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Binah

Translation

Understanding, Discernment

Description

Binah refers to the analytic, distinguishing aspects of God's thought.

It is the uppermost feminine element in the Godhead, and is symbolized as the mother of the Shekhinah. Many of the symbols associated with Binah are therefore identicalto those of the Shekhinah.

Having received the seed from Hokhmah, Binah conceived and gave birth to the seven lower Sefirot.

There are fifty "Gates of Understanding."

Human Imagery (Primordial Man)

Forehead.

Biblical Figure

The Matriarch Leah.

Names of God

Elohim.
The Hebrew letter "he" in the four-letter name of God (The "Tetragrammaton").
The Tegtragrammaton when vocalized as the word "Elohim" ("God").

Other Symbols and Images

Supernal Mother, Supernal Shekhinah.
Palace.
Womb.
"Who."
Palace, Building.
Repentance ("Return," Teshuvah).
A river branching out into seven streams.
Supernal Jubilee.
The Hebrew Alphabet.
Supernal Justice.
Beersheba.
Lebanon (identified in Jewish tradition with Jerusalem).
Redemption.
Vows.