{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "title": "Sefer Yetzirah versions: compare letters and planets",
  "published": "2026-10-13",
  "modified": "2026-10-13",
  "url": "https://mazalogy.com/en/resources/sefer-yetzirah-version-comparison/",
  "convention": "Align the seven double letters by their Hebrew letter. Record only fields stated in each selected unit; leave six alternate individual faculties null.",
  "witnesses": [
    {
      "id": "gra",
      "catalogTitle": "Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version",
      "catalogTitleHebrew": "ספר יצירה נוסח הגר\"א",
      "hebrewVersionTitle": "Sefer Yetzirah, Warsaw 1884",
      "language": "he",
      "versionSource": "https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH001310968",
      "license": "Public Domain",
      "rightsBasis": "The exact selected Hebrew version is labeled Public Domain in every checked Sefaria response.",
      "nliRecord": "NNL_ALEPH001310968",
      "nliRecordURL": "https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH001310968",
      "nliVerificationStatus": "HTTP 403; catalog/facsimile not independently inspected",
      "chapterURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_Yetzirah_Gra_Version.4?lang=he",
      "apiURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer_Yetzirah_Gra_Version_4.8?versions=hebrew%7CSefer+Yetzirah%2C+Warsaw+1884",
      "apiURLScope": "first selected comparison unit",
      "catalogMetadataURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/index/Sefer_Yetzirah_Gra_Version",
      "recensionClaim": null
    },
    {
      "id": "other",
      "catalogTitle": "Sefer Yetzirah",
      "catalogTitleHebrew": "ספר יצירה",
      "hebrewVersionTitle": "Sefer Yetzirah, Warsaw 1884",
      "language": "he",
      "versionSource": "https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH001310968",
      "license": "Public Domain",
      "rightsBasis": "The exact selected Hebrew version is labeled Public Domain in every checked Sefaria response.",
      "nliRecord": "NNL_ALEPH001310968",
      "nliRecordURL": "https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH001310968",
      "nliVerificationStatus": "HTTP 403; catalog/facsimile not independently inspected",
      "chapterURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_Yetzirah.4?lang=he",
      "apiURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer_Yetzirah_4.5?versions=hebrew%7CSefer+Yetzirah%2C+Warsaw+1884",
      "apiURLScope": "first selected comparison unit",
      "catalogMetadataURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/index/Sefer_Yetzirah",
      "recensionClaim": null
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "id": "bet",
      "letter": "ב",
      "letterName": "Bet",
      "order": 1,
      "gra": {
        "witnessId": "gra",
        "reference": "Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version 4:8",
        "url": "https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_Yetzirah_Gra_Version.4.8?lang=he",
        "apiURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer_Yetzirah_Gra_Version_4.8?versions=hebrew%7CSefer+Yetzirah%2C+Warsaw+1884",
        "body": "moon",
        "bodyGloss": "Moon",
        "bodyHebrew": "לבנה",
        "facultyHebrew": "חכמה",
        "facultyGloss": "Wisdom",
        "facultyToken": "בחכמה",
        "facultyStatus": "explicit-in-this-unit",
        "dayHebrew": "יום ראשון",
        "dayGloss": "Sunday",
        "dayIndex": 1,
        "organHebrew": "עין ימין",
        "organGloss": "Right eye"
      },
      "other": {
        "witnessId": "other",
        "reference": "Sefer Yetzirah 4:5",
        "url": "https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_Yetzirah.4.5?lang=he",
        "apiURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer_Yetzirah_4.5?versions=hebrew%7CSefer+Yetzirah%2C+Warsaw+1884",
        "body": "saturn",
        "bodyGloss": "Saturn",
        "bodyHebrew": "שבתי",
        "facultyHebrew": "חיים",
        "facultyGloss": "Life",
        "facultyToken": "בחיים",
        "facultyStatus": "explicit-in-this-unit",
        "dayHebrew": "יום ראשון",
        "dayGloss": "Sunday",
        "dayIndex": 1,
        "organHebrew": "עין ימין",
        "organGloss": "Right eye"
      },
      "unchangedFields": [
        "letter",
        "day",
        "organ"
      ],
      "changedFields": [
        "body",
        "faculty"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "gimel",
      "letter": "ג",
      "letterName": "Gimel",
      "order": 2,
      "gra": {
        "witnessId": "gra",
        "reference": "Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version 4:9",
        "url": "https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_Yetzirah_Gra_Version.4.9?lang=he",
