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title: נִקֻּדִים — what is crumbled · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נִקֻּדִים (5350), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: what is crumbled. BDB 1906: what is crumbled crumbles, crumb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נִקֻּדִים

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«נִקֻּדִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **what is crumbled** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5350 · **BDB:** נִקּוּד

### Glosses

crumbs (2); cakes (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

what is crumbled [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5350/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

what is crumbled crumbles, crumb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5350/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] perhaps what is crumbled or easily crumbles, crumb (cf. נְקֻדָּה);—only pl. crumbs: כֹּל לֶחֶם צֵידָם יָבֵשׁ֭ הָיָה נִקֻּדִים Jos 9:5 all the bread of their provision was dry (and) become crumbs (𝔊 βεβρωμένος\[οι\]; 𝔙 in frusta comminuti), cf. יָבֵשׁ וְהָיָה נ׳ v 12 (v. Di Benn). appar. a kind of (hard) biscuit or cake 1 K 14:3 (brought as present; + לֶחֶם, etc.).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נִקֻּדִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5350/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 9:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.9.5/)

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וּנְעָל֨וֹת בָּל֤וֹת וּמְטֻלָּאוֹת֙ בְּרַגְלֵיהֶ֔ם וּשְׂלָמ֥וֹת בָּל֖וֹת עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וְכֹל֙ לֶ֣חֶם צֵידָ֔ם יָבֵ֖שׁ הָיָ֥ה נִקֻּדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and sandals worn.out and patched \[were\].on feet their and garments worn.out \[were\].on them and all the.bread their.sustenance their it.was.dried.up it.was crumbs

*JPS 1917:* and worn shoes and clouted upon their feet, and worn garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and was become crumbs.

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[Joshua 9:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.9.12/)

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זֶ֣ה ׀ לַחְמֵ֗נוּ חָ֞ם הִצְטַיַּ֤דְנוּ אֹתוֹ֙ מִבָּ֣תֵּ֔ינוּ בְּי֥וֹם צֵאתֵ֖נוּ לָלֶ֣כֶת אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וְעַתָּה֙ הִנֵּ֣ה יָבֵ֔שׁ וְהָיָ֖ה נִקֻּדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* this bread \[is\].our hot we.took.as.our.provisions it from homes our on the.day we came.out to come to you and now here! it.has.dried.up and it.has.been crumbs

*JPS 1917:* This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and is become crumbs.

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