Binah

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Binah is the third sefirah in Kabbalistic mysticism, representing understanding, structure, and the divine feminine aspect of creation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Binah canonical 16
בינה 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kabbalistic concept ⓘ
sefirah ⓘ
alsoCalled Great Sea (Yam HaGadol) ⓘ
linked to: Levantine Sea

Mother of the living ⓘ
Palace ⓘ
appearsIn Lurianic Kabbalah ⓘ
linked to: Safed Kabbalah

Zohar ⓘ
associatedWith analysis ⓘ
contemplation ⓘ
divine feminine ⓘ
form-giving ⓘ
immanence ⓘ
intellect ⓘ
limitation ⓘ
severity ⓘ
structure ⓘ
understanding ⓘ
associatedWithBodyPart right hemisphere of the brain (symbolic) ⓘ
associatedWithColor black (in some Kabbalistic schemes) ⓘ
dark indigo (in some esoteric schemes) ⓘ
associatedWithDivineName YHWH Elohim ⓘ
associatedWithElement water (in some systems) ⓘ
associatedWithEmotion awe ⓘ
sorrow (in some interpretations) ⓘ
associatedWithGender female ⓘ
associatedWithPartzuf Imma ⓘ
associatedWithPlanet Saturn ⓘ
category Jewish mysticism ⓘ
functionInEthics discernment and judgment ⓘ
functionInPsyche capacity to understand and differentiate ⓘ
hebrewName בינה ⓘ
linked to: Binah
locatedOnPillar left pillar ⓘ
pillar of severity ⓘ
meaningOfName understanding ⓘ
pairedWith Chokhmah ⓘ
partOf Tree of Life (Kabbalah) ⓘ
upper triad of sefirot ⓘ
positionInSefirot third sefirah ⓘ
precedes Chesed ⓘ
relationshipToChokhmah receives and shapes the flash of wisdom ⓘ
relationshipToKeter emanates from Keter ⓘ
relationshipToLowerSefirot source of structure for the lower sefirot ⓘ
roleInCreation channel of divine understanding into form ⓘ
womb of creation ⓘ
symbolizes mother principle ⓘ
processing of wisdom into understanding ⓘ
repentance (teshuvah) ⓘ
supernal mother ⓘ
tradition Kabbalah ⓘ
worldCorrespondence Beriah ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sefirot → element → Binah ⓘ
Keter → above → Binah ⓘ
Keter → emanates → Binah ⓘ
Binah → hebrewName → בינה ⓘ
subject linked to: sefirah Binah
linked to: Binah
Sephiroth → hasElement → Binah ⓘ
Chesed → locatedBelow → Binah ⓘ
Binah → hebrewName → בינה ⓘ
linked to: Binah
Keter Elyon → relatedTo → Binah ⓘ
subject linked to: Keter Elyon (supreme crown)
Daʻat → relatedToSefirah → Binah ⓘ
subject linked to: Daʻat (in some systems)
Daʻat → distinguishedFrom → Binah ⓘ
subject linked to: Daʻat (in some systems)
Chokhmah → precedes → Binah ⓘ
Chokhmah → pairedWith → Binah ⓘ
Chokhmah → channelTo → Binah ⓘ
Kether → pathTo → Binah ⓘ