        "apiURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer_Yetzirah_Gra_Version_4.9?versions=hebrew%7CSefer+Yetzirah%2C+Warsaw+1884",
        "body": "mars",
        "bodyGloss": "Mars",
        "bodyHebrew": "מאדים",
        "facultyHebrew": "עושר",
        "facultyGloss": "Wealth",
        "facultyToken": "בעושר",
        "facultyStatus": "explicit-in-this-unit",
        "dayHebrew": "יום שני",
        "dayGloss": "Monday",
        "dayIndex": 2,
        "organHebrew": "אזן ימין",
        "organGloss": "Right ear"
      },
      "other": {
        "witnessId": "other",
        "reference": "Sefer Yetzirah 4:6",
        "url": "https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_Yetzirah.4.6?lang=he",
        "apiURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer_Yetzirah_4.6?versions=hebrew%7CSefer+Yetzirah%2C+Warsaw+1884",
        "body": "jupiter",
        "bodyGloss": "Jupiter",
        "bodyHebrew": "צדק",
        "facultyHebrew": null,
        "facultyGloss": null,
        "facultyToken": null,
        "facultyStatus": "not-stated-in-this-unit",
        "dayHebrew": "יום שני",
        "dayGloss": "Monday",
        "dayIndex": 2,
        "organHebrew": "עין שמאל",
        "organGloss": "Left eye"
      },
      "unchangedFields": [
        "letter",
        "day"
      ],
      "changedFields": [
        "body",
        "organ",
        "facultyPresence"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "dalet",
      "letter": "ד",
      "letterName": "Dalet",
      "order": 3,
      "gra": {
        "witnessId": "gra",
        "reference": "Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version 4:10",
        "url": "https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_Yetzirah_Gra_Version.4.10?lang=he",
        "apiURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer_Yetzirah_Gra_Version_4.10?versions=hebrew%7CSefer+Yetzirah%2C+Warsaw+1884",
        "body": "sun",
        "bodyGloss": "Sun",
        "bodyHebrew": "חמה",
        "facultyHebrew": "זרע",
        "facultyGloss": "Seed",
        "facultyToken": "בזרע",
        "facultyStatus": "explicit-in-this-unit",
        "dayHebrew": "יום שלישי",
        "dayGloss": "Tuesday",
        "dayIndex": 3,
        "organHebrew": "נחיר ימין",
        "organGloss": "Right nostril"
      },
      "other": {
        "witnessId": "other",
        "reference": "Sefer Yetzirah 4:7",
        "url": "https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_Yetzirah.4.7?lang=he",
        "apiURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer_Yetzirah_4.7?versions=hebrew%7CSefer+Yetzirah%2C+Warsaw+1884",
        "body": "mars",
        "bodyGloss": "Mars",
        "bodyHebrew": "מאדים",
        "facultyHebrew": null,
        "facultyGloss": null,
        "facultyToken": null,
        "facultyStatus": "not-stated-in-this-unit",
        "dayHebrew": "יום ג'",
        "dayGloss": "Tuesday",
        "dayIndex": 3,
        "organHebrew": "אוזן ימין",
        "organGloss": "Right ear"
      },
      "unchangedFields": [
        "letter",
        "day"
      ],
      "changedFields": [
        "body",
        "organ",
        "facultyPresence"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kaf",
      "letter": "כ",
      "letterName": "Kaf",
      "order": 4,
      "gra": {
        "witnessId": "gra",
        "reference": "Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version 4:11",
        "url": "https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_Yetzirah_Gra_Version.4.11?lang=he",
        "apiURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer_Yetzirah_Gra_Version_4.11?versions=hebrew%7CSefer+Yetzirah%2C+Warsaw+1884",
        "body": "venus",
        "bodyGloss": "Venus",
        "bodyHebrew": "נוגה",
        "facultyHebrew": "חיים",
        "facultyGloss": "Life",
        "facultyToken": "בחיים",
        "facultyStatus": "explicit-in-this-unit",
        "dayHebrew": "יום רביעי",
        "dayGloss": "Wednesday",
        "dayIndex": 4,
        "organHebrew": "עין שמאל",
        "organGloss": "Left eye"
      },
      "other": {
        "witnessId": "other",
        "reference": "Sefer Yetzirah 4:8",
        "url": "https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_Yetzirah.4.8?lang=he",
        "apiURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer_Yetzirah_4.8?versions=hebrew%7CSefer+Yetzirah%2C+Warsaw+1884",
        "body": "sun",
        "bodyGloss": "Sun",
        "bodyHebrew": "חמה",
        "facultyHebrew": null,
        "facultyGloss": null,
        "facultyToken": null,
        "facultyStatus": "not-stated-in-this-unit",
        "dayHebrew": "יום ד'",
        "dayGloss": "Wednesday",
        "dayIndex": 4,
        "organHebrew": "אזן שמאל",
        "organGloss": "Left ear"
      },
