Active participle from the same as naqod; a spotter (of sheep or cattle), i.e. The owner or tender (who thus marks them) -- herdman, sheepmaster.
see HEBREW naqod
H5349. noqed
נֹקֵד noun masculine sheep-raiser, -dealer, or -tender (LagNB108); — absolute ׳נ only 2 Kings 3:4 (of Mesha, king of Moab); plural מִתְּקוֺע בַּנֹּקְדִים אֲשֶׁר Amos 1:1 (of Amos, see Dr; compare 7:14, where read נוקד for בוקר according to We Now Dr, not GASm, see Bu below); perhaps gloss, compare BuKohut Memorial.106 f. Nowon the passage