Now Reubel, the eldest son of Lea, brought apples /bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a discourse of the building.htmĬoncerning Jacob's Flight into Mesopotamia, by Reason of the Fear. Mo Her gardens yield the chief, the richest spice, Surpassing them of. ![]() The pomegranates at all her gates do grow, Mandrakes and vines, with other dainties /the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/13 the nature of spiritual.htmĪ Discourse of the Building, Nature, Excellency, and Government of. Reuben found mandrakes in the field' (Genesis 30:14). God often gives us this sauce to sharpen our hunger after /guyon/song of songs of solomon/chapter vii.htm New and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.13. The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, /mede/a key to the apocalypse/the first part. On account of the mandrakes which he found, (but this is a foolish. Our ancestors have said, that there was the figure of a man on the standard of Reuben, /josephus/the antiquities of the jews/book 1 footnotes. Render the Hebrew word Dudaim, of the Syrian Maux, with Ludolphus, Antbent. 36] I formerly explained these mandrakes, as we, with the Septuagint, and Josephus, /leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxx.htm ![]() Mandrakes in the field and brought them to Leah, his mother. And Reuben went out in the days of the wheat harvest and found /francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter ix a confirmation of.htm Some mandrakes, which he brought as a present to his mother. Reuben the first of these had gone into the fields at harvest-time and found /v the testament of issachar concerning.htmĪ Confirmation of what Has Been Said by a Noteworthy Comparison. And she said,īehold, let Jacob be to thee this night instead of the mandrakes of thy son. I was the fifth son born to Jacob, even the hire of the mandrakes. The Testament of Issachar Concerning Simplicity. /guyon/song of songs of solomon/13 the mandrakes give a.htm Pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my Beloved. The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of The Mandrakes Give a Smell, and at Our Gates are all Manner of. The plant was well known as an aphrodisiac by the ancients ( Songs 7:13). They are still used in folklore medicine in Palestine. The fruit is called in Arabic baid el-jinn, the "eggs of the jinn" they have a narcotic smell and sweetish taste, but are too poisonous to be used as food. The root is long and branched to pull it up is still considered unlucky (compare Josephus, BJ, VII, vi, 3). The plant has a rosette of handsome dark leaves, dark purple flowers and orange, tomato-like fruit. It is a common plant all over Palestine, flourishing particularly in the spring and ripening about the time of the wheat harvest ( Genesis 30:14). Man'-draks (dudha'im mandragoras ( Genesis 30:14 Songs 7:13) the marginal reading "love apples" is due to the supposed connection of dudha'im with dodhim, "love"): Mandrakes are the fruit of the Mandragora officinarum, a member of the Solanaceae or potato order, closely allied to the Atropa belladonna. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia MANDRAKES Used in small quantities like opium, it excites the nerves, and is a stimulant. ![]() Richardson ("Lectures on Alcohol," 1881) tried some experiments with wine made of the root of mandrake, and found it narcotic, causing sleep, so that the ancients used it as an anaesthetic. The Arabs call it "devil's apple," from its power to excite voluptuousness. Its fruit when ripe (early in May) is about the size of a small apple, 24 inches in diameter, ruddy or yellow and of a most agreeable odor (to Orientals more than to Europeans) and an equally agreeable taste. The flowers are purple,and the root is usually forked. (It grows low, like lettuce, which its leaves somewhat resemble, except that they are of a dark green. bellndonna, and to the tomato, and belongs to the order Solanaceae, or potato family. dudraim) are mentioned in ( Genesis 30:14,16) and in Song 7:13 The mandrake, Atropa mandragora, is closely allied to the well-known deadly nightshade, A.
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