# H8247 שָׁקֵד

שָׁקֵד (shâqêd), Strong’s H8247: the almond (tree or nut; as being the earliest in bloom) KJV: almond (tree).. Occurs 4 times.

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*shâqêd* — the almond (tree or nut; as being the earliest in bloom)

KJV: almond (tree).

Derived from [שָׁקַד shâqad](https://besorah.bible/word/H8245) (to be alert, i.e. sleepless)

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שָׁקֵד n.[m.] almond(-tree)

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 43:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=11) — Their father, Israel, said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take from the choice fruits of the land in your…
- [Numbers 17:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/17?v=23) — On the next day, Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony; and behold, Aaron’s rod for the house of Levi had sprouted…
- [Jeremiah 1:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/1?v=11) — Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”
- [Ecclesiastes 12:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/12?v=5) — yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the…