henna

«henna» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A shrub with sweet-smelling flower clusters, also used… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A shrub with sweet-smelling flower clusters, also used for a reddish dye. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: In the Song of Songs the henna is a sweet picture of the beloved. Tradition reads the whole Song as the love between God and Israel.

examples

• Thy shoots are a park of pomegranates, with precious fruits; henna with spikenard plants, (Writings SNG.4.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of En-gedi. (Writings SNG.1.14, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of En-gedi.
• Thy shoots are a park of pomegranates, with precious fruits; henna with spikenard plants,

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «henna» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.