Splendor of Light

may have ignited. The wise man hears and increases in wisdom, Proverbs 1:5. The author concludes a sentence from the previous page, likely referring to the "light" of understanding he hopes to spark in the reader.

I hereby request all those truly knowledgeable in this ancient (Hebrew) language that, in the event I should be found to have erred, they might not hesitate to remind me of it. Should, however, one inexperienced in this language attempt to babble along and judge a color The author uses a common idiom—likely "judging colors like a blind man"—to describe those who criticize subjects they do not understand., let him know that I would not consider it worth the effort to set pen to paper to refute his opinion or arrogant apology.

Finally, every scholar into whose hands this work of mine may come is properly requested, above all, to go through my table very thoughtfully, so that he may be informed of the significance of the large, small, and medium numbers. Large, small, and medium numbers: These refer to different methods of Gematria (Hebrew numerology). "Large" usually counts the final forms of letters as higher values (500-900), "Small" reduces numbers to a single digit (e.g., 10 becomes 1), and "Middle" or "Standard" uses the standard values (1-400). With which I commend myself to the kind reader's enduring goodwill.