And through the vowel-points of the letters, are made known all the sephirot. For there are nine vowel-points, and in them there are 14∞YaD sparks, and upon them is stated: (Ex. 14:8)... and the Children of Israel, went out with a high ‘hand’ (yad, =14).
And they correspond to the joints of the 5 fingers, which are 14∞YaD (hand). And 2 ‘firmaments’ are there: one from qametz ָ, and one from pataḥ ַ, corresponding to the two limbs (qanei) of the arm. And each spark is a joint, and it is a measure, and a ‘firmament’ is a ‘cubit’ (amah) of 6 tephaḥs and a ‘reed’ (qaneh), and ‘the line of measure’.