Lexical Summary nataph: a drop Original Word: נָטָףTransliteration: nataph Phonetic Spelling: (naw-tawf') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a drop Meaning: a drop, an aromatic gum Strong's Concordance dropFrom nataph; a drop; specifically, an aromatic gum (probably stacte) -- drop, stacte. see HEBREW nataph Brown-Driver-Briggs H5198. nataph I. [נָטָף] noun masculine drop; — נִטְפֵימָֿ֑יִם Job 36:27 ("" מָטָר, rain). II. נָטָף noun [masculine] an odorific gum (gathered in drops), used in sacred incense Exodus 30:34 (P). Identification dubious; ᵐ5 στακτή, ᵑ9 stacte, i.e. (Hesych.) a kind of myrrh, so Kn, compare RiHWB; Rosenm Thes Ke and others storax; Rabb opobalsamum (compare Dion the passage NowArchaeology ii. 64. 248). |
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