SH-TH – ‘foundation, basis of mutations, transitions’

In Genesis 4:25, we are told that ‘Seth’ (SHTH) is the replacement for HBL (‘Abel’). SHTH is the next incarnation or development of HBL, the purely spiritual power, one that becomes the foundation for the generations of ADM on the expansive side. It also signifies the number two in its feminine form in Hebraic, emphasizing the earth aspect of this deeper incarnation of HBL.

The signification of this name is of the utmost importance for those seeking to penetrate the essence of things…First, let us examine the root. The two signs which compose it are ש, sign of relative duration and of movement, and that of reciprocity, of mutual tendency, of the liason of things, ת. United by the universal, convertible sign, they form the verbal root שות , which is related to every action of placing, disposing, setting, founding. Considered as noun, the root שת, signifies foundation, in all of the acceptations of this word, and depicts the good as well as the bad, the highest as well as the lowest of things…[descent and ascent]

But not only does the word express at once, the foundation of things, and the element which inclines to it, but it also serves in Hebrew, to designate the number two, in its feminine acceptation… (The Hebraic Tongue Restored, Fabré d’Olivet, p. 146).

This root, composed of the signs of relative and reciprocal movement, indicates the place toward which things irresistibly incline, and the things themselves which inclince towards this place: thence – The depths, the foundations, literally as well as figuratively; the place where the sea is gathered; the sea itself; every kind of depth; every kind of beverage. (The Hebraic Tongue Restored, Fabré d’Olivet, p. 465)