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# spikenard

«spikenard» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A sweet-smelling oil or perfume made from the root of a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A sweet-smelling oil or perfume made from the root of a plant from the Himalayan mountains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spikenard/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Song of Songs it is one of the costly spices that fill the lovers' garden with fragrance. Interpretation: Jewish tradition reads the Song of Songs as a love story between God and Israel, so the precious perfume stands for Israel's devotion and its good deeds.

### examples

- While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance. (Writings SNG.1.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spikenard/#x1)
- 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/S/spikenard/#x2)
- Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices. (Writings SNG.4.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spikenard/#x3)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.11/)
- [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/)
- [Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.60/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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