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title: נֹפֶךְ — ruby · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֹפֶךְ (5306), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: ruby. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֹפֶךְ

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«נֹפֶךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ruby** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 5306 · **BDB:** נֹ֫פֶךְ

### Glosses

turquoise (2); \[was\].a.turquoise (1); \[will.be\].a.turquoise (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ruby [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5306/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] a precious stone which Tyre gained by trade Ez 27:16 (where נ׳ doubted by Berthol, queried by Toy Hpt), cf. 28:13 (symbol. of wealth and honour of king of Tyre); in high priest’s breastplate Ex 28:18; 39:11. Perhaps = ruby or carbuncle 𝔊 Joseph. ἄνθραξ, 𝔙 carbunculus, cf. Di Ex Kau Ex Sgfr Ezek Co Berthol; 𝔗 AV emerald.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נֹפֶךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5306/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 28:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.18/)

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וְהַטּ֖וּר הַשֵּׁנִ֑י נֹ֥פֶךְ סַפִּ֖יר וְיָהֲלֹֽם׃

*Word for word:* and the row (the) second \[will.be\].a.turquoise a.sapphire and an.emerald

*JPS 1917:* and the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald;

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[Exodus 39:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.11/)

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וְהַטּ֖וּר הַשֵּׁנִ֑י נֹ֥פֶךְ סַפִּ֖יר וְיָהֲלֹֽם׃

*Word for word:* and the row (the) second \[was\].a.turquoise a.sapphire and an.emerald

*JPS 1917:* And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald.

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