שָׁקֵד II, (b. h.) almond-tree, almond. Gen. R. s. 42. Koh. R. to XII, 7 (ref. to Jer. I, 11) מה הש׳ הזה משעה וכ׳ as the almond-tree takes twenty-one days from the time it blossoms to mature its fruit &c.; 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 פרך soft-shell almonds (v. פֶּרֶךְ); a. e.