Al-bam is a method of alphabetic transformation. The basic "direct" transformation pattern, wherein the alef-beit is divided into two equal groups of eleven letters which are then paired (first to first, second to second, etc) to transform one into the other.
The name al-bam is a reference to the first two of these transformation pairs: alef–lamed and beit–mem.
This is the alphabetic transformation whose elements correspond to the sefirot within the partzuf of chochmah–Abba.
| Al-bam | |
| alef | lamed |
| beit | mem |
| gimmel | nun |
| dalet | samech |
| hei | ayin |
| vav | pei |
| zayin | tzadik |
| chet | kuf |
| tet | reish |
| yud | shin |
| kaf | tav |
