The names of the tribes, angels and olive trees.

The malach asked Manoach, Shimshon's father, why do you ask my name? it is "Pelhi." From the language of "mufla" or "beyond." Above and beyond intellectual understanding. The same language used by the Torah when someone takes a neder nazir, "ki 'yafli' lindor." Just as the hair the nazir wears is called "nezer E-lokav," "his divine crown."

Similarly the divine flow through the malachim is compared to the stars, "le'kulam be'shem yikra," he calls each a separate name. Just as the name asked of the malach; each name representing Hashem's divine flow from above in a particular way.

The names, "Shemos" of bnei Yisrael, also compared to stars, "ve'eleh shemos" here corresponding with "ve'eleh toldos ha'shamayim" the hosts of heaven. The word kochav is composed of gematria 26 and 22. Corresponding with Hashem's name and the 22 letters pf the Alef Beis. The concept of Hashem's name being revealed downward through the process of supernal speach. 

So, if "you're name is like poured oil," "shemen turak shemecha, it is like an olive tree that "has a name" in its field, in Mishna perek 7 of Peah, like "Shofchani," that you draw from it oil with a great flow. So because it has a name it can not be forgotten. So to the stars and the tribes, as they're called names, represent their divine credence and flow.

From The second Ve'eleh Shemos Ohr Hatorah

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