נֵרְדְּ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5373

nard — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

nard tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נֵרְדְּ: n.m. nard tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. nard, an odorif. plant from India (via Presia) (Skr. naladâ; Pers. nârdîn; Sab. Arabic transp. رَنْد according to DHMBurgen u. Schlosser 975 (SB xcvii) v. also Sab.Denkm. 82; Gk. νάρδος [so 𝔊] (through Semites) LewyFremdwörter 40; cf. LöwNo. 316 LagM. ii. 25);—abs. נ׳ Ct 4:14; sf. נִרְדִּי נָתַן רֵיחוֹ 1:12; pl. נְרָדִים 4:13.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: nard (2); nard plants (1).

In the verses

Song of Songs 4:13 · tree →

שְׁלָחַ֙יִךְ֙ פַּרְדֵּ֣ס רִמּוֹנִ֔ים עִ֖ם פְּרִ֣י מְגָדִ֑ים כְּפָרִ֖ים עִם־נְרָדִֽים׃

Word for word: shoots your [are].a.garden of.pomegranates with fruit of.excellence(s) henna.plants with nard.plants

JPS 1917: Thy shoots are a park of pomegranates, with precious fruits; henna with spikenard plants,

Song of Songs 1:12 · tree →

עַד־שֶׁ֤הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ בִּמְסִבּ֔וֹ נִרְדִּ֖י נָתַ֥ן רֵיחֽוֹ׃

Word for word: until that the king [was].at table his nard my it.gave.forth odor its

JPS 1917: While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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