Lexical Definition

‎נְכֹאת‎ nᵉkôʼth (nek-ohth') tragacanth gum ^H:N-F
from ‎נָכֵא‎

spicery(-ces).

• properly, a smiting, i.e. (concretely) an aromatic gum (perhaps styrax) (as powdered)

1) a spice
1a) perhaps tragacanth gum

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נְכאֹת‎ noun feminine a spice, (usually understood of tragacanth gum, exuding from astralagus bush, Di^{Gen 27:25 and references}; Now^{Archaeology i. 64} (and 249); compare also Löw^{§ 24}; but = Arabic = summitas rubicunda sive flores plantae (i.e. a certain plant, Frey), according to Hom^{Aufsätze 4}); — absolute ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Gen 37:25 ( + ‎צְרִי‎, ‎לּט‎ as merchandise), Gen 43:11 (+ id., also ‎דְּבַשׁ‎, ‎בָּטְנִים‎, ‎שְׁקֵדִים‎, as gift).

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