both classes of meaning prob. derived from shine, be bright, brilliant , v. also Dr 1 S 15:29 ) ;— Niph. Pt. act. f. נִצַּ˜חַת Je 8:5 enduring ( מְשֻׁבָה apostasy ).
Piel
=
act as overseer, superintendent, director
, only Chr. and
ψ
-titles;—
Inf.
לְנַצֵּחַ
1 Ch 15:21
+
4 times;
pt.
לַמְנַצֵּחַ
Hb 3:19
ψ 4:1
+
54 times
ψψ
;
pl.
מְנַצְּחִים
2 Ch 2:
1,
17
;
34:13
;—
1.
in building temple
2 Ch 2:1
,
17
;
Ezr 3:8
,
9
,
cf.
2 Ch 34:12
,
13
.
2.
in ministry of house of
י׳
1 Ch 23:
4.
3.
in liturgical service of song,
על־השׁמינית
, over the bass voices, leading them with
כִּנֹּרֹות
1 Ch 15:2
1;
לַמְנַצֵּחַ
in titles of
ψψ
has prob.
sim.
meaning,
=
musical director
or
choirmaster;
Gk.
Vrss
of 2nd cent.
A
.
D
.,
Aq Theod Sy
m, and so Jer, think of Aramaic
victorious
, but no clear explan.;
Ö
εἰς τὸ τέλος
(prob.
לַמִּנְצָח
) follows ordinary meaning of noun
נֵצַח
, which may be expl. in eschatological sense as referring to end of age of world after Euseb
Theod
; or for
full rendering
after
De
; neither satisfactory. Chr., near in date, gives the clue which is intrinsically prob.:
לְ
indicates, not assignment (nothing special in these
ψψ
to suggest it, and assignment of
ψψ
for such use a matter of course), but that these
ψψ
were taken by final editor from an older major Psalter known as the Director’s Collection,
cf.
the still earlier collections known as
(ל)דוד
,
(ל)אסף
,
(ל)בני קרח
.
The
55
ψψ
with
למנצח
were taken 39 from Davidic, 9 from Korahite, and 5 from Asaphic Psalters; only 2 anonymous.
Hb 3
originally belonged to Director’s Psalter. This and other Director’s
ψψ
have musical directions in titles. The Director’s Psalter was prob. the prayer-book of synagogue of Gk. period, presupposed by our Hab., the collection of the twelve Minor Prophets, the prophetic canon, and Daniel (
v. Br
Gen. Intr.
123
).
•
I
.
נֵ˜צַח
S
5331, 5332
TWOT
1402a, 1403a
GK
5905, 5906
n.m.
La 3:18
eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity
(
לנצח
Ecclus
40:14 as
4
infr.
)
;—
נֵ˜צַח
1 S 15:29
+
3 times;
נֶ˜צַח
Am 1:11
+
36 times;
sf.
נִצְחִי
La 3:1
8;
pl.
נְצָחִים
Is 34:1
0;—
1.
eminence:
נצח ישׂראל
the Eminence of Israel
(
י׳
)
1 S 15:29
(
Dr
Sam 98 glory of Israel
); attribute of God
1 Ch 29:11
(
||
הוד
,
תפארת
et al.).
2.
enduring of life
, and so
life
itself as enduring:
אָבַד נִצְחִי
La 3:18
my endurance doth vanish
(
De
sap
of life,
v.
II
.
נ׳
).
3.
endurance in time:
משׁאות נ׳
ψ 74:3
perpetual desolations;
לנ׳ יְדַבֵּר
Pr 21:28
speaketh continually
(?;
v.
Toy);
עד־נ׳
ψ 49:20
unto the end
(a long duration), so
Jb 34:36
.
4.
act. active. Vrss Old Versions. Aq Aquila. Theod Theodotion. Br circa., General Introduction to the Study of Holy Scripture; Dr S. R. Driver, Text of Samuel.