שָׁקֵד
sha.qed
“almond”
Definition
the almond (tree or nut; as being the earliest in bloom)
from H8245 (שָׁקַד);
- almond tree, almonds 1a) almond (the nut) 1b) almond-tree
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
שָׁקֵד appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
when men fear the heights and dangers of the road,when the almond tree blossoms,the grasshopper loses its spring,and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal homeand mourners walk the streets.
Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?”“I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.