The meaning of “דּוּדַי”
Understanding dûwday reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
basket, mandrake. - a boiler or basket - also the mandrake (as an aphrodisiac) 1) mandrake, love-apple 1a) as exciting s...
דּוּדַי
basket, mandrake. - a boiler or basket - also the mandrake (as an aphrodisiac) 1) mandrake, love-apple 1a) as exciting sexual desire, and favouring procreation
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 30:14 | “And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.” Word: דּוּדַי (dûwday) | |
| Genesis 30:15 | “And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken 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.” Word: דּוּדַי (dûwday) | |
| Genesis 30:16 | “And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.” Word: דּוּדַי (dûwday) | |
| Song of Solomon 7:13 | “The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved. ” Word: דּוּדַי (dûwday) | |
| Jeremiah 24:1 | “The Lord shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the Lord, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.” Word: דּוּדַי (dûwday) |