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title: נֹקֶף — striking off · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֹקֶף (5363), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: striking off. BDB 1906: striking off. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֹקֶף

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«נֹקֶף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **striking off** — 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:** 5363 · **BDB:** נֹ֫קֶף

### Glosses

beating (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

striking off [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5363/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

striking off [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5363/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] striking off;—only cstr. כְּנֹקֶף זַיִת as (at) the striking of olive-trees Is 17:6; 24:13 (sim. of fewness of people after י׳’s judgment).

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נֹקֶף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5363/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 24:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.13/)

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כִּ֣י כֹ֥ה יִהְיֶ֛ה בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָאָ֖רֶץ בְּת֣וֹךְ הָֽעַמִּ֑ים כְּנֹ֣קֶף זַ֔יִת כְּעוֹלֵלֹ֖ת אִם־כָּלָ֥ה בָצִֽיר׃

*Word for word:* (dm) thus it.will.be in the.midst of the.earth among the peoples like.\[the\] beating of.an.olive.tree like gleanings if it.has.come.to.an.end \[the\].grape.harvest

*JPS 1917:* For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth, among the peoples, as at the beating of an olive-tree, as at the gleanings when the vintage is done.

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[Isaiah 17:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.17.6/)

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וְנִשְׁאַר־בּ֤וֹ עֽוֹלֵלֹת֙ כְּנֹ֣קֶף זַ֔יִת שְׁנַ֧יִם שְׁלֹשָׁ֛ה גַּרְגְּרִ֖ים בְּרֹ֣אשׁ אָמִ֑יר אַרְבָּעָ֣ה חֲמִשָּׁ֗ה בִּסְעִפֶ֙יהָ֙ פֹּֽרִיָּ֔ה נְאֻם־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* and it.will.be.left in it gleanings like.\[the\] beating of.an.olive.tree two three olives at.\[the\] top of.\[the\].top four five on branches its fruit-bearing the.utterance of.Yahweh the.God of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* Yet there shall be left therein gleanings, as at the beating of an olive-tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the branches of the fruitful tree, saith the LORD, the God of Israel.

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