נקד TWOT 1410, 1411 ( √ of foll.; NH נָקַד point, furnish with points; cf. Syriac
ܢܩܰܙ
(
nqaz
) (very rare)
PS
2453;
n.
ܢܽܘܩܙܳܐ
(
nuqzo
), but also
ܢܽܘܩܕܳܐ
(
nuqdo
)
point, mark;
vbs.
perhaps denom.; Arabic
نَقَطَ
(
naqaṭa
)
point
or
dot
(letter, word, etc.),
II.
make specks, spots
, on garment, etc., prob. loan-word
Frä
195;
Di
Lex. 648
cp.
Ethiopic
(
naqza
)
be decayed, worm-eaten
(of wood, bread, etc.)
)
.
נָקַד
adj.
speckled
;only of sheep and goats;
נ׳
Gn 30:32
(
×2
)
, fpl.
נְקֻדֹּות
v
35
(all
||
טָלוּא
),
mpl.
נְקֻדִּים
v
39
(
||
id.
+
עֲקֻדִּים
;all these
J
);
mpl.
also
31:8
(×2) and (
+
עֲקֻדִּים
,
בְּרֻדִּים
)
v
1
0,
12
(all
E
).
[
נִקּוּד
S
5350
TWOT
1410b
GK
5926
]
n.
[
m.
] perhaps
what is crumbled
or easily
crumbles, crumb
(
cf.
נְקֻדָּה
);only
pl.
1.
crumbs:
כֹּל לֶחֶם צֵידָם יָבֵשׁ הָיָה נִקֻּדִים
Jos 9:5
all the bread of their provision was dry
(and)
become crumbs
(
Ö
βεβρωµένος[οι]
;
É
in frusta comminuti
),
cf.
יָבֵשׁ וְהָיָה נ׳
v
12
(
v. Di Ben
n).
2.
appar. a kind of (hard) biscuit or cake
1 K 14:3
(brought as present;
+
לֶחֶם
, etc.).
[ נְקֻדָּה S 5351 TWOT 1410c GK 5925 ] n.f. point , or drop ;only pl. cstr. תֹּורֵי זָהָב נַעֲשֶׂה־לָּךְ עִם נְקֻדֹּות הַכָּסֶף Ct 1:11 rows (strings or chains) of gold will we make for thee, with points of silver .
II.
I.
נקד TWOT 1410, 1411 ( √ of foll. cf. Arabic نَقَدٌ (naqadun) a kind of small sheep with very abundant wool ( Jacob Altarab. Bed. Lebe n, 1897, 83 ), whence نَقَّادٌ ( naqqādun ) shepherd of this kind of sheep; נקד perhaps MI 30; Assyrian nâḳidu Dl HWB 479; cf. NH נֹוקֵד (rare) ) .
PS R. Payne Smith, Thesaurus Syriacus. vbs. verbs.
Benn W. H. Bennett. Jacob G. Jacob.
Bed. Leben G. Jacob, Leben der vorislamischen Beduinen . MI Mesha-Inscription.
Dl Freidrich Delitzsch, Assyriches Handwörterbuch;