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# pomegranate

noun (pomegranates)

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

## Everyday

A round fruit with a tough red skin and many juicy red seeds inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pomegranate/#m1)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales, a tree or fruit is given as a gift or argued over as the most beautiful thing

### Examples

- THE POMEGRANATE and Apple-Tree disputed as to which was the most beautiful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pomegranate/#x1)
- Pearls and pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pomegranate/#x2)
- She cut the pomegranate and ate the red seeds one by one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pomegranate/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; counting the seeds is a count, but the word carries no operation

## In 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.

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pomegranate/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pomegranate/#x2)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pomegranate/#x3)
- Thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil. (Writings SNG.6.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pomegranate/#x4)
- Thy shoots are a park of pomegranates, with precious fruits; henna with spikenard plants, (Writings SNG.4.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pomegranate/#x5)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pomegranate/#x6)

### Note

nothing for maths; counting the seeds is a count, but the word carries no operation

## On Mova

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