Ever notice that the “ayin” looks like two eyes, with the optic nerves coming off them to join together in the brain?
Just a thought. :-)
Thanks for the post.
Not initially, but I had run across the descriptions in various references over time. The other meanings [of their being wells/springs/fountains] provide additional insight.
One thing that jumped out was the description of the great flood, when the fountains of the deep were broken up. Water from the depths, bursting forth to cleanse and rectify, while at the same time the windows of the heaven are pouring down waters from above.
From above and below at the same time, the centerpoint of remaining human existence being the ark.
So it made sense to take a closer look at the words.
Gen 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened:
The fountains are from the word ayin.
"Broken up" (baqa) is the root of beqa (the half shekel of the sanctuary).
The windows are some type of lattice work, and they were "opened".
The word for opened is the root of the word for key.
This is all particularly interesting to me because of the date (17 Cheshvan, Oct 30, 2015). This was the commencement of a "great flood", so to speak. From above and below...
The same concept appears in what Balaam saw: the vision of Shaddai falling, but with its eyes revealed (see how it relates to the Megillah). The star decends from above, and the scepter rises from below.
On one hand it's a "kokav miyakov". On the other, it's a "Megillat Esther", the revealing of the hidden star (and plot).
Stars in the hands, now that sure has a certain familiarity to it. Revelation, but... curious how the current excitement on the Geula blogs has to do with this star prophecy, the references in the Zohar, and [the timing of] Purim.
The Zohar passages above -- if nothing else -- sure provide a densely-packed concentration of key words, phrases, and related numbers. Way too much to chalk up to chance. There for the extracting.