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נֹ˜כַה subst. front , always in prep. or adv. phrases, with sf. נִכְחֹו Ex 14:2 Ez 46: 9:— 1. as adv. acc. in front of, opposite to , Ex 14:2 תַּחֲנוּ נִכְחֹו , 26:35 the candlestick נֹכַח הַשֻּׁלְחָן , 40:24 , Jos 18:17 (in the || 15: 7, נֹכַח לְ : v. לְ 5 c ), 1 K 20:29 וַיַּחֲנוּ אֵלֶּה נֹכַח אֵלֶּה , 22:35 ( = 2 Ch 18:34 ), Est 5:1 (×2); Ez 46:9 Qr כִּי נִכְחֹו יֵצֵא shall go out in front of himself ,
i.e. straightforward;
cf. נֶגְדּוֹ , נֶגֶד 1 a ( b ). Fig. Pr 5:21 כִּי נֹכַח עֵינֵי י׳ דַּרְכֵי אִישׁ in the sight of י׳ ’s eyes are, etc., Ju 18:6 נֹכַח י׳ דַּרְכְּכֶם before י׳ is your way, i.e. under his eye and favourable regard. In the phr. נֹכַח פְּנֵי , Je 17:16 נֹכַח פָּנֶיךָ הָיָה מֹוצָא שְׂפָתַי was before thy face, La 2:19 , Ez 14:3 מִכְשֹׁול עֲוֹנָם נָֽתְנוּ נֹכַח פְּנֵיהֶם (i.e. they contemplate it with pleasure), v 4, 7 . 2. combined with preps.:— a. אֶל־נֹכַח , Nu 19:4 מועד וְהִזָּה אל־נ׳ פני אהל and sprinkle it toward the front of, etc.
b. לְנֹכַח : ( a ) as adv. Pr 4:25 עיניך לנ׳ יביטו let thine eyes look to the front or right on ( || יַיְשִׁרוּ נֶגְדֶּ˜ךָ ועפעפיך ); ( b ) as prep. Gn 30:38 לְנֹכַח הַצֹּאן in front of the flocks, 25:21 לְנֹכַח אִשְׁתֹּו וַיֶּעְתַּר in front of , i.e. on behalf of ( cf. pro ), his wife; ( c ) עַד־נֹכַח , Ju 19:10 וַיָּבֹא עַד־ני יְבוּס as far as in front of Jebus, 20:43 Ez 47:20 ( עַד־נֹכַח לְ ). Syn. נֶגֶד , q.v.

[ נָכֹחַ S 5228, 5229 TWOT 1365a GK 5791 ] adj. and subst. straight, right, straightness , f. נְכֹחָה , pl. נְכֹחִים , וֹת :— Is 57:2 הֹלֵךְ נְכֹחֹו he that walks in ( cf. 33:1 5; 50:10 ) his straightness ( Ges ‘der seinen geraden Weg geht’), fig. for straightforwardly ( cf. Pr 4:2 5); נְכֹחָה what is straight in front , fig. straightforwardness, honesty , Am 3:10 לֹא יָֽדְעוּ עֲשֹׂות נ׳ , Is 59:14 ונ׳ לֹא תוּכַל לָבֹוא ( || אֱמֶת ); 2 S 15:3 טובים וּנְכֹחִים דבריך thy pleadings are good and right (i.e. true ), Pr 8:9 (of words of Wisdom) לַמֵּבִין כֻּלָּם נְכֹחִים i.e. they lead straight to the right goal ( || ישׁרים ; comp. v 8b אֵין בָּהֶם נִפְתָּל וְעִקֵּשׁ ), 24:26 מֵשִׁיב דְּבָרִים נְכֹחִים i.e. either correct (leading to the right point), or honest answers; Is 30:10

לֹא־תֶחֱזוּ לָנוּ נְכֹחֹות true things ( opp. חֲלָקֹות , מַהֲתַלֹּות illusions ), 26:10 בְּאֶרֶץ נְכֹחֹות יְעַוֵּל in a land of rectitude ( Che ) he will do wickedly.

subst. substantive. adv. adverb.

Qr Q erê. Ges W. Gesenius. comp. compare, compares, comparative. Che T. K. Cheyne.


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