Yi Jing (Book of Changes), sequenced as binary #s -,

using

instead of the standard

whole lines as zero

whole lines as 1

broken lines as 1

broken lines as zero

starting at the bottom line

starting at the top line

the standard form being shewn at http://www.s110058824.onlinehome.us/classic/iching/binary.html

In this way, they seem to correlate with the TNaK:-

[numbered by:- binary # & 2 conventional numerations of the hexagrams . lines in hexagram]

Chinese

<Ibri^

 

 

 

 

000000 1 1

Tohu^(BR 1:2), cf.

.1 Submersed

/Tho^m/ "subterranean waters", as in

dragon

"ye dragons and all thomo^t"

 

(Thlym 148:7)

Unified Nine: the flock of

 

dragons without heads

smite head (Thlym 68:22)

 

from thomo^t (Thlym 68:23)

 

 

000001 44 8

 

.2 drumstick having fish

stickleback fish (LJ1, p. 27)

.3 The buttocks have no skin

strength in his loins (>ywb 40:16)

 

 

000010 13 6

Spirit of God hovered (BR 1:2), cf.

.2 Chickadee

God hovering over chicks (Dbrym 32:11)

 

 

000011 33 3

 

Wielding

wielding pen of fire (LJ1, p. 5)

 

 

000100 10 4

 

tiger's tail [term for exiles,

 

seeking to return]

"Return, ye children of men" (LJ1, p. 3)

 

 

000101 6 5

 

.6 by the end of morning

there was morning (BR 1:5)

 

 

000110 25 7

 

not beneficial to have

creation of Ge^-hinno^m (LJ1, p. 15)

some place to go

 

 

 

000111 12 2

 

.4 split log

trees are chopped down (LJ1, p. 19)

 

 

001000 9 58

 

.3 cart throwing its axle-strut

grating of sun against wheel (LJ1, p. 26)

.3 husband and consort cross eyen

sun like bridegroom (LJ1, p. 24)

 

 

001001 57 57

 

Calculations

Multiply! (BR 1:22)

.6 losing his ax

carpenter's ax slipped from his hand

 

(LJ1, p. )

 

 

001010 37 63

 

Family members

God created man in his own image,

 

male and female (BR 1:27)

 

 

001011 53 60

 

.6 feathers

angels have wings (LJ1, p. 130)

 

 

001100 61 61

 

.2 calling

Lord God called (BR 3:9)

.3 skin (p. 320, n. 6)

garments of skin (BR 3:21)

 

 

001101 59 62

 

.5 Dispersing horse-liver

offering sheep-fat (BR 4:4)

 

 

001110 42 64

 

.5 return with kind heart

earth's heart's beating hurled Qayin

 

to the moon (Aradia)

 

 

 

H.no^k, name of city (BR 4:17)

 

identified (by Mormons et al.) with

 

new Hierosoluma, viewed by

001111 20 59

 

Looking Up

looking up into heaven (Apok. 21:2);

.5 at my life

no more death (Apok. 21:4)

 

 

010000 14 50

<irad (BR 4:18), cf. /<aro^d/ "wild ass"

.5 crossed-like,

ass Aberamentho = crucified ass-headed

stooped-like

man. ass stooped under burden

 

 

010001 50 56

Mhuya->el, from /mahah/ "to wipe"

.4 overturn the duke's stew

cf. wipe dish and overturn it

 

(2 Mlkym 21:13)

 

 

010010 30 49

 

.6 for the king, there is the joy of

Mtus^a->el, cf. S^a>ul who

bagging the non-masses

ordered own priests slain

 

(1 S^mw>l 22:18)

 

 

0100011 56 52

Lemek confessed:

.5 one arrow gone

"I have slain a man" (BR 4:23).

