Keter - "Crown": Divine Will to create/Infinite Light of the Creator/the Hebrew name of God "Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh-I Am that I Am" Chokhmah - "Wisdom": First unbounded flash of an idea before it takes on limitations/male light/Divine Reality/first revelation/creation from nothingness Binah - "Understanding": the infinite flash of Chochmah brought into the vessel of understanding to give it grasp of breadth and depth/feminine vessel that gives birth to the emotions/reason/understanding brings teshuva return to God Da'at - "Knowledge": Central state of unity of the 10 sefirot, also called the Tree of Life.[citation needed] Chesed - "Kindness": Loving grace of free giving/love of God/inspiring vision Gevurah - "Severity": Strength/discipline/judgment/withholding/awe of God Tiferet - "Beauty": Symmetry/balance between Chesed and Gevurah in compassion Netzach - "Eternity": 'perpetuity', 'victory', or 'endurance' Hod - "Splendor": Withdrawal/Surrender/sincerity Yesod - "Foundation": Connecting to the task to accomplish/wholly remembering/coherent knowledge Malkuth - "Kingship": Female vessel for the pregnant nurturing of the male lights of the emotional sefirot into action/becomes the Keter Will source for any subsequent lower level in Creation/accomplishment/realization of the Divine Plan.