, means water or waters
[2]From the 32 Paths of Wisdom, often printed as an appendix to Sepher Yetzirah.