1) mandrake, love-apple 1a) as exciting sexual desire, and favouring procreation
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H1736 — דּוּדַי
du.day · mandrake · Hebrew/Aramaic
4 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 30:14 · דֽוּדָאִים֙ · מִדּוּדָאֵ֖יNow during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”Genesis 30:15 · דּוּדָאֵ֖י · דּוּדָאֵ֥יBut Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”Genesis 30:16 · בְּדוּדָאֵ֖יWhen Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.Song of Solomon 7:13 · הַֽדּוּדָאִ֣יםThe mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.