נָכֹחַ
Used: 4 times · Key: 5228 · BDB: נָכֹחַ
Glosses
straightforward (2); [are].straightforward (1); his (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
straight tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
adj. subst. straight, right, straightness tree →
The whole BDB entry
adj. and subst. straight, right, straightness, f. נְכֹחָה, pl. נְכֹחִים, וֹת:—Is 57:2 הֹלֵךְ נְכֹחוֹ he that walks in (cf. 33:15; 50:10) his straightness (Ges ‘der seinen geraden Weg geht’), fig. for straightforwardly (cf. Pr 4:25); נְכֹחָה what is straight in front, fig. straightforwardness, honesty, Am 3:10 לֹא יָֽדְעוּ עֲשׂוֹת נ׳, Is 59:14 ונ׳ לֹא תוּכַל לָבוֹא (‖ אֱמֶת); 2 S 15:3 דבריך טובים וּנְכֹחִים thy pleadings are good and right (i.e. true), Pr 8:9 (of words of Wisdom) כֻּלָּם נְכֹחִים לַמֵּבִין 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 נְכֹחוֹת true things (opp. חֲלָקוֹת, מַהֲתַלּוֹת illusions), 26:10 בְּאֶרֶץ נְכֹחוֹת יְעַוֵּל in a land of rectitude (Che) he will do wickedly.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «נָכֹחַ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
שְׂפָתַ֥יִם יִשָּׁ֑ק מֵ֝שִׁ֗יב דְּבָרִ֥ים נְכֹחִֽים׃
Word for word: lips he.kisses [one.who].brings.back words straightforward
JPS 1917: He kisseth the lips that giveth a right answer.
יָב֣וֹא שָׁל֔וֹם יָנ֖וּחוּ עַל־מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָ֑ם הֹלֵ֖ךְ נְכֹחֽוֹ׃
Word for word: he.will.go peace they.will.rest on beds their [one.who].walks his straightforwardness
JPS 1917: He entereth into peace, they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5228.md