Word Study · Strong's H5373 · Hebrew
נֵרְדְּ
nerd
nayrd
Strong's 1890 spelling: nêrd
“nard, an aromatic”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
nard, an aromatic
Rendered in the KJV as
spikenard.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- נֵ֣רְדְּ׀1
- נִרְדִּ֖י1
- נְרָדִֽים׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- nard1
- nard my1
- nard plants1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · masculine plural1
- noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp1bs · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Song of Solomon3 occurrences
- Song of Solomon 1:12נִרְדִּ֖יnirdinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularWhile the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.here: nard my
- Song of Solomon 4:13נְרָדִֽים׃neradimnoun · masculine pluralYour branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,here: nard plants
- Song of Solomon 4:14נֵ֣רְדְּ׀nerednoun · masculine singularwith nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.here: nard