Understanding of the Heart
The inner sensations. The world of emotion.
("Thus, remember that "hearing" is the language that includes hearing with the ear and understanding with the heart, as if to say that he should direct his heart in his words regarding the issue of uniqueness" - Rabbi Bechay Devarim, Chapter 6)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֲבָנַת הַלֵּב
Definition (Hebrew)
הַתְּחוּשׁוֹת הַפְּנִימִיּוֹת. עוֹלַם הָרֶגֶשׁ.
("לְכָךְ הִזְכִּיר "שְׁמַע" שֶׁהוּא לָשׁוֹן כּוֹלֵל שְׁמִיעַת הָאֹזֶן וַהֲבָנַת הַלֵּב, כְּלוֹמַר שֶׁיַּכְוִין לִבּוֹ בִּדְבָרָיו בְּעִנְיַן הַיִּחוּד"- רַבֵּנוּ בְּחַיֵּי דְּבָרִים פֶּרֶק ו)