Kabbala Denudata: Alef Harfi ve Sefirotların Sudûru

Another explains it differently and indeed in this way: In Aleph there are three parts: the beginning, the middle, and the end. The beginning is in the upper part, as if it looked back toward that place and indicated the very nature of Chochmah, namely Wisdom, in memory of that power from which it emanated. The middle denotes the very nature of Binah, namely Understanding, which is brought forth from Wisdom. The end, however, denotes Daath, namely Knowledge, procreated from Understanding. And this figure of the letter can illustrate the nature of the supernal things, just as it serves as the principle for understanding lower things: for which reason the matter is only one. For the lower things behave as the firstborn of Daath, namely Knowledge. These three parts have a most simple influence; and they draw power from that portion which exists before them. By their equality, virility, and splendor, they hollow out a receptacle emanating from them, yet remaining separate; this is Gedulah, that is, Greatness, within the decade of the sephiroth. This Sephirah encompasses the branches of Wisdom, whose roots are located above in the Crown, so that from this point the most powerful force may be derived to all the sephiroth.