Lexical Definition

‎נָטָף‎ nâṭâph (naw-tawf') drop ^H:N-M
from ‎נָטַף‎

drop, stacte.

• a drop
• specifically, an aromatic gum (probably stacte)

1) drop
2) gum, drops of stacte
2a) an aromatic gum resin of a shrub used in incense

See Greek: δάκρυ · δακρύω · ἐξίστημι · ἐπιβλέπω · κλαίω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎נָטָף‎] noun masculine drop; — ‎נִטְפֵימָֿ֑יִם‎ Job 36:27 (|| ‎מָטָר‎, rain).

II. ‎נָטָף‎ noun [masculine] an odorific gum (gathered in drops), used in sacred incense Exod 30:34 (P). Identification dubious; ᵐ5 στακτή, ᵑ9 stacte, i.e. (Hesych.) a kind of myrrh, so Kn, compare Ri^HWB; Rosenm Thes Ke and others storax; Rabb opobalsamum (compare Di^{on the passage} Now^{Archaeology ii. 64. 248}).

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