נֹקֵדnoqed meaning in Biblical Hebrew
sheep-breeder, sheep-master · noun, masculine
Also spelled in English: noked
Amos was never an apprentice prophet hanging around shrines. He was out in the scrub with tough, thick-fleeced desert sheep.
דִּבְרֵי עָמוֹס אֲשֶׁר־הָיָה בַנֹּקְדִים מִתְּקוֹעַ
“Amos 1:1 — The words of Amos, who was among the sheep-breeders of Tekoa.”
What kind of grueling physical work makes you feel completely grounded like a noqed?
Biblical Hebrew words for farming and the landPeople and roles in the Hebrew Bible