      "unchangedFields": [
        "letter",
        "day"
      ],
      "changedFields": [
        "body",
        "organ",
        "facultyPresence"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "peh",
      "letter": "פ",
      "letterName": "Peh",
      "order": 5,
      "gra": {
        "witnessId": "gra",
        "reference": "Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version 4:12",
        "url": "https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_Yetzirah_Gra_Version.4.12?lang=he",
        "apiURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer_Yetzirah_Gra_Version_4.12?versions=hebrew%7CSefer+Yetzirah%2C+Warsaw+1884",
        "body": "mercury",
        "bodyGloss": "Mercury",
        "bodyHebrew": "כוכב",
        "facultyHebrew": "ממשלה",
        "facultyGloss": "Dominion",
        "facultyToken": "בממשלה",
        "facultyStatus": "explicit-in-this-unit",
        "dayHebrew": "יום חמישי",
        "dayGloss": "Thursday",
        "dayIndex": 5,
        "organHebrew": "אזן שמאל",
        "organGloss": "Left ear"
      },
      "other": {
        "witnessId": "other",
        "reference": "Sefer Yetzirah 4:9",
        "url": "https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_Yetzirah.4.9?lang=he",
        "apiURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer_Yetzirah_4.9?versions=hebrew%7CSefer+Yetzirah%2C+Warsaw+1884",
        "body": "venus",
        "bodyGloss": "Venus",
        "bodyHebrew": "נוגה",
        "facultyHebrew": null,
        "facultyGloss": null,
        "facultyToken": null,
        "facultyStatus": "not-stated-in-this-unit",
        "dayHebrew": "יום ה'",
        "dayGloss": "Thursday",
        "dayIndex": 5,
        "organHebrew": "נחיר ימין",
        "organGloss": "Right nostril"
      },
      "unchangedFields": [
        "letter",
        "day"
      ],
      "changedFields": [
        "body",
        "organ",
        "facultyPresence"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "resh",
      "letter": "ר",
      "letterName": "Resh",
      "order": 6,
      "gra": {
        "witnessId": "gra",
        "reference": "Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version 4:13",
        "url": "https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_Yetzirah_Gra_Version.4.13?lang=he",
        "apiURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer_Yetzirah_Gra_Version_4.13?versions=hebrew%7CSefer+Yetzirah%2C+Warsaw+1884",
        "body": "saturn",
        "bodyGloss": "Saturn",
        "bodyHebrew": "שבתאי",
        "facultyHebrew": "שלום",
        "facultyGloss": "Peace",
        "facultyToken": "בשלום",
        "facultyStatus": "explicit-in-this-unit",
        "dayHebrew": "יום ששי",
        "dayGloss": "Friday",
        "dayIndex": 6,
        "organHebrew": "נחיר שמאל",
        "organGloss": "Left nostril"
      },
      "other": {
        "witnessId": "other",
        "reference": "Sefer Yetzirah 4:10",
        "url": "https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_Yetzirah.4.10?lang=he",
        "apiURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer_Yetzirah_4.10?versions=hebrew%7CSefer+Yetzirah%2C+Warsaw+1884",
        "body": "mercury",
        "bodyGloss": "Mercury",
        "bodyHebrew": "כוכב",
        "facultyHebrew": null,
        "facultyGloss": null,
        "facultyToken": null,
        "facultyStatus": "not-stated-in-this-unit",
        "dayHebrew": "יום ששי",
        "dayGloss": "Friday",
        "dayIndex": 6,
        "organHebrew": "נחיר שמאל",
        "organGloss": "Left nostril"
      },
      "unchangedFields": [
        "letter",
        "day",
        "organ"
      ],
      "changedFields": [
        "body",
        "facultyPresence"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tav",
      "letter": "ת",
      "letterName": "Tav",
      "order": 7,
      "gra": {
        "witnessId": "gra",
        "reference": "Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version 4:14",
        "url": "https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_Yetzirah_Gra_Version.4.14?lang=he",
        "apiURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer_Yetzirah_Gra_Version_4.14?versions=hebrew%7CSefer+Yetzirah%2C+Warsaw+1884",
        "body": "jupiter",
        "bodyGloss": "Jupiter",
        "bodyHebrew": "צדק",
        "facultyHebrew": "חן",
        "facultyGloss": "Grace",
        "facultyToken": "בחן",
        "facultyStatus": "explicit-in-this-unit",
        "dayHebrew": "יום שבת",
        "dayGloss": "Shabbat",
        "dayIndex": 7,
        "organHebrew": "פה",
        "organGloss": "Mouth"
      },
      "other": {
        "witnessId": "other",
        "reference": "Sefer Yetzirah 4:11",
        "url": "https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_Yetzirah.4.11?lang=he",
