mandrake

«mandrake» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A plant with a thick forked root, once believed to help… — 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 plant with a thick forked root, once believed to help people have children. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Tradition reads the story as showing Rachel's longing for children and the jealousy between her and Leah, and says God, not the plant, answered.

examples

• Then Rachel said to Leah: 'Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.' (Torah GEN.30.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. (Torah GEN.30.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• And she said unto her: 'Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also?' And Rachel said: 'Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.' (Torah GEN.30.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• The mandrakes give forth fragrance, and at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved. (Writings SNG.7.14, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah.
• Then Rachel said to Leah: 'Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.'

Trees and pragmatics

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