נֹכַח
Used: 25 times · Key: 5227 · BDB: נֹ֫כַח
Glosses
in.front.of (8); opposite (5); opposite.to (5)
Meaning (OSHB)
front tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
subst. front prep. adv. adv. prep. tree →
The whole BDB entry
subst. front, always in prep. or adv. phrases, with sf. נִכְחוֹ Ex 14:2; Ez 46:9:— as adv. acc. in front of, opposite to, Ex 14:2 נִכְחוֹ תַּחֲנוּ, 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 נִכְחוֹ 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 מוֹצָא שְׂפָתַי נֹכַח פָּנֶיךָ הָיָה was before thy face, La 2:19, Ez 14:3 מִכְשׁוֹל עֲוֹנָם נָֽתְנוּ נֹכַח פְּנֵיהֶם (i.e. they contemplate it with pleasure), v 4, 7. combined with preps.:— אֶל־נֹכַח, Nu 19:4 וְהִזָּה אל־נ׳ פני אהל מועד and sprinkle it towards the front of, etc. לְנֹכַח: (a) as adv. Pr 4:25 עיניך לנ׳ יביטו let thine eyes look to the front or right on (‖ ועפעפיך יַיְשִׁרוּ נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ); (b) as prep. Gn 30:38 לְנֹכַח הַצֹּאן in front of the flocks, 25:21 וַיֶּעְתַּר … לְנֹכַח אִשְׁתּוֹ 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.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «נֹכַח» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
עֵ֭ינֶיךָ לְנֹ֣כַח יַבִּ֑יטוּ וְ֝עַפְעַפֶּ֗יךָ יַיְשִׁ֥רוּ נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃
Word for word: eyes your to the.front let.them.look and eyelids your let.them.look.straight before you
JPS 1917: Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
כִּ֤י נֹ֨כַח ׀ עֵינֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה דַּרְכֵי־אִ֑ישׁ וְֽכָל־מַעְגְּלֹתָ֥יו מְפַלֵּֽס׃
Word for word: (dm) [are].in.front.of the.eyes of.Yahweh the.ways of.a.person and all tracks his [he.is].observing
JPS 1917: For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He maketh even all his paths.
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