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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/henna/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/henna/#x1)
- My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of En-gedi. (Writings SNG.1.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/henna/#x2)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.13/)
- [Thy shoots are a park of pomegranates, with precious fruits; henna with spikenard plants,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.59/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «henna» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/henna/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.