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title: שָׁקֵד — almond · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁקֵד (8247), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: almond. BDB 1906: almond(-tree). With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁקֵד

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«שָׁקֵד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **almond** — 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:** 8247 · **BDB:** שָׁקֵד

### Glosses

almonds (2); of.an.almond.tree (1); tree (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

almond [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8247/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

almond(-tree) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8247/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] almond(-tree) (NH id.; so called from its early waking out of winter’s sleep, according to Ki Thes LagBN 45 al.; Aramaic שִׁיגְדָּא, ܫܶܓܕܳܐ, ܫܶܓܕܬܳܐ, whence Ethiopic ሰግድ: cf. NöM 39; cf. LöwNo. 319);— almond, i.e. the nut, pl. שְׁקֵדִים Gn 43:11 (J; + בָּטְנִים, etc.), Nu 17:23 (P). almond-tree Je 1:11 and (prob.) Ec 12:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁקֵד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8247/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 1:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.1.11/)

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וַיְהִ֤י דְבַר־יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֣י לֵאמֹ֔ר מָה־אַתָּ֥ה רֹאֶ֖ה יִרְמְיָ֑הוּ וָאֹמַ֕ר מַקֵּ֥ל שָׁקֵ֖ד אֲנִ֥י רֹאֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.came the.word of.Yahweh to me (cmp) what? \[are\].you seeing O.Jeremiah and I.said a.branch of.an.almond.tree I \[am\].seeing

*JPS 1917:* Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: 'Jeremiah, what seest thou?' And I said: 'I see a rod of an almond-tree.'

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[Numbers 17:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.17.23/)

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וַיְהִ֣י מִֽמָּחֳרָ֗ת וַיָּבֹ֤א מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־אֹ֣הֶל הָעֵד֔וּת וְהִנֵּ֛ה פָּרַ֥ח מַטֵּֽה־אַהֲרֹ֖ן לְבֵ֣ית לֵוִ֑י וַיֹּ֤צֵֽא פֶ֙רַח֙ וַיָּ֣צֵֽץ צִ֔יץ וַיִּגְמֹ֖ל שְׁקֵדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and it.was from.\[the\] next.day and he.went Moses into the.tent of the.testimony and there! it.had.budded the.rod of.Aaron for the.house of.Levi and it.had.put.forth bud\[s\] and it.had.blossomed blossom and it.had.ripened almonds

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.

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