Extra insight

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Extra insight

Extra insight

Special wisdom; an exceptional level of understanding or intelligence.

(“And the Lord God built the rib – this teaches that the Holy One, blessed be He, gave extra insight to the woman more than to the man” – Niddah 45b; and likewise: “Extra insight was given to her to manage matters of judgment and to descend to the depth of every matter” – Shalom Aleichem; and likewise: “To praise him it is said, for extra insight and keenness of perception were given to him, to grasp every subtle flaw among the people of his domain” – Bialik; and likewise: “A person speaks only after much contemplation, and one who knows how to contemplate thus – extra insight was given to him” – Agnon.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בִּינָה יְתֵרָה

Definition (Hebrew)

חָכְמָה מְיֻחֶדֶת. מְנַת מַשְׂכָּל גְּבוֹהָה.

("וַיִּבֶן ה' אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הַצֵּלָע – מְלַמֵּד שֶׁנָּתַן הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בִּינָה יְתֵרָה בָּאִשָּׁה יוֹתֵר מִבָּאִישׁ" – נִדָּה מ״ה ע״ב, וְכֵן: "בִּינָה יְתֵרָה נִתְּנָה לָהּ לְכַלְכֵּל עֵסֶק בְּמִשְׁפָּט, וְלָרֶדֶת לְעָמְקוֹ שֶׁל כָּל דָּבָר" – שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם / חֲמִשָּׁה וְשִׁבְעִים אֶלֶף, י, וְכֵן: "וּלְשַׁבְּחוֹ נַגִּיד, שֶׁבִּינָה יְתֵרָה וּטְבִיעַת עַיִן נִתְּנָה בּוֹ, לִתְפֹּס כָּל פְּגִימָה דַקָּה שֶׁבְּאַנְשֵׁי חֶרְמוֹ" – בִּיאָלִיק / אֲרִיֵּה בַּעַל גּוּף, כ״ב, וְכֵן: "אֵין אָדָם אוֹמֵר אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן הָגָה הַרְבֵּה. וּמִי שֶׁיּוֹדֵעַ לְהָגוֹת כֵּן, בִּינָה יְתֵרָה נִתְּנָה לוֹ" – עַגְנוֹן / תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם, 79)

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