Lexicon
נָקֹד
na.qod
H5348
H:A Hebrew

speckled

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Occurrences
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Hebrew
Language

na.qod describes animals marked with speckles, especially within flocks and herds.

The term consistently describes animals distinguished by speckled marking: animals selected as wages, removed from a flock, or born with other visible markings. The same adjectival use appears in singular and plural forms without a distinct attested sense.

Senses in use

  1. Speckle-marked animals · dominant

    The adjective identifies animals by their visible marking in wage arrangements and flock descriptions. In Genesis 30:32 the APB renders the selected sheep and goats as “speckled,” while Genesis 30:35 describes goats removed from the flock; Genesis 30:39, Genesis 31:10, and Genesis 31:12 place the plural form among the markings of offspring or goats rising upon the flock.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the relevant animal marking as “speckled,” usually alongside “spotted” and sometimes “striped.” Those accompanying English terms do not establish separate senses for this lemma.

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Across Scripture