שָׁקֵד

שָׁקֵדII m. (b. h.) almond-tree, almond. Gen. R. s. 42. Koh. R. to XII, 7 (ref. to Jer. 1:11) מה הש׳ הזה משעהוכ׳ as the almond-tree takes twenty-one days from the time it blossoms to mature its fruit ; Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2); a. fr.Pl. שְׁקֵדִים, שְׁקֵדִין, שְׁקֵי׳. Maasr. I, 4 ש׳ המרים bitter almonds. Y.Orl.III, 63b top שְׁקֵידֵי פדך soft-shell almonds (v. פֶּדֶךְ); a. e.