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title: נֵרְדְּ — nard · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֵרְדְּ (5373), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: nard. BDB 1906: n.m. nard. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֵרְדְּ

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«נֵרְדְּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **nard** — 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:** 5373 · **BDB:** נֵרְדְּ

### Glosses

nard (2); nard.plants (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

nard [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5373/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. nard [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5373/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. nard, an odorif. plant from India (via Presia) (Skr. naladâ; Pers. nârdîn; Sab. Arabic transp. رَنْد according to DHMBurgen u. Schlosser 975 (SB xcvii) v. also Sab.Denkm. 82; Gk. νάρδος \[so 𝔊\] (through Semites) LewyFremdwörter 40; cf. LöwNo. 316 LagM. ii. 25);—abs. נ׳ Ct 4:14; sf. נִרְדִּי נָתַן רֵיחוֹ 1:12; pl. נְרָדִים 4:13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 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 «נֵרְדְּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5373/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 4:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.13/)

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שְׁלָחַ֙יִךְ֙ פַּרְדֵּ֣ס רִמּוֹנִ֔ים עִ֖ם פְּרִ֣י מְגָדִ֑ים כְּפָרִ֖ים עִם־נְרָדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* shoots your \[are\].a.garden of.pomegranates with fruit of.excellence(s) henna.plants with nard.plants

*JPS 1917:* Thy shoots are a park of pomegranates, with precious fruits; henna with spikenard plants,

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[Song of Songs 1:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.12/)

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עַד־שֶׁ֤הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ בִּמְסִבּ֔וֹ נִרְדִּ֖י נָתַ֥ן רֵיחֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* until that the king \[was\].at table his nard my it.gave.forth odor its

*JPS 1917:* While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance.

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