דּוּדַי

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1736

mandrake — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

mandrake tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

דּוּדַי: n.m. mandrake tree →

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.

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)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the mandrakes (3); mandrakes (2); of the mandrakes (1).

In the verses

Song of Songs 7:14 · tree →

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.

Genesis 30:15 · tree →

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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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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