נטף

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Hebrew

Root
נ־ט־ף (n-ṭ-p)

Pronunciation

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Noun

נָטָף (naṭáfm (plural indefinite נְטָפִים, plural construct נִטְפֵי־)

  1. drop
    • Tanach, Job 36:26, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      כִּי יְגָרַע נִטְפֵי־מָיִם יָזֹקּוּ מָטָר לְאֵדוֹ׃
      Ki y'gará' nitfé máyim, yazoqqu maṭar l'edó
      For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour.
  2. (singular only) stacte, gum resin (used in the production of incense)
    • Tanach, Exodus 30:34, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה קַח־לְךָ סַמִּים נָטָף וּשְׁחֵלֶת וְחֶלְבְּנָה סַמִּים וּלְבֹנָה זַכָּה בַּד בְּבַד יִהְיֶה׃
      va-yómer Adonái el Moshé qaḥ l'kha sammím naṭáf u-shḥélet v-ḥelbná sammím u-lvoná bad b-vad yihyéh
      And the Lord said unto Moses: ‘Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense; of each shall there be a like weight.

References

  1. H5198 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible