Hebrew

Noun

מֵינֶקֶת • ‎(meinéket) f

1. wet nurse
   • Genesis 35:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַתָּמָת דְּבֹרָה מֵינֶקֶת רִבְקָה וַתִּקָּבֵר מִתַּחַת לְבֵית־אֵל תַּחַת הָאַלּוֹן וַיִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ אַלּוֹן בָּכוּת׃‎

     vatámot d'vorá meinéket rivká vatikavér mitákhat l'veit-'él tákhat ha'alón vayikrá sh'mó 'alón bakhút.
     wattā́moṯ dəḇōrā mēnéqeṯ rivqā wattiqāḇēr mittáḥaṯ ləḇēṯ-ʾēl táḥaṯ hāʾallōn wayyiqrā šəmō ʾallōn bāḵūṯ.

     And Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.

2. (Jewish law) nursing mother