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נוֹד

𐤍𐤅𐤃

nôwd

H5112 noun

SILEX Entry

Root נוד to move back and forth, to wander, to shake

Definition

A skin-bottle or leather bag used for carrying liquids, especially water or wine; by extension, sometimes refers to a container or vessel for other uses.

Semantic Range

skin-bottle, leather water bag, vessel for liquids

Root / Etymology

From the root נוד (nun-vav-dalet), meaning 'to move,' 'to wander,' or 'to shake back and forth.' The noun נוֹד is derived from this root, likely due to the swaying motion of a skin-bottle when carried. This is a concrete noun distinct from the verbal root's sense of wandering or shaking.

Historical & Contextual Notes

In the Hebrew Bible, נוֹד refers specifically to a portable skin-bottle, typically made from animal hide and used for carrying water or wine (e.g., Genesis 21:14-15, where Hagar carries a נוֹד of water). The term is distinct from other words for containers such as חָבִית (jar) or כַּד (jug/pitcher). While the root נוד carries a semantic field of movement or instability, the noun נוֹד came to denote a specific item associated with travel or nomadism. There is occasional confusion in lexicons and translation traditions over the relationship between this noun (skin-bottle) and the verbal root's sense of 'wandering' (cf. Genesis 4:12, where the participle נָע וָנָד refers to a 'restless wanderer'); however, the noun נוֹד itself does not directly mean 'exile' or 'wandering.' Later rabbinic Hebrew and post-biblical literature retain the sense of a leather bottle, though the use and construction become less common over time. Some English translations have been imprecise, occasionally rendering the term 'bottle' or 'flask,' but these may not fully convey the flexible, animal-skin origin of the container.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

lemma נוֹדּ extra dagesh, corrected to נוֹד; (only defective נֹד ); from נוּד; exile; wandering.

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Root Family

נוד (n-w-d) — to move back and forth, to wander, to shake

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H4493 מָנוֹד head-shaking
H4997 נֹאד like a skin-bag
H5067 נֵד like a piled heap
H5110 נוּד to move to and fro
H5111 נוּד she will flee

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H5112-01 נֹדִ/י֮ nodi HNcmsc/Sp1cs my wandering my skin-bottle 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H5112-01 Psalms 56:9 נֹדִ/י֮ nodi HNcmsc/Sp1cs my wandering my skin-bottle
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