For speech cannot exist without letters. The verse provides clear proof that all things come into being through the letters, for speech is made up of letters. The actual creation of the universe came about through speech. If so, the actual creation of the universe came about only through the letters, as will be discussed further below.
In total, the letters consist of twenty-two different kinds of orders or arrangements, no less and no more, in order to give the lights the power to act.
Having introduced the subject of the letters, we will now discuss their number.