איהה (Iah-Heh) is a four-letter permutation of the Tetragrammaton (יהוה), the ineffable name of God in Jewish mysticism. This specific arrangement transposes the first two letters, replacing the active Yod (י) with the initial Aleph (א), yielding a name that emphasizes the Heh (ה) as the second and fourth letters. The name is thus vocalized as a form of "Iah" (a shortened divine name) followed by a second Heh, and is traditionally associated with the Sephirah Binah, the third emanation on the Tree of Life.

Position on the Tree of Life

איהה corresponds to the Sephirah Binah (Understanding), the third Sephirah on the Tree of Life, which sits at the top of the Pillar of Severity. Binah is the passive, receptive, and formative principle, often called the Great Sea or the Mother of Forms. This permutation of the divine name is therefore the specific formula used to invoke or contemplate the energy of Binah in the world of Briah (the Creative World), where the raw forces of Kether and Chokmah are shaped into distinct archetypes.

Astrological and planetary correspondence

In the system of Liber 777, Binah is assigned to the planet Saturn (Shabbathai). Saturn's astrological symbolism—limitation, structure, time, and the womb of creation—perfectly aligns with Binah's function as the source of all form and the boundary that defines existence. The name איהה, as the divine name of Binah in Briah, thus channels the saturnine power of contraction and understanding that gives birth to the manifest universe.

Historical context

The permutations of the Tetragrammaton are a cornerstone of Western esotericism, particularly within the Kabbalistic tradition of the Zohar and the later works of Isaac Luria (the Ari). The specific arrangement איהה is one of the twelve "banners" or permutations of YHVH, each corresponding to a different Sephirah or zodiacal sign. In the Lurianic system, these names are used in meditation (Kavanah) to direct divine energy. The name איהה is explicitly linked to Binah in the text Sefer Yetzirah and in the commentaries of the Pardes Rimonim by Moses Cordovero, where it is described as the name that brings the supernal mother into action. In the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, this correspondence was codified in the tables of Liber 777, where it appears as the divine name for Binah in the world of Briah, the level of pure creation and archetypal form.

Closing

In the table of Liber 777, איהה appears at the step of Chesed (4) within the row titled "The Revolutions of היהא in Briah," serving as the specific divine name for the Sephirah Binah in that creative world. It is a key to the passive, structuring power of the divine feminine, the great sea of understanding from which all forms emerge.