Lexical Summary nekoth: (a spice) perhaps tragacanth gum Original Word: נְכאתTransliteration: nekoth Phonetic Spelling: (nek-ohth') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: (a spice) perhaps tragacanth gum Meaning: (a spice) perhaps tragacanth gum Strong's Concordance spices From nake'; properly, a smiting, i.e. (concretely) an aromatic gum (perhaps styrax) (as powdered) -- spicery(-ces). see HEBREW nake' Brown-Driver-Briggs H5219. nekoth נְכאֹת noun feminine a spice, (usually understood of tragacanth gum, exuding from astralagus bush, DiGenesis 27:25 and references; NowArchaeology i. 64 (and 249); compare also Löw§ 24; but = Arabic = summitas rubicunda sive flores plantae (i.e. a certain plant, Frey), according to HomAufsätze 4); — absolute ׳נ 37:25 ( + לּט צְרִי, as merchandise), 43:11 (+ id., also שְׁקֵדִים בָּטְנִים, דְּבַשׁ,, as gift). נכד (√ of following, meaning uncertain; Ethiopic = gens, stirps, [compare Samaritan נגד Genesis 21:23]). |
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