Elohim Gibor אלהים גבר – Geburah
In Kabbalah, Atman is the sephirah Chesed, who in Genesis is called the Ruach Elohim, which has been translated into English as “the Spirit of God.” Regarding “Elohim” there is something very important that we have to understand and comprehend, because in the world of archetypes, the sephiroth Chesed and Geburah receive respectively the names of El and Elohim Gibor. In The Conjuration of the Seven we pronounce:
“By Samael Zabaoth, and in the name of Elohim Gibor, get thee hence, Andrameleck!”
In Kabbalah, the words Gibor and Geburah are written with the same Hebrew letters. When you say Gibor or Geburah it means “power,” but when you say Elohim Gibor or Elohim Geburah you then understand that in Geburah “these” אלה are the powers, archetypes, parts of אל God, Chesed, the Ruach that hovers upon the ים water: the cerebrospinal fluid and seminal fluid in Malkuth.
Now the children [or archetypes] of Israel are all included and summed up in the name [אברהם] Abraham [who is Gedulah], of whom Elohim spoke as [אהבי] “my love,” and which also applies to Israel [Tiphereth], for Israel is contained in the divine name [יהוה] when each letter is spelled in full, namely, Iod, Vav Daleth – Hei, Aleph – Vav, Aleph, Vav – Hei, Aleph; the numerical value of which is 45 = 9, equaling that of Adam (Aleph, Daleth, Mem). The scripture states:
“And Elohim said: Let us make Adam in our image, after our likeness.” (Genesis 1: 26)
Image signifying Israel who [as archetypes] existed in the divine thought or mind of Elohim [as a Cosmocreator] before the creation of the world, and afterwards [when bestowed within our Monad as Chesed and Geburah] was created in the likeness and image of Elohim [אלהים, the numerical value of which is 32 = 5 – the fifth sephirah [גברה] Geburah – whose divine name is אלהים גבר Elohim Gibor]. – Zohar
In Atziluth, the Spirit (Chesed) is called אל El; yet, Geburah is called אלהים גבר Elohim Gibor, because Geburah contains אלה the powers or archetypes, the gift of the Elohim which are related with first triangle of the Tree of Life. Gibor is sometimes translated as male because Geburah is the might of God. In Hebrew, when they utter the name Gibor they say, “This is a male force.” Thus when we say Elohim Gibor, we are addressing the male power of the Elohim, because Elohim is a plural word that means “gods and goddesses.” In the Bible, Elohim is translated as God, but this is a wrong translation because God in Hebrew is El.