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# mandrake

noun

«mandrake» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

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.

### Meaning

A plant with a thick forked root, once believed to help people have children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mandrake/#m1)

### Examples

- Then Rachel said to Leah: 'Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.' (Torah GEN.30.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mandrake/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mandrake/#x2)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mandrake/#x3)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mandrake/#x4)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mandrake» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mandrake/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mandrake» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/mandrake.html) on Mova free.