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# נִקֻּדִים

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5350

**what is crumbled** — 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

what is crumbled [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5350/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נִקּוּד: what is crumbled crumbles, crumb [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5350/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] perhaps what is crumbled or easily crumbles, crumb (cf. נְקֻדָּה);—only pl. crumbs: כֹּל לֶחֶם צֵידָם יָבֵשׁ֭ הָיָה נִקֻּדִים Jos 9:5 all the bread of their provision was dry (and) become crumbs (𝔊 βεβρωμένος\[οι\]; 𝔙 in frusta comminuti), cf. יָבֵשׁ וְהָיָה נ׳ v 12 (v. Di Benn). appar. a kind of (hard) biscuit or cake 1 K 14:3 (brought as present; + לֶחֶם, etc.).

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Joshua 9:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.9.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.9.5/#tree)

וּנְעָל֨וֹת בָּל֤וֹת וּמְטֻלָּאוֹת֙ בְּרַגְלֵיהֶ֔ם וּשְׂלָמ֥וֹת בָּל֖וֹת עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וְכֹל֙ לֶ֣חֶם צֵידָ֔ם יָבֵ֖שׁ הָיָ֥ה נִקֻּדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and sandals worn.out and patched \[were\].on feet their and garments worn.out \[were\].on them and all the.bread their.sustenance their it.was.dried.up it.was crumbs

*JPS 1917:* and worn shoes and clouted upon their feet, and worn garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and was become crumbs.

[Joshua 9:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.9.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.9.12/#tree)

זֶ֣ה ׀ לַחְמֵ֗נוּ חָ֞ם הִצְטַיַּ֤דְנוּ אֹתוֹ֙ מִבָּ֣תֵּ֔ינוּ בְּי֥וֹם צֵאתֵ֖נוּ לָלֶ֣כֶת אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וְעַתָּה֙ הִנֵּ֣ה יָבֵ֔שׁ וְהָיָ֖ה נִקֻּדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* this bread \[is\].our hot we.took.as.our.provisions it from homes our on the.day we came.out to come to you and now here! it.has.dried.up and it.has.been crumbs

*JPS 1917:* This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and is become crumbs.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5350.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5350/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

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).