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title: דּוּדַי — mandrake · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דּוּדַי (1736), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: mandrake. BDB 1906: n.m. mandrake. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דּוּדַי

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«דּוּדַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mandrake** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 1736 · **BDB:** דּוּדַי

### Glosses

the.mandrakes (3); mandrakes (2); of.the.mandrakes (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mandrake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1736/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. mandrake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1736/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 30:14 mandrake (as love-producing, cf. Di Gn 30:14)—pl. דּוּדָאִים cf. Ew189 g Sta§§ 301. 122) Gn 30:14 Ct 7:14; cstr. דּוּדָאֵי Gn 30:14 + 3 times;—mandrakes, as exciting sexual desire, and favouring procreation Gn 30:14(×2), 15(×2), 16 (J); also Ct 7:14 where odour referred to. On דּוּדָאֵי Je 24:1 vessels, baskets, v. דּוּד.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דּוּדַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1736/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 7:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.7.14/)

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הַֽדּוּדָאִ֣ים נָֽתְנוּ־רֵ֗יחַ וְעַל־פְּתָחֵ֙ינוּ֙ כָּל־מְגָדִ֔ים חֲדָשִׁ֖ים גַּם־יְשָׁנִ֑ים דּוֹדִ֖י צָפַ֥נְתִּי לָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* the mandrakes they.have.given.forth an.odor and \[will.be\].over doorway(s) our all excellent.things new also old my.lover my I.have.stored.up for you

*JPS 1917:* 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.

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[Genesis 30:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.15/)

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וַתֹּ֣אמֶר לָ֗הּ הַמְעַט֙ קַחְתֵּ֣ךְ אֶת־אִישִׁ֔י וְלָקַ֕חַת גַּ֥ם אֶת־דּוּדָאֵ֖י בְּנִ֑י וַתֹּ֣אמֶר רָחֵ֗ל לָכֵן֙ יִשְׁכַּ֤ב עִמָּךְ֙ הַלַּ֔יְלָה תַּ֖חַת דּוּדָאֵ֥י בְנֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* and she.said to her ? small \[was\].your taking (et) husband my and taking also (et) the.mandrakes my.son my and she.said Rachel therefore he.will.lie with you this night for the.mandrakes your.son your

*JPS 1917:* 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.'

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