314. Before the corrections of the king were prepared, Atik of Atiks, the upper Emanator, was building worlds and correcting corrections so as to exist. Nukva was not perfumed and did not exist until the upper Hesed descended and they existed, since she is Hochma of the left, which does not exist unless by clothing with the Hesed on the right, and the corrections of Nukva in Yesod, Hesed, were perfumed.
It is written, “These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom,” in a place where all the judgments are there, since Edom indicates judgments. They were not perfumed until He established everything and Hesed came out and settled in the Peh of Yesod, in the Ateret Yesod, where the Hochma became revealed.
It is written “died” since they did not exist and were not perfumed, since they are judgment without Hesed, since the breaking of the vessels was in every Sefira; this is why The Zohar mentions them in Atik, in ZA, and in Nukva. It says that this is why the seven kings of Nukva broke, since they had Hochma without Hassadim, until King Hadar, Hassadim, came out, and then they existed.
315. Is it possible that they are all judgments? After all, it is written, “Shaul of Rehovot-by-the-River reigned in his place,” and it did not seem as though there would be judgment, since Rehovot-by-the-River is Bina from which fifty gates of lights and candles open to the six edges of the world, which is ZA, who is called “world.” This is why it is called Rehovot. Thus, Shaul of Rehovot-by-the-River is not judgment. Rather, they are all judgment except for one, the last king to exist, Hadar. Shaul of Rehovot-by-the-River is only the left side which expanded and emerged from Rehovot-by-the-River, which is why, he, too, is judgment.
316. All of them did not exist. It is not that they were canceled, but that they did not exist in a reign of judgment until the last of them awakened and expanded, as it is written, “And Hadar reigned in his place,” namely upper Hesed. “And the name of his city was Pa’u,” for through him, one Po’eh, meaning rewarded with the spirit of holiness. “His city” is from the word “awakening” [in Hebrew]. “The name of his wife Mehitabel, daughter of Matred, daughter of Mey Zahav. Here they were perfumed in one another, and Malchut is called his wife, for it is not written about all of them, “And the name of his wife.”
317. Mehitabel indicates perfuming of male and Nukva in one another. ZA is HaVaYaH filled with the letters Aleph, which is MA [45] in Gematria. The Nukva is HaVaYaH filled with the letters Hey, which is BON [52] in Gematria. Mehitabel is MA and BON in Gematria [97].
Daughter of Matred, after the corrections in her from the side of Gevura. Matred comes from the word Tradot [troubles/nuisances]. Daughter of Mey Zahav means that mercy and judgment were perfumed and incorporated in one another, since Zahav [gold] indicates judgment, illumination of Hochma, and Mey [water of] is Hassadim, and they are incorporated together. Here, the man and the woman adhered to one another, Mehitabel in Hadar.