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# pomegranate

«pomegranate» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A round fruit with a tough red skin and many juicy red…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (pomegranates)

### meaning for a pupil

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

### 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 →](https://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pomegranate/#x6)
- THE POMEGRANATE and Apple-Tree disputed as to which was the most beautiful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pomegranate/#x7)
- Pearls and pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pomegranate/#x8)
- She cut the pomegranate and ate the red seeds one by one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pomegranate/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.832/)
- [And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1207/)
- [a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.254/)
- [And there were ninety and six pomegranates on the outside; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network round about.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1467/)
- [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 «pomegranate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pomegranate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.