Commentary for II Kings 3:4
וּמֵישַׁ֥ע מֶֽלֶךְ־מוֹאָ֖ב הָיָ֣ה נֹקֵ֑ד וְהֵשִׁ֤יב לְמֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵאָה־אֶ֣לֶף כָּרִ֔ים וּמֵ֥אָה אֶ֖לֶף אֵילִ֥ים צָֽמֶר׃
Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams.
Rashi on II Kings
Owned many flocks. [Targum Yonoson renders,] “owner of livestock.”4Sheep are usually spotted [= נְקוּדִים], therefore a sheep owner is called נַקָּד.—Radak
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Rashi on II Kings
Wooly rams. [Targum Yonoson renders,] “pasture-fed rams,” with their wool.
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