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(Lam. 1:1) "How she sits alone" [possibly also: How did the city get captive? BaDaD - Beit - By two mediums (as the Tannaim explain); DaD - breast, female; also Daleit, door (mouth), and in Aramaic "has-not," is Malkhut, speech, also perhaps alluding to a square Mem when joined together] – R' Chaninai and Rabbanan opened their lesson: Read [it] of Adam haRishon (Gen. 2), "And H' Elohim took eth-ha-Adam and put him in Gan Eden" etc. By what did he take him? R' Chaninai said, He took him with words, as it says, (Lev. 8), "Take et-Aharon." But Rabbanan said, "By Ruach (spirit), as it says (2 Kings 2), "Today H' takes your master from above your head."
אֵיכָה יָשְׁבָה בָדָד, ר' חֲנִינָאי וְרַבָּנָן פָּתְחֵי קְרָא בְּאָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן. (בראשית, ב) וַיִּקַּח ה' אֱלֹהִים אֶת הָאָדָם וַיַּנִּיחֵהוּ בְגַן עֵדֶן וְגו'. וַיִּקַּח, בַּמֶּה לְקָחוֹ. ר' חֲנִינָאי אָמַר, לְקָחוֹ בִּדְבָרִים. כמה דאת אמר (ויקרא, ח) קַח אֶת אַהֲרֹן. וְרַבָּנָן אָמְרוּ, לְקָחוֹ בְּרוּחַ. כמה דאת אמר, (מלכים ב, ב) הַיּוֹם ה' לֹקֵחַ אֶת אֲדֹנֶיךָ מֵעַל רֹאשֶׁךָ.
"And placed him (NChH) in Gan Eden" – so that he may have meNuChaH/serenity, knowing and recognizing the Chokhmah (Kabbalah) and the Torah. For Rabbi Chaninai said, "The Holy Blessed One taught the Torah to Adam," behold it's the scripture (Job. 28:28), "Then did He see it and tell it … And He said to Adam…" And the Ministering Angels were praising Him -
וַיַּנִּיחֵהוּ בְגַן עֵדֶן, כְּדֵי לִהְיוֹת לוֹ מְנוּחָה, לָדַעַת וּלְהַכִּיר הַחָכְמָה וְהַתּוֹרָה. דְּאָמַר רִבִּי חֲנִינָאי, הַתּוֹרָה לִימְדָהּ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לָאָדָם. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (איוב, כח) אָז רָאָהּ וַיְסַפְּרָהּ וְגו', וַיֹּאמֶר לָאָדָם. וְהָיוּ מַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת מְקַלְסִין לְפָנָיו.
Until S-M in heaven saw, and was jealous of him, and descended from heaven like in the image of a shadow, upon the Serpent. The Serpent appeared, and with the shadow upon it, [the S-M being] its power and strength.
עַד שֶׁרָאָה סמא"ל בַּשָּׁמַיִם, וְנִתְקַנֵּא בּוֹ, וְיָרַד מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם כִּדְמוּת צֵל עַל נָחָשׁ. הַנָּחָשׁ נִרְאָה, וְהַצֵּל עָלָיו, תָּקְפָא וְחֵילָא דִילֵיהּ.
… The Serpent approached the woman, for her Daat is lighter than the Ish's [more easily persuaded]. From here (we learn) the woman was only seduced by the other "woman" [In Tikunei Zohar it's mentioned the Serpent is the S-M's female mate] (Gen. 3) "And he said to the woman, Af (Even?, also Anger) did God say" – immediately he started with "Af." From here we learn that from the beginning of a person's words one can recognize who he is. So he opened with "Af" – revealing who he is.
קָרֵיב הַהוּא נָחָשׁ לְגַבֵּי אִיתְּתָא, דְּדַעְתָּא קַלָּה מִן הָאִישׁ. מִכָּאן דְּאִתְּתָא לָא אִתְפַּתַּת, אֶלָּא בְּאִתְּתָא אָחֳרָא. (בראשית, ג) וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל הָאִשָּׁה אַף כִּי אָמַר אֱלֹהִים, מִיָּד פָּתַח בְּאַף. מֵהָכָא, דְּבִתְחִלַּת דְּבָרָיו שֶׁל אָדָם נִיכָּר מִי הוּא. כָּךְ הוּא פָּתַח בְּאַף, לְהוֹדִיעַ מִי הוּא.
He raised this sign [Af?], whether she accepts or not. He pulled her with words [speech is Malkhut, female] until she opened with the Ot (letter/sign) Mem and said, "Mi-kol, From all the trees of the Gan we may eat-eat." Immediately the Serpent picked up the Ot (letter), and put her on his left arm, and was waiting for a Waw Taw from her mouth so that MWT (death) would be before them (spelled out).
נָטַל סִימָן זֶה, אִם תְּקַבֵּל, אִם לֹא תְקַבֵּל. וְהִמְשִׁיכָהּ בִּדְבָרִים, עַד שֶׁפָּתְחָה בְּאוֹת מ"ם, וְאָמְרָה מִכָּל עֵץ הַגָּן אָכֹל נֹאכֵל. מִיָּד נָטַל הַנָּחָשׁ הָאוֹת, וַיָּשֶׂם אוֹתָהּ עַל זְרוֹעוֹ הַשְּׂמָאלִית, וְהָיָה מַמְתִּין עַל וא"ו תי"ו מִפִּיהָ, כְּדֵי לִהְיוֹת מו"ת נָכוֹן לִפְנֵיהֶם.
He started seducing her, until it's written (Ibid.), "Wa-Tere, And she saw, the woman," [what seemed to be] a great and powerful reason, and the Otiyot Waw Taw flew and joined with Ot Mem, but Ot Mem was going up and down and not joining with them -
הִתְחִיל לְפַתּוֹתָהּ, עַד דִּכְתִיב, (שם) וַתֵּרֶא הָאִשָּׁה, בְּטַעְמָא סַגֵּי וְתַקִּיף. מְלַמֵּד, שֶׁפָּרְחוּ הָאוֹתִיּוֹת וא"ו תי"ו, וְסָלְקוּ לְהִתְחַבֵּר עִם אוֹת מ"ם. וְאוֹת מ"ם הָיְתָה עוֹלָה וְיוֹרֶדֶת, וְלֹא הָיְתָה מִתְחַבֶּרֶת עִמָּהֶם.