H5219
נְכֹאת
tragacanth gum
1) a spice 1a) perhaps tragacanth gum
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
נְכאֹת noun feminine a spice, (usually understood of tragacanth gum, exuding from astralagus bush, DiGen 27:25 and references; NowArchaeology i. 64 (and 249); compare also Löw§ 24; but = Arabic = summitas rubicunda sive flores plantae (i.e. a certain plant, Frey), according to HomAufsätze 4); — absolute ׳נ Gen 37:25 ( + צְרִי, לּט as merchandise), Gen 43:11 (+ id., also דְּבַשׁ, בָּטְנִים, שְׁקֵדִים, as gift).
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