Kabbalah Library
Zohar for All, Volume 4
The Creator Is Called ADNI
549) ADNI in full is Aleph Dalet Nun Yod. It is called “the Creator,” which is ZA, and not HaVaYaH, as it is written. And the one that is pronounced as it is written is called ADNI. This is what is written, “the visions of Elokim [God],” Malchut, called vision. Visions is written in plural form, including also the wholeness of everything, Yod He Vav He, which is ZA. Are visions for the name HaVaYaH or for the name ADNI?
Aleph is Aleph Dalet Nun Yod, and both are read in it. Malchut is pronounced as it is written, and ZA is not pronounced as it is written, in the name HaVaYaH. This is why it is called by the name ADNI, and this is why it is written, “visions of God,” which is a plural form because it includes ZA and Malchut. This is why they are both called by the name “Lord.”
550) Sometimes the upper ones are called by the name of the lower ones, and at times the lower ones are called by the name of the upper ones. This is why it is written, “The Lord God,” by the name of the upper one, ZA, who is ADNI, which is the name of the lower one, Malchut.
