נִקֻּדniqqud

perhaps what is crumbled or easily crumbles, crumb (compare נְקֻדָּה)

Pronunciation: nik-kood' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5350

Meanings

1. crumbs (Joshua 9:5; Joshua 9:12)

2. apparently a kind of (hard) biscuit or cake (1 Kings 14:3)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Joshua 9:5 They put on worn-out, patched sandals and ragged clothes. And the bread they took with them was dry and moldy.
  • Joshua 9:12 “This bread was hot from the ovens when we left our homes. But now, as you can see, it is dry and moldy.
  • 1 Kings 14:3 Take him a gift of ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and ask him what will happen to the boy.”

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).