He said to him: ‘Father, what is AV-Y OY HV-Y HOY?’
He said to him: ‘My son, this is when Aleph is removed from EQYe”Q, together with Y-V from YQV”Q, it is made into A-V-Y AUY (woe)’.
He said to him: ‘If so, then this א Aleph, where there is Vav ו Yod י, it is higher than the Aleph א of EQY”Q, and of all other Names!’
He said to him: ‘My son, there is an Aleph which is in this image: Y-O-D – Yod י above, Vav ו in the middle, Dalet ד below – and this is the Aleph א of EQY”Q, the Aleph of ADNY.
But of this א Aleph, its end is like its beginning, and its beginning is like its end! And of it, the Cause of causes has said: (Is. 44:6)... I am first and I am last... And of the middle letter Vav ו:... and besides Me there is no ELQYM.’