Binah — shaping understanding
Left-side supernal understanding
Binah marks the formative understanding that gives the prayer's initial intention a discernible shape. Its viewer-left position follows the diagram's symbolic pillar convention and is not a claim that cognition or prayer is physically located in one cerebral hemisphere.
Point 3 of 7 in Kabbalistic Prayer Body (Kavvanot)
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
Hayyim Vital, Sha'ar ha-Kavvanot (Gate of Intentions), derushei the Amidah (primary_canonical)
The prayer derushim use the sefirotic triad to structure kavvanah; the left head coordinate is an editorial Adam Kadmon-inspired projection.