Lexical Definition

‎נֵרְדְּ‎ nêrd (nayrd) nard ^H:N-M
of foreign origin

spikenard.

• nard, an aromatic

1) spikenard, nard
1a) an odoriferous aromatic plant from India

See Greek: νάρδος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נֵרְדְּ‎ noun masculine, nard, an odorific plant from India (via Persia) (Sanskrit naladâ; Persian nârdîn; Sabean, Arabic transposed according to DHM^{Burgen u. Schlosser 975 (SB xcvii)} see also SabDenkm⁸²; Greek νάρδος [so ᵐ5] (through Semites) Lewy^{Fremdwörter 40}; compare Löw^{No. 316} Lag^{M. ii. 25}); — absolute ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Song 4:14 suffix ‎נִרְדִּי תַן רֵיחוֺ‎ Song 1:12 plural ‎נְרָדִים‎ Song 4:13. ‎נֵרִיָּה‎ see ‎נֵר‎ below ‎נור‎

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