339. "I behold him..." (Bemidbar 23:9). HERE, the depiction and form of his father was really impressed upon him. And from the time he was in his mother's womb, from her side, he spread out and extended one more step outside. HE EXPLAINS: "For from the top of the rocks I see him" (Ibid.). That was the form and depiction of his actual father. When he was in his mother's womb, "I behold him." I will have extended a step outward, Vav, in this way.

340. That is the meaning of: "And from the hills I behold him." In the higher Yeshivah, the word "geva'ot (Eng. the hills)" is spelled without a Vav. In the heavenly Yeshivah, geva'ot has a Vav. The Vav is perfecting both sides, one, ZEIR ANPIN, because this hill never separates from its son, THAT IS ZEIR ANPIN, and never abandons him. Therefore, the Vav is always part of it AND THAT IS WHY IT IS WRITTEN: "GEVA'OT" WITH A VAV. And one IS ABOUT MESSIAH, SON OF DAVID, because the lower hill, WHICH REFERS TO MALCHUT, has the son included in her, THAT IS MESSIAH, SON OF DAVID. In the future to come, when Messiah will come, that higher hill, THAT REFERS TO BINAH, needs to take and bring him inside her wings in order to strengthen him and place him in the higher life OF BINAH. From it will emerge on that day Messiah, son of David. THE VAV OF "UMIGEVA'OT (LIT. 'FROM THE HILLS')" IS ALLUDING TO HIM.

341. That is the secret of, "I will tell of the decree: Hashem has said to me, 'You are My son; this day have I begotten you'" (Tehilim 2:7), WHICH IS EXPLAINED AS FOLLOWS: I will speak to this place that is called 'decree,' THAT IS MALCHUT, and give the good tidings. "Hashem," THAT IS BINAH "has said to me, 'You are My son; this day have I begotten you'." THEREFORE, that very day, WHICH IS BINAH, produces that decree, THAT IS MALCHUT, from under her wings, OF BINAH, with much life, with many adornments and many blessings, as is proper.

342. That decree, WHICH IS MALCHUT, will not remain on its own, AFTER MESSIAH THE SON OF DAVID WILL EMERGE FROM IT. Because then, another Messiah, WHICH IS MESSIAH the son of Joseph, will be also be included in it, IN MALCHUT. There, IN MALCHUT, he will be fortified, and at no other place, THAT IS, NOT IN BINAH AS MESSIAH THE SON OF DAVID, because this is a lower hill, MEANING MALCHUT, that has no life of its own, BECAUSE MALCHUT CONTAINS NOTHING ON HER OWN, EXCEPT WHAT ZEIR ANPIN GIVES HER, WHO DRAWS FROM BINAH AND GRANTS TO MALCHUT. MESSIAH THE SON OF JOSEPH WAS ATTACHED EXCLUSIVELY TO MALCHUT ALONE AND TO NO OTHER PLACE; THEREFORE, that Messiah will die and be killed, BECAUSE MALCHUT ON HIS OWN HAS NOTHING TO GRANT HIM. And he will remain dead until this hill, MALCHUT, will gather life from the higher hill, THAT IS BINAH, AND PROVIDE TO MESSIAH THE SON OF JOSEPH FROM THE LIGHTS OF BINAH. Then MESSIAH THE SON OF JOSEPH will rise TO LIFE.

343. Because of that, in the Yeshivah of the firmament, THE WORD, "geva'ovt (Eng. 'the hills')" is complete with the letter Vav THAT INDICATES both sides, ZEIR ANPIN AND MESSIAH. In the higher Yeshivah, the word geva'ot is missing the Vav, to indicate something about which there is no question or doubt. "It is a people that shall dwell alone" (Bemidbar 23:9), on their own, without any other admixture.