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

### 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 →](https://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mandrake/#x4)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.900/)
- [Then Rachel said to Leah: 'Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.901/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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