נוקד

From Proto-Semitic *naḳad- (“sheep, shepherd”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒈾𒆤 (nāqidum) and Ugaritic 𐎐𐎖𐎄 (nqd).

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /noːˈqeːd/, [noːˈqeːð]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /noˈked/

נוֹקֵד • (noqéd) m (plural indefinite נוקדים, feminine counterpart נוקדת)

1. (archaic) a sheep breeder.
   • Tanach, Amos 1:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     דִּבְרֵ֣י עָמ֔וֹס אֲשֶׁר־הָיָ֥ה בַנֹּקְדִ֖ים מִתְּק֑וֹעַ

     divréi ʕamós ʔašér hayáh va-noqdim mi-tqóaʕ

     The words of Amos, a sheep breeder from Tekoa