Bible Strands
Song of Solomon 7:13
The 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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses her beloved at their shared doorway, offering provisions immediately after proposing they visit the vineyards to observe spring growth.
The words — הַדּוּדָ֣אִים (ha.du.da'îm) literally means "the mandrakes," which the text states release a fragrance, while מְגָדִ֔ים (me.ga.dîm) translates directly as "choice things" or delicacies.
The thread — Mandrakes surface in Genesis 30:14 during a harvest narrative, and the act of storing "new as well as old" provisions mirrors the homeowner in Matthew 13:52 who brings forth treasures.
Why it lands — The text plainly states that cultivated gifts and stored provisions are placed at the threshold for the beloved, requiring the reader to acknowledge tangible care as the foundation of relational commitment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Genesis 30:14 Now 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.”
- Matthew 13:52 Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
- Song of Solomon 4:13 Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,
- Song of Solomon 4:16 Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.
- Isaiah 23:18 Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.
- Isaiah 60:6 Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
- Matthew 25:40 And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
- John 15:8 This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
- Romans 15:25 Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.
- 1 Corinthians 2:9 Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”