mandrakes

They spread far and wide at their tops, and their branches twist and bend in the most tortuous manner; sometimes reminding one of those strange things called mandrakes, of which there is a superstition noticed by Shakespeare --

Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote

Part I.p. 420; but have since seen such a very probable account in M.S. of my learned friend Mr. Samuel Barker, of what we still call mandrakes, and their description by the ancient naturalists and physicians, as inclines me to think these here mentioned were really mandrakes, and no other.

Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709

What kind of fruit this was is not clear, but Brugsch thought they were "mandrakes," the so-called

Legends of the Gods The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations 1895

_dudaim_ in the Old Testament, which is often translated "mandrakes" or

The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith

"The same word is translated 'mandrakes' in Song of Songs vii.

The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith

Mr.F. Ll. Griffith informs me that Gauthier's criticism of the translation "mandrakes" is undoubtedly just: but that the substance referred to was most probably "red ochre" or "hæmatite". [

The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith

They gave him mandrakes in vinegar, which put him out and he woke up later.

Friendly religious questions for Christians and other monotheists 2009

They gave him mandrakes in vinegar, which put him out and he woke up later.

Friendly religious questions for Christians and other monotheists 2009

This midrash incorporates several aggadic traditions according to which Leah gave birth to Issachar and Zebulun by merit of the mandrakes that she gave her sister.

Rachel: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

Leah lost the mandrakes and was rewarded with tribes; Rachel lost burial, and was rewarded with the birthright (Gen. Rabbah 72: 3).

Rachel: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009