.6 at yi (retaliation)

retaliation promised (BR 4:24)

 

 

0100100 38 53

Yabal, father of those who have

.3 cow

cattle (BR 4:20), was the first to erect

.5 ancestral temple

temples to idols (LJ1, p. 117)

.6 one cart carrying

Yu^bal {"he is carried"} [scil.,

ghosts

to the grave, in >ywb 21:32]

 

 

0100101 64 54

 

.4 Z`en

Tubal-Qayin (BR 4:22), who

attacking

furnished the instruments used in wars

 

(LJ1, p. 118)

 

Na<mah (BR 4:22), mother to

.6 there is a return

>As^mda>i^, who was captured

in drinking wine

after drinking wine (JE, s.v. "Asmodeus")

 

 

010110 21 55

 

.1 with cut-off

circumcized (LJ1, p. 121)

feet

[males /rigel/ ("feet") in <arabic]

.4 jade (p. 316, n. 6)

made tablet (LJ5, cap. 3, n. 53)

 

 

010111 35 51

>no^s^ (BR 5:6)

.1 Aquatically, Returning to the bath

earth was flooded (LJ1, p. 123)

 

 

011000 26 10

Qe^nan (BR 5:9)

.5 crying pig

[cf. /qu^y/ "to mourn, lament"]

 

 

011001 18 16

Mahla-l->el (BR 5:12)

.4 The bathed branch

[cf. /mahal/ "to adulterate with water"]

.6 Not serving king nor lord

[cf. /la->el/ "for God"]

 

 

011010 22 14

Yered (BR 5:15)

.1 discarding chariot and going on foot

[yarad "to descend" {scil., from chariot,

.2 Making luxurious his beard

S^pt.ym 4:15; of unguent upon beard,

 

Thlym 133:2}]

 

 

011011 52 9

 

not getting body: not seeing

H.no^k walked with God and was not

 

(BR 5:24)

 

 

011100 41 12

Mtu^-s^elah. (BR 5:21)

.3 If three men, they will decrease

who slew 94 myriads of demons

by one man

in a minute (LJ1, p. 141)

 

 

011101 4 13

Lemek (BR 5:25)

.1 use a punished man,

[/l/ "for",

distressful [humiliation]

/makak/ "to be humiliated"]

 

 

011110 27 15

<o^g (LJ1, p. 160)

.1 your numinous turtle

[cf. <arabic /<aj/ "tortoise-shell"]

.4 Tiger looking

wild beasts set upon sinners, while

with eyen submerged

the residue were deluged (LJ1, p. 158)

 

 

011111 23 11

Noh. (BR 6 to 9)

.1 Flaying the bed (p. 293, n. 2),

an operation designed

together with the legs

to prevent procreation (LJ1, p. 168)

.5 eating the palace men's steamer

H.am (BR 9:22) [cf. /h.am/ "hot"

 

{of bread, Yhws^w< 9:12}]

 

 

100000 43 42

Tiras (BR 10:2) "maize"

.5 amaranth so broken up

Ripat (BR 10:3) "groats"

 

 

100001 28 48

S^in<ar (BR 10:10) =

ridgepole boweth upward

Ugaritic /tn/ "bow" +

.6 top of head vanish

/>aray/ "be naked"

 

 

100010 49 46

 

The Bridle

Resen "bridle, halter" (BR 10:12)

 

built by Nimrod, cf.

.6 leopard whip

namer "leopard"

 

 

100011 31 44

Mas^ (BR 10:23), from

To Feel (p. 309, 44, n. 1)

/ma^s^as^/ "to feel"

 

 

100100 58 41

(BR 11:4) attempted

Usurpation

usurpation of Heaven

 

 

100101 47 45

s`apah (BR 11:1, 6, 7,9)

.1 The lips are entangled

"lips" are confused

in a columnar tree

in columnar tower

 

 

100110 17 47

Noh.,

Ripped Flesh (p. 311, 47, n. 1)

having been lamed,

.1 The office perhaps notifieth

was derighted from office (LJ 1, p. 166):

.2 Tying the little son,

his son S^em having to perform

losing the senior fellow

in father's stead (LJ 1, p. 167)

 

 

100111 45 43

>arpaks^ad (BR 11:10), from

.1 then is disordered

/k/ "as" + /s^adad/ "to devastate" +

.5 there is position;

