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title: נְכֹאת — a spice · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְכֹאת (5219), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: a spice. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְכֹאת

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«נְכֹאת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a spice** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 5219 · **BDB:** נְכֹאת

### Glosses

spice (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a spice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5219/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5219/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a spice, (usually understood of tragacanth gum, exuding from astralagus bush, Di Gn 27:25 and reff.; NowArch. i. 64 (and 249); cf. also Löw§ 24; but = Arabic نَكَأَة = نَكَعَة summitas rubicunda sive flores plantae (i.e. a certain plant, Frey), according to HomAufsätze 4);—abs. נ׳ Gn 37:25 (+ צְרִי, לֹט, as merchandise), 43:11 (+ id., also דְּבַשׁ, בָּטְנִים, שְׁקֵדִים, as gift).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְכֹאת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5219/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 37:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.37.25/)

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וַיֵּשְׁבוּ֮ לֶֽאֱכָל־לֶחֶם֒ וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ עֵֽינֵיהֶם֙ וַיִּרְא֔וּ וְהִנֵּה֙ אֹרְחַ֣ת יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים בָּאָ֖ה מִגִּלְעָ֑ד וּגְמַלֵּיהֶ֣ם נֹֽשְׂאִ֗ים נְכֹאת֙ וּצְרִ֣י וָלֹ֔ט הוֹלְכִ֖ים לְהוֹרִ֥יד מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃

*Word for word:* and they.sat.down to eat bread and they.lifted.up eyes their and they.saw and there! a.caravan of.Ishmaelites \[was\].coming from Gilead and camels their \[were\].carrying spice and balm and myrrh \[they.were\].traveling to take.\[them\].down to Egypt

*JPS 1917:* And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and ladanum, going to carry it down to Egypt.

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[Genesis 43:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.43.11/)

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֜ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל אֲבִיהֶ֗ם אִם־כֵּ֣ן ׀ אֵפוֹא֮ זֹ֣את עֲשׂוּ֒ קְח֞וּ מִזִּמְרַ֤ת הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ בִּכְלֵיכֶ֔ם וְהוֹרִ֥ידוּ לָאִ֖ישׁ מִנְחָ֑ה מְעַ֤ט צֳרִי֙ וּמְעַ֣ט דְּבַ֔שׁ נְכֹ֣את וָלֹ֔ט בָּטְנִ֖ים וּשְׁקֵדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to them Israel father their if so then this do take some of.the.best.products of the.land in vessels your and take.down to the man a.gift a.little of.balm and a.little of.honey spice and myrrh pistachio.nuts and almonds

*JPS 1917:* And their father Israel said unto them: 'If it be so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and ladanum, nuts, and almonds;

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