Ban (Kabbalah)

Ban, or bet-nun, is the numerical value of 52 in Hebrew letters (nun=50; bet=2). This numerical value is derived from the letters of the Tetragrammaton, the four-letter name of God referred to as the name of Havaya, when they are spelled out in full using the letter heh. In other words, each of its letters of the name of Havaya is written out as a separate word, and the letter heh is used in order to fill out the letters, as follows: The yod is spelled out as yod-vav-dalet (יוד), the heh is spelled heh-heh (הה), the vav is spelled vav-vav (וו), and the final heh is spelled heh-heh (הה). Ban represents the level of Malkhut or the light of Malkhut.