<Arabic >arpah "boundary" (from

prime permanent determination

/>arapa/ "to define")

101000 5 18

S^elah. (BR 11:14), from

Short Coat

Aramaic s^lh. "take off garment"

 

 

101001 48 24

<eber (BR 11:14), from

.5 crisscrossed with cold springs

/<ebray/ "to overflow"

 

 

101010 63 22

(BR 10:25)

.5 The eastern neighbor

Peleg

is not as good as

divided world with his brother

the western neighbor

Yaqt.an

 

 

101011 39 20

R<u^ (BR 11:18), from

.1 the friend

re<a "friend"

 

 

101100 60 21

S`rug (BR 11:20)

 

 

101101 29 17

Nah.or (BR 11:22)

.3 a fish breathing

"snort"

 

 

101110 3 23

except one (LJ 1, p. 188),

.2 The female child's determination not

imprisonment of all

to get praegnant

praegnant women (LJ 1, p. 187).

 

Terah., cf.

.3 the deer without ornamentation

Assyrian turah^u "ibex"

 

 

101111 8 19

 

.1 pond = harmful

bitumen pits were fallen into

(p. 297, 19, n. 4)

(BR 14:10)

.5 Lustrously ally.

three allies (BR 14:13)

losing the front catch;

retrieve a defeat

the city men

of the cities which remained

are not warned

unwarned (BR 19:12-14).

.6 The ally

the ally Mamre>, cognate with

 

ta-mri^> (of ostrich, >YB 39:18):

hath not a head

ostriches hiding own heads

 

 

110000 34 26

Yis.h.aq (BR 22:7-8),

.1 to be upright

because of his filial obedience,

is inauspicious

was about to be slaughtered

.3 the gentleman

>abraham was acquiescent to

useth loss

loss of his only son (BR 22:10)

.6 A ram butteth the fence,

a ram, while rambling in thicket,

is not able to retreat and

was not able to extricate self, and

is not able to follow

so was caught (BR 22:13)

 

 

110001 32 32

>li^-<ezer journeyed to a

.1 Distant constancy

distant country (BR 24:10)

.5 determination is for the wife,

journey was for wife, Ribqah

inauspicious for the husband

(BR 24:58), not for her husband

 

 

110010 31 1

>abraham,

.1 Meeting

meeting (BR 26:9)

his consort's ruler

the ruler of his consort,

.2 Making abundant

reaped 100-fold (BR 26:12)

his curtain:

by concealing identity.

in the middle of the day

Rh.obo^t (BR 26:22) "broad" &

one seeth the Dipper

B>er S^ba< (BR 26:23)

[of seven stars]

"wells seven "

 

 

110011 62 28

Ya<qob was (LJ V, cap. VI, n. 35)

.1 Surpassing his grandfather

superior to his grandfather

.3 Not surpassing him, but

not surpassing brother, but

imitating (p. 302, 28, n. 6) him

imitating him (BR 27:15-27):

.4 there necessarily being a revolt

<es`aw objected (BR 27:32) where

.5 taketh the skin

kid skins (BR 27:16)

in the cavern

had been donned

 

 

110100 54 29

 

.2 The blind

Yis.haq, though blind (BR 27:1),

are able to see

was able to recognize (BR 27:33)

.6 there is no fruit,

there was no grain

there is no blood

nor wine (BR 27:37)

 

 

110101 40 30

Ya<qob

.4 Untangling his hemlock

peeling his poplar, almond &

 

plane (BR 30:37)

 

Trapi^m (BR 31:19, 34-6)

.6 [unknown graph] (p. 303, 30, n. 9);

[term with unknown meaning];

on top of high wall

pillar & heap (BR 31:45-6)

 

 

110110 51 25

S`e<ir (BR 32:3) =

.2 to the nine peaks

a mountain (acc. to BR 36:8-9)

.6 not in his body, but

his body out of joint (BR 32:25);

in his neighbor

another, face-to-face (BR 32:30)

 

 

110111 16 27

on grave of Rah.el were placed

 

