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There is also the dudaim group of small, especially musky melons used in the U.S. South and elsewhere for preserves and simply to scent the air pocket melon, pomegranate melon, smell melon; dudaim is Hebrew for “love-plants.”
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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There is also the dudaim group of small, especially musky melons used in the U.S. South and elsewhere for preserves and simply to scent the air pocket melon, pomegranate melon, smell melon; dudaim is Hebrew for “love-plants.”
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Horowitz also connects dod to the mandrake flowers known as dudaim דודאים because "women believed these flowers stimulated their husbands 'love for them."
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Horowitz also connects dod to the mandrake flowers known as dudaim דודאים because "women believed these flowers stimulated their husbands 'love for them."
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D+W+D+#J+M%, (dudaim,) from D+W+D+, (dud,) beloved; supposed to be a species of melon with purple flowers.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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It happened once that her oldest son Reuben was tending his father's ass during the harvest, and he bound him to a root of dudaim, and went his way.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 Louis Ginzberg 1913
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On returning, he found the dudaim torn out of the ground, and the ass lying dead beside it.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 Louis Ginzberg 1913
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Rachel desired the dudaim, and she asked the plant of
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 Louis Ginzberg 1913
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Hebrew dudaim; i.e., "love-plants", occurs only in Gen. 30: 14-16 and Cant.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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Many interpretations have been given of this word dudaim.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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