        "apiURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer_Yetzirah_4.11?versions=hebrew%7CSefer+Yetzirah%2C+Warsaw+1884",
        "body": "moon",
        "bodyGloss": "Moon",
        "bodyHebrew": "לבנה",
        "facultyHebrew": null,
        "facultyGloss": null,
        "facultyToken": null,
        "facultyStatus": "not-stated-in-this-unit",
        "dayHebrew": "יום שבת",
        "dayGloss": "Shabbat",
        "dayIndex": 7,
        "organHebrew": "פה",
        "organGloss": "Mouth"
      },
      "unchangedFields": [
        "letter",
        "day",
        "organ"
      ],
      "changedFields": [
        "body",
        "facultyPresence"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "checked": "2026-10-13",
    "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T14:57:24.045599+00:00",
    "scope": "Seven double-letter units: Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version 4:8–14 and separately catalogued Sefer Yetzirah 4:5–11, using the selected Warsaw 1884 Hebrew digital witnesses.",
    "alignment": "Hebrew letter in the BGDKPRT double-letter group; order is group order, not alphabet ordinal or verse-number alignment.",
    "editionLimitation": "Both Sefaria work records cite the same Warsaw 1884 edition and NLI record. This identifies the selected digital witnesses, not two independent manuscripts, an inspected facsimile, or a secure Short/Long recension identification.",
    "facultyLimitation": "Not stated in this unit is not absent from the book. Sefer Yetzirah 4:1 contains a general faculty list; no individual faculty is inferred from its order.",
    "glossNote": "Concise original English glosses of checked Hebrew fields. Kokhav (כוכב) denotes Mercury in this seven-body context; nefesh organ labels are descriptive source associations, not medical or natal predictions.",
    "dayConvention": "dayIndex 1 is the first day/Sunday; 7 is Shabbat. Day labels do not identify a personal birth timestamp or civil-calendar evening boundary.",
    "reuse": "Public-domain Hebrew fields and original comparison/glosses only. No Kaplan translation, source-sheet prose, institutional logo or whole modern translation is reproduced.",
    "sourceTermsURL": "https://www.sefaria.org/terms",
    "qualifiedHumanReview": false
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Sefaria · Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version, selected Hebrew units 4:8–14",
      "url": "https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_Yetzirah_Gra_Version.4?lang=he"
    },
    {
      "label": "Sefaria · Sefer Yetzirah, selected Hebrew units 4:5–11",
      "url": "https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_Yetzirah.4?lang=he"
    },
    {
      "label": "Sefaria API · Gra 4:8, exact selected Hebrew Warsaw 1884 version",
      "url": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer_Yetzirah_Gra_Version_4.8?versions=hebrew%7CSefer+Yetzirah%2C+Warsaw+1884"
    },
    {
      "label": "Sefaria API · Sefer Yetzirah 4:5, exact selected Hebrew Warsaw 1884 version",
      "url": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer_Yetzirah_4.5?versions=hebrew%7CSefer+Yetzirah%2C+Warsaw+1884"
    },
    {
      "label": "NLI edition source recorded by Sefaria · Warsaw 1884; catalog/scan not independently inspected",
      "url": "https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH001310968"
    }
  ],
  "presentation": {
    "glosses": "Original concise English labels for checked Hebrew fields, not a full source translation.",
    "missingFacultyLabel": "Not stated in this unit",
    "worksheet": "A worked Bet comparison retains both exact units and checks changed planet/faculty against unchanged weekday/organ meanings."
  },
  "rights": {
    "sourceHebrew": "Public Domain as labeled in the selected Sefaria version responses.",
    "layout": "Original Mazalogy table, worksheet and SVG layout.",
    "fonts": "Downloaded SVG embeds Noto fonts and retains their SIL Open Font License in metadata."
  },
  "limitations": [
    "Both Sefaria work records cite the same Warsaw 1884 edition and NLI record. This identifies the selected digital witnesses, not two independent manuscripts, an inspected facsimile, or a secure Short/Long recension identification.",
    "Not stated in this unit is not absent from the book. Sefer Yetzirah 4:1 contains a general faculty list; no individual faculty is inferred from its order.",
    "Concise original English glosses of checked Hebrew fields. Kokhav (כוכב) denotes Mercury in this seven-body context; nefesh organ labels are descriptive source associations, not medical or natal predictions.",
    "This reference compares textual associations. It contains no birth calculation, personal interpretation or qualified human-review claim."
  ]
}