שָׁקֵד II m. (b. h.) almond-tree, almond. Gen. R. s. 42. Koh. R. to XII, 7 (ref. to Jer. I, 11) מה הש׳ הזה משעה וכ׳ as the almond-tree takes twenty-one days from the time it blossoms to mature its fruit &c.; Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2); a. fr.—Pl. שְׁקֵדִים, שְׁקֵדִין, שְׁקֵי׳. Maasr. I, 4 ש׳ המרים bitter almonds. Y. Orl. III, 63ᵇ top שְׁקֵידֵי פרך soft-shell almonds (v. פֶּרֶךְ); a. e.
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שָׁקֵד II m. (b. h.) almond-tree, almond . Gen. R. s. 42 . Koh. R. to XII, 7 (ref. to Jer. I, 11 ) מה הש׳ הזה משעה וכ׳ as the almond-tree takes…
References
- Bereishit Rabbah 42
- Kohelet Rabbah 12:7:1
- Jeremiah 1:11
- Joshua 2
- Jastrow, סְקִיפַס 1
- Mishnah Maasrot 1:4
- Jerusalem Talmud Orlah 3:5:2
- Jastrow, פֶּרֶךְ 1