Lexical Definition

‎שָׁקֵד‎ shâqêd (shaw-kade') almond ^H:N-M
from ‎שָׁקַד‎

almond (tree).

• the almond (tree or nut
• as being the earliest in bloom)

1) almond tree, almonds
1a) almond (the nut)
1b) almond-tree

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׁקֵד‎ noun [masculine] almond (-tree) (Late Hebrew id.; so called from its early waking out of winter's sleep, according to Ki Thes Lag^{BN 45} and others; Aramaic ‎שִׁיגְדָּא‎, , , whence Ethiopic compare Nö^{M 39}; compare Löw^{No. 319}); —

1. almond, i.e. the nut, plural ‎שְׁקֵדִים‎ Gen 43:11 (J; +‎בָּטְנִים‎, etc.), Num 17:23* (P).

2. almond-tree Jer 1:11 and (probably) Eccl 12:5.

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