12 stones (LJ V, cap. VI, n. 310)

.2 Scratched on a rock

[cf. 12 engravings in S^m 28:21]

 

Bilhan [from /bali^m/,

.3 A bowl's excess

overused wine-sacks in Yh 9:4]

.4 hair-pin (p. 301, 27, n. 6)

S`e<ir (BR 36:8) [cf. /s`e<ar/ "hair"]

 

Te^man (BR 36:11) [from /tami^m/

.5 if complete

"complete"]

 

 

111000 11 34

Yo^sep,

.4 So fluttering,

dreaming of prae-eminence,

not wealthy

incurred jealousy

together with his neighbors

from his brethren (BR 37:5-11); and so

.6 falleth into the moat

was cast into a cistern (BR 37:24)

 

 

111001 46 40

Yo^sep

.1 Really ascending

was uplifted thence (BR 37:28); his

.2 to use the rinse (p. 307, 40, n.5)

coat dipped in blood (BR 37:31);

.3 the empty city

to S^<o^l (BR 37:35);

.4 maketh offering on Mount Qi

was sold (BR 37:36)

 

 

111010 36 38

Tamar

.2 thigh;

her intrafemoral coi:tus

bed (p. 306, 38, n. 5)

onto bed (BR 38:9); she

.3 in the maintain (p. 306, 38, n. 6);

was maintained (BR 38:11);

getting great head

veiled her face (BR 38:14-15);

.4 in the belly:

when praegnant she was

Bagging heart

almost burned (BR 38:24)

 

 

111011 15 35

Yo^sep

Modesty

modest (BR 39:8-12)

to hold in the mouth (p. 305, 35, n. 1)

eating food (BR 40:17)

 

 

111100 19 36

Yo^sep

to look down upon (p.305, 36, n. 1)

predicted disgrace (BR 40:19)

 

>a^snat (from >Aramaic />sana>/

The Forest

"thorn-bush")

 

 

111101 7 37

Yo^sep,

.5 beneficial to

in order to benefit them,

shackle prisoners

imprisoned brethren (BR 42:17)

.6 The great man's lord

The man, lord of the land (BR 42:30, 33)

hath a mandate,

by mandate of Par<oh,

to open the state and

to be over house and

uphold the families

rule people (BR 41:40)

 

 

111110 24 39

brethren of Yo^sep

Returning

returned (BR 43:15);

.6 There being this inspection

were inspected (BR 44:12)

 

 

111111 2 33

 

The River: water flowing smoothly

may the Nile water the land

within a channel (p. 304, 33, n. 1)

(LJ 2, p. 124)

.1 ritual (p. 304, 33, n. 3)

discovery by Qorah.

on frost, the firm ice

"ice" (LJ 2, p. 125)

.2 Straight, square, and great

surveyor (LJ 2, cap. 1, n. 339)

.3 to close (p. 304, 33, n. 4)

by Yis`ra^->el: instructions for

a pattern;

own burial (BR 47:30), when

there is an end

about to die (BR 48:21)

.4 Tying the sack [cf. Turkish

 

execution by being tied in sack

boys thrown to the fishes

and thrown into sea]

in the river (LJ 2, p. 138)

.5 yellow skirt, lower garment

the clothes of >adam for Yo^sep

(p. 304, 33, n. 5)

(LJ 2, p. 149)

 

 

Elevated Six:

Par<oh

The dragon:

(great dragon: HZQY>L 29:3)

 

decreed for Ya<qob a bier of onyx

its blood is black

(black-and-white cornelian) and

and yellow

bdellium (yellowish gum) (LJ 2, p. 152)

Unified Six:

 

to determine permanently

embalmed (BR 50:26)

 

 

 

 

Edward L. Shaughnesy (transl.):

 

I Ching: The Classic of Changes.

BR = B-R>S^YT (Genesis)

Ballantine Books, 1997.

 

LJ = Louis Ginzberg (transl. by Henrietta Szold): The Legends of the Jews. 7 Vols. The Jewish Publication Soc., 1909

JE = The Jewish Encyclopaedia