זוהר שמות — דף קט ע”ב

The Saba opens with the secret of the snowy day when he slew the lion in the pit — a day of redemption when the shell is subjugated and the inner light revealed. The thirteen mighty men mentioned in Samuel II correspond to the thirteen attributes of mercy from the side of Gevurah. The secret of Amor Yomar — the doubled term indicates the world to come and the present world, the revealed and the hidden.