Lexical Summary nekach: before, over against Original Word: נֵכַחTransliteration: nekach Phonetic Spelling: (nay'-kakh) Part of Speech: substantive; preposition; adverb; adverb; preposition Short Definition: before, over against Meaning: the fore part, opposite Strong's Concordance before, over against From an unused root meaning to be straightforward; properly, the fore part; used adverbially, opposite -- before, over against. Brown-Driver-Briggs H5226. nekach נֹ֫כַח substantive front, always in preposition or adverb phrases, with suffix נִכְחוֺ Exodus 14:2; Ezekiel 46:9: — 1 as adverb accusative in front of, opposite to, Exodus 14:2 תַּחֲנוּ נִכְחוֺ, 26:35 the candlestick הַשֻּׁלְחָן נֹכַח, 40:24, Joshua 18:17 (in the "" 15:7, לְ נֹכַח: see לְ 5c), 1 Kings 20:29 אֵלֶּה נֹכַח אֵלֶּה וַיַּחֲנוּ, 22:35 (= 2 Chronicles 18:34), Esther 5:1 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 46:9 Qr יֵצֵא נִכְחוֺ כִּי shall go out in front of himself, i.e. straightforward; compare נֶגֶד נֶגְדּוֺ, 1a (b). Figurative Proverbs 5:21 י עֵינֵי נֹכַח ׳כִּי אִישׁ דַּרְכֵי in the sight of ׳יs eyes are, etc., Judges 18:6 י ׳נֹכַח דַּרְכְּכֶם before ׳י is your way, i.e. under his eye and favourable regard. In the phrase מְּנֵי נֹכַח, Jeremiah 17:16 הָיָה מָּנֶיךָ נֹכַח שְׂפָתַי מוֺצָא was before thy face, Lamentations 2:19; Ezekiel 14:3 מְּנֵיהֶם נֹכַח נָָֽתְנוּ עֲוֺנָם מִכְשׁוֺל (i.e. they contemplate it with pleasure), 14:4; 14:7. 2 combined with prepositions: — a. אֶלנֹֿכַח, Numbers 19:4 אלנֿ וְהִזָּה ׳מועד אהל פני and sprinkle it towards the front of, etc. b. ׃לְֹנכַח (a) as adverb Proverbs 4:25 לנ ׳עיניך יביטו let thine eyes look to the front or right on ("" נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ יַישִׁרוּ ועפיך); (b) as preposition Genesis 30:38 הַצּאֹן לְֹנכַח in front of the flocks 25:21 אִשְׁתּוֺ לְֹנכַח ֗֗֗ וַיֶּעְתַּר in fornt of, i.e. on behalf of (compare pro), his wife; (c) עַדנֹֿכַח, Judges 19:10 עַדנֿ ׳וַיָּבאֹ יְבוּס as fas as in front of Jebus, 20:43; Ezekiel 47:20 (לְ עַדנֹֿכַח). Synonym נֶגֶד, q. v. |
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