What does נָקֹד mean in the Bible?
נָקֹד is a Hebrew word meaning "spotted".
Hebrew · H5348
נָקֹד
Spotted
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נָקֹד H5348
What does נָקֹד mean in the Bible?
נָקֹד is a Hebrew word meaning "spotted".
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How does the BSB render H5348?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include or speckled (3), speckled (3), and speckled (1), speckled offspring (1), The speckled (1).
Where does נָקֹד appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 30:32. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (9).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It or speckled 3× Genesis 30:32, Genesis 30:39, Genesis 31:12
speckled 3× Genesis 30:32, Genesis 30:33, Genesis 30:35
and speckled 1× Genesis 31:10
speckled offspring 1× Genesis 31:8
The speckled 1× Genesis 31:8
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 30:32 נָקֹ֣ד to speckled Adjective - masculine singular Genesis 30:32 וְנָקֹ֖ד to or speckled Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular Genesis 30:33 נָקֹ֨ד to speckled Adjective - masculine singular Genesis 30:35 הַנְּקֻדּ֣וֹת to speckled Article | Adjective - feminine plural Genesis 30:39 נְקֻדִּ֖ים to or speckled Adjective - masculine plural Genesis 31:8 נְקֻדִּים֙ to The speckled Adjective - masculine plural Genesis 31:8 נְקֻדִּ֑ים to speckled offspring Adjective - masculine plural Genesis 31:10 נְקֻדִּ֖ים to and speckled Adjective - masculine plural Genesis 31:12 נְקֻדִּ֖ים to or speckled Adjective - masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 30:32
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 1
Genesis 9
Source forms
נְקֻדִּ֖ים 3x nə·qud·dîm Genesis 30:39, Genesis 31:10, Genesis 31:12
הַנְּקֻדּ֣וֹת 1x han·nə·qud·dō·wṯ Genesis 30:35
וְנָקֹ֖ד 1x wə·nā·qōḏ Genesis 30:32
נָקֹ֣ד 1x nā·qōḏ Genesis 30:32
נָקֹ֨ד 1x nā·qōḏ Genesis 30:33
נְקֻדִּים֙ 1x nə·qud·dîm Genesis 31:8
נְקֻדִּ֑ים 1x nə·qud·dîm Genesis 31:8
Parsing patterns
Adjective - masculine plural 5x Genesis 30:39, Genesis 31:8, Genesis 31:10, Genesis 31:12
Adjective - masculine singular 2x Genesis 30:32, Genesis 30:33
Article | Adjective - feminine plural 1x Genesis 30:35
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular 1x Genesis 30:32
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. spotted
Source Gloss
spotted
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
spotted BDB: speckled Usage: speckled.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain