Zohar Hasulam - Balak - p. 61 - par. 157 - 8
Balak: Verse 157
אַתָּה, דָּא יְמִינָא, שֵׁירוּתָא דְּקַיְּימָא לְשָׁאֲלָא, וּלְאָתָבָא בֵּיהּ, וְהוּא כֹּהֵן עִלָּאָה. כד"א אַתָּה כֹהֵן לְעוֹלָם עַל דִּבְרָתִי מַלְכִּי צֶדֶק. מַאן עַל דִּבְרָתִי מַלְכִּי צֶדֶק. אֶלָּא כֹּהֵן עִלָּאָה דָּא, אִיהוּ דְּקַיְּימָא עַל דָּבָר, בְּגִין דְּהַהוּא דָּבָר לָא קַיְּימָא, אֶלָּא בִּימִינָא. וְהַהוּא דָּבָר מַאן אִיהוּ. מַלְכִּי צֶדֶק, כַּךְ שְׁמֵיהּ. וּמַאי דְּאָמַר דִּבְרָתִי, בְּגִין דְּאִתְקְשַׁר בֵּיהּ בְּדָוִד. וְכָל מִלֵּי שְׁבָחָא דִּילֵיהּ, בְּהַהוּא דָּבָר אַתְיָין. וְעַל דָּא דִּבְרָתִי. ובג"כ, אַתָּה דָּא כֹּהֵן. וְהָא אוֹקִימְנָא, דִּתְלַת דּוּכְתֵּי אִינּוּן, דְּאִקְרֵי כָּל חַד אַתָּה.
AFTER EXPLAINING THAT YUD HEI VAV HEI IS THE SECRET OF ABA AND IMA THAT STAND ABOVE ANY QUESTIONING, AND "MY ELOHIM," THAT SECRET OF YISRAEL-SABA AND TEVUNAH THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR INQUIRY, BUT THERE IS NO ONE TO RESPOND TO IT, HE EXPLAINS NOW: "You" that is right, MEANING CHESED OF ZEIR ANPIN, is the start of what is available for inquiry and for a response to it. HOWEVER, THAT IS MERELY THE BEGINNING OF THIS REVELATION, BUT IS NOT YET REVEALED IN IT, ONLY WHEN IT IS IN MALCHUT. That is CALLED 'the High Priest,' as it says, "You shall be a priest forever, after the manner of Melchizedek" (Tehilim 110:4). HE INQUIRES: What is the meaning of: "After the manner (lit. 'word') of Melchizedek?" HE RESPONDS: This is the supernal priest, CHESED OF ZEIR ANPIN, that is standing over the word, WHICH IS MALCHUT, because this word does not endure except through the right, WHICH IS CHESED. What is that word? That is Melchizedek, the name OF MALCHUT. The reason it says "divrati (lit. 'word of' also: 'my word')" INSTEAD OF 'DAVAR' IS because it was connected with David, SINCE DAVID WAS THE CHARIOT TO MALCHUT. All the words of DAVID'S praise came through that word and, therefore, it says, "My word," MEANING MY MALCHUT. As a result of this, "you" is a priest, WHICH IS CHESED. We have already explained that there are three areas and each one is called "you," BECAUSE CHOCHMAH IS CALLED "YOU" AND CHESED IS CALLED "YOU," AS IT IS WRITTEN HERE. AND MALCHUT IS CALLED "YOU."
Balak: Verse 158
אֲרוֹמִמְךָ כֻּלָּא כַּחֲדָא. אוֹדֶה שִׁמְךָ כַּדְקָא יָאוּת, וְהַאי שֵׁם יְדִיעַ. כִּי עָשִׂיתָ פֶּלֶא, כִּסּוּיָא וּלְבוּשָׁא, לְאִתְלַבְּשָׁא נְהוֹרָא סְתִימָא עַתִּיקָא, רֵאשִׁיתָא דַּרְגָּא עִלָּאָה, אָדָם קַדְמָאָה, טְמִירָא בְּכִסּוּיָא דִּנְהוֹרָא אַחֲרָא.
NOW HE EXPLAINS THE WORDS: "I WILL EXALT YOU" THAT IS IN THE VERSE MENTIONED ABOVE. HE SAYS, "I will exalt You," meaning in all THREE NAMES, YUD HEI VAV HEI, "MY ELOHIM," AND "YOU," and together "I will praise Your name" as proper. That name is known TO BE MALCHUT CALLED 'NAME.' "For You have done wonderful things" (Yeshayah 25:1): "WONDERFUL" IS A LANGUAGE OF CONCEALMENT THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE MADE a cover and attire to the concealed light of Atika, WHICH IS BINAH. The beginning of the top level, WHICH IS THE CHOCHMAH CONTAINED WITHIN, IS REFERRED TO AS concealed primordial man, so that he will be attired with a cover of another light THAT IS CHASSADIM.
