H5067 H5067
Heap, mound — especially of waters piled up by divine power at the Red Sea or Jordan crossings.
A masculine noun meaning 'heap' or 'mound,' used almost exclusively for the miraculous heaping up of waters. Its most dramatic appearances describe God's parting of the Red Sea, where the waters stood as a heap (Exod 15:8), and the Jordan crossing, where the waters rose up in a single heap (Josh 3:13, 16). Psalm 78:13 and 33:7 recall these events in worship, using the same noun to evoke God's sovereign power over creation. The one possible non-aquatic use in Isaiah 17:11 ('harvest-heap') is textually uncertain. Spanish 'monton' and French 'monceau' both convey the image of a mass piled high.
Senses
1. heap, mound — A heap or mound, characteristically used of waters supernaturally piled up during Israel's foundational salvation events. At the Red Sea the waters 'stood as a heap' (Exod 15:8), and at the Jordan they 'rose up in one heap' (Josh 3:13, 16). The psalms recall this imagery in worship (Ps 33:7; 78:13), making the word a marker of divine power over chaotic waters. Spanish 'monton' and French 'monceau/tas' render the concrete physical image. The possible occurrence in Isaiah 17:11 ('harvest-heap') remains textually disputed. 6×
AR["رُكاماً", "سُورٍ", "كَالنَّدِّ", "كَوْمَةُ"]·ben["যেমন-স্তূপ", "স্তূপ", "স্তূপ-"]·DE["Haufen", "[נד]", "ein-Haufen", "ein-heap", "wie-ein-heap"]·EN["a-heap", "as-a-heap", "heap", "heap-of"]·FR["[נד]", "comme-tas", "monceau", "tas", "un-monceau"]·heb["כ-נד", "נד", "נד-"]·HI["जैसे-ढेर", "ढेर"]·ID["timbunan", "timbunan-", "tumpukan"]·IT["[נד]", "heap", "mucchio", "un-heap"]·jav["gundukan", "kados-empang", "tumpukan"]·KO["더미", "더미가", "더미로", "무더기-같이", "무더기라"]·PT["como-montão", "foge", "monte", "um-monte"]·RU["груда", "как-в-сосуд", "куча", "стеной", "стеной-", "стену"]·ES["como-montón", "montón", "montón-de"]·SW["kama-chungu", "lundo", "lundo-"]·TR["yigini", "yığın", "yığın-", "yığın-gibi"]·urd["-ڈھیر-کی-طرح", "ڈھیر"]
Related Senses
H8033 1. There (locative adverb) (835×)H7760a 1. put, place, set physically (444×)H8064 1. heavens / sky (329×)H5439 1. around, all around (spatial) (319×)H4057b 1. wilderness, desert region (270×)H3220 1. sea, body of water (269×)H0520a 1. cubit (unit of length) (246×)H0127 1. ground, land (territory) (210×)H3383 1. Jordan River (proper noun) (183×)G1093 1. earth, the world (176×)H5800a 1. forsake, abandon (Qal active) (166×)H8121 1. sun (celestial body) (133×)H7126 1. offer, present sacrificially (122×)H6828 1. north, cardinal direction (120×)H2351 1. outside, exterior space (119×)H5104 1. river, stream (119×)H7341 1. width, breadth (101×)G1563 1. there (95×)H7126 2. draw near, approach (95×)G2281 1. sea, large body of water (91×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† נֵד n.m. Jos 3:13 heap of waters; of Red Sea Ex 15:8 (song), ψ 78:13; of Jordan Jos 3:13, 16 ψ 33:7 (sim.). נֵד קָצִיר Is 17:11 harvest-heap is perhaps corrupt: Ges Ew Di Du der. from נוד, reading (probably) נָד (Di) fled is the harvest; CheHpt proposes לָכֵן therefore; Buhl Lex 13 עַד, after 𝔊 𝔗.