נקד I

נָקַדI (cmp. קָדַד) to sting, point, puncture, break through. Y.Keth.II, 26b bot. לבי נוֹקְדֵינִי my conscience stings me (I am afraid that I may have sinned); Y.Yeb.X, 11a top נוקריני (corr. acc.). Gitt.56a (play on נ̇ק̇ר̇ימון) שנָֹקְֹדָֹה לו חמה בעבורו s. for his sake did the sun break through again (after being obscured); Yalk. Deut. 809; Taan.20a Ms. M. (ed. שנקדרה). Ib. אילו לא נ׳ החמה Ms. M. (ed. נקדרה). (Ib. שלשה נקדה Ms. M. (ed. נקדמה, read, as Ab. Zar.25a: עמדה. 2) (Massorah) to dot, mark with diacritical points. Ab. dR. N. ch. XXXIV, כבר נָקַדְתִּי עליהן I (Ezra) have marked these words with dots.Part. pass. נָקיּד. Ib. נ׳ על י׳ שביניך there is a dot over the Yod of benekhah (Gen. 16:6). Snh.43b למה נ׳ על לנווכ׳ why are there dots over lanu (Deut. 29:28)? Pes.IX, 2 לפיכך נ׳ עלוכ׳ therefore the Hé (of רחקה, Num. 9:10) is marked ; a. fr. Nif. נִיקָּד to be spotted. Maasr. I, 3 החרובים משיִנָּקְדוּ carobs are subject to tithes as soon as they get dark spots; Y. ib. 48d bot. משיִנָּקֵידוּ.