שקד
עברית
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שקד
- /ʃaˈked/ Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
The almond-name is akin to Phoenician 𐤔𐤒𐤃 (šqd, “almond; almond-tree”), Ugaritic 𐎘𐎖𐎄 (ṯqd, “almond; almond-tree”), Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic שִׁגּדּא (šigdā), Classical Syriac ܫܓܕܐ (šegdā, “almond”, collective), only Hebraized שִׁקְדּא (šiqdā) and ܫܩܕܐ (šeqdā), Aramaic-borrowed Ge'ez ስግድ (səgd), ስጋድ (səgad, “almond tree; nut tree in general”), Tigrinya ሰገድ (sägäd), Amharic ሰገድ (säggäd, “Pavetta abyssinica”), and Akkadian 𒄑𒇵 (šiqdum, “almond tree, nut as well as wood”, collective), which in Neo-Assyrian bears the form 𒄑𒂁𒁺 (^(GIŠ)duk-du /duqdu, dukdu/), seemingly from a substrate of the region, where it is native.
noun שָׁקֵד · shakéd · šāqēḏ · שְׁקֵדִים · שְׁקֵד־ · שְׁקֵדֵי־
- almond (the tree that produces almonds) וַיְהִ֤י דְבַר־יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֣י לֵאמֹ֔ר מָה־אַתָּ֥ה רֹאֶ֖ה יִרְמְיָ֑הוּ וָאֹמַ֕ר מַקֵּ֥ל שָׁקֵ֖ד אֲנִ֥י רֹאֶֽה׃
- almond (the seed within the drupe of a small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, considered a culinary nut) הַחַיָּב בַּשְּׁקֵדִים הַמָּרִים, פָּטוּר בַּמְּתוּקִים, הַחַיָּב בַּמְּתוּקִים, פָּטוּר בַּמָּרִים:
- palatine tonsil
verb שָׁקַד · shakád · šāqaḏ · לשקוד · לִשְׁקֹד · שְׁקִידָה
- to work diligently, to labor, to strive, to carefully do אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי אָדָם֮ שֹׁמֵ֪עַֽ֫ לִ֥י לִשְׁקֹ֣ד עַל־דַּ֭לְתֹתַי י֤וֹם ׀ י֑וֹם לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר מְזוּזֹ֥ת פְּתָחָֽי׃
- to watch
In English
Talk about this word "שקד." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%93. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. שקד. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%93 "שקד." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%93.Cite this
@misc{micwyn_2026,
title = {שקד},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%93},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
