Lexical Definition

‎נֹקֵד‎ nôqêd (no-kade') shepherd ^H:N-M
active participle from the same as ‎נָקֹד‎

herdman, sheepmaster.

• a spotter (of sheep or cattle), i.e. the owner or tender (who thus marks them)

1) sheep-raiser, sheep-dealer, sheep-tender

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נֹקֵד‎ noun masculine sheep-raiser, -dealer, or -tender (Lag^NB108); — absolute ‎׳‎‎נ‎ only 2Kgs 3:4 (of Mesha, king of Moab); plural ‎אֲשֶׁר בַּנֹּקְדִים מִתְּקוֺע‎ Amos 1:1 (of Amos, see Dr; compare Amos 7:14, where read ‎נוקד‎ for ‎בוקר‎ according to We Now Dr, not GASm, see Bu below); perhaps gloss, compare Bu^{Kohut Memorial.106 f.} Now^{on the passage}

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