שָׁקֵד (šāqēd) is a Hebrew noun meaning almond. It appears 4 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8247).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2451a)

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שָׁקֵד noun, masculine: almond, -tree

Strong's H8247 שָׁקֵד: the almond (tree or nut; as being the earliest in bloom)
KJV:almond (tree).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2451: שָׁקַד šāqad — watch, wake; keep watch, be wakeful; be alert, sleepless, be on the lookout; hasten, remain

• שָׁקַד šāqad — watch
• שָׁקַד šāqad — cups shaped like almond

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