nod is a skin container used for provisions and drink, and in one verse a comparison for a smoke-darkened condition.

The dominant attested use is a skin container associated with carrying wine, holding milk, or travel provisions; Psalm 119:83 uses it in a comparison with a skin in smoke. In Psalm 56:9, the supplied translation does not isolate the contribution of the singular construct form.

1. Skin container for provisions or drink · dominant

   In Joshua 9:4 and Joshua 9:13, plural construct forms occur in the account of old, broken containers carried on the journey; the APB renders the clauses with “old wineskins” and “these wineskins of the wine.” In 1 Samuel 16:20, the singular construct form is part of provisions sent to Saul, rendered by the APB as “a skin of wine”; in Judges 4:19, another singular construct form occurs when milk is opened and given to a thirsty man.

   Joshua 9:4Joshua 9:131 Samuel 16:20Judges 4:19
2. Image of a smoke-exposed skin · occasional

   In Psalm 119:83, the masculine singular absolute form appears in the comparison, “I have been like a wineskin in smoke”; the speaker immediately adds, “I have not forgotten your statutes.”

   Psalm 119:83

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with “skin of wine,” “wineskins,” and “a skin of milk,” and uses “wineskin in smoke” in Psalm 119:83. In Psalm 56:9, the supplied APB text does not show a corresponding container expression, so the term's specific rendering there cannot be identified from the translation.