pomegranate
part of speech
noun (pomegranates)
meaning for a pupil
A round fruit with a tough red skin and many juicy red seeds inside. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: One of the fruits of the Promised Land. Pomegranates were also sewn on the hem of the high priest's robe, alternating with golden bells. Interpretation: Tradition says a pomegranate holds 613 seeds, like the commandments. It is eaten on Rosh Hashanah in hope that our good deeds will be many. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales, a tree or fruit is given as a gift or argued over as the most beautiful thing
examples
- a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey; (Torah DEU.8.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. (Torah EXO.39.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about. (Torah EXO.28.34, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil. (Writings SNG.6.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thy shoots are a park of pomegranates, with precious fruits; henna with spikenard plants, (Writings SNG.4.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- And there were ninety and six pomegranates on the outside; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network round about. (Prophets JER.52.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- THE POMEGRANATE and Apple-Tree disputed as to which was the most beautiful. tree →
- Pearls and pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. tree →
- She cut the pomegranate and ate the red seeds one by one. tree →
note
nothing for maths; counting the seeds is a count, but the word carries no operation
In the corpora
- a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about.
- And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
- a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey;
- And there were ninety and six pomegranates on the outside; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network round about.
- Thy shoots are a park of pomegranates, with precious fruits; henna with spikenard plants,
Trees and pragmatics
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