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Hebrew
Pronunciation
Noun
נָטָף • (naṭáf) m (plural indefinite נְטָפִים, plural construct נִטְפֵי־)
- 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.
- (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
- H5198 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible