Lexical Definition

‎נִקֻּד‎ niqqud (nik-kood') crumb ^H:N-M
from the same as ‎נָקֹד‎

cracknel, mouldy.

• a crumb (as broken to spots)
• also a biscuit (as pricked)

1) crumbled thing, thing easily crumbled, crumbs
1a) crumbs
1b) apparently a kind of hard biscuit or cake

See Greek: βιβρώσκω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎נִקּוּד‎] noun [masculine] perhaps what is crumbled or easily crumbles, crumb (compare ‎נְקֻדָּה‎); — only plural

1. crumbs: ‎כֹּל לֶחֶם צֵידָם יָבֵ֖שׁ הָיָה נִקֻּדִים‎ Josh 9:5 all the bread of their provision was dry (and) become crumbs (ᵐ5 βεβρωμένος [οι]; ᵑ7 in frusta comminuti), compare ‎׳‎‎יָבֵשׁ וְהָיָה נ‎ vJosh 9:12 (see Di Benn).

2. apparently a kind of (hard) biscuit or cake 1Kgs 14:3 (brought as present; + ‎לֶחֶם‎, etc.).

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