נֵצַח
Used: 43 times · Key: 5331 · BDB: נֵ֫צַח
Glosses
perpetuity (38); eminence (1); endurance (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
eminence tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. La 3:18 eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity (לנצח Ecclus 40:14 as 4 infr.);—נֵ֫צַח 1 S 15:29 + 3 times; נֶ֫צַח Am 1:11 + 36 times; sf. נִצְחִי La 3:18; pl. נְצָחִים Is 34:10;— eminence: נצח ישׂראל the Eminence of Israel (י׳) 1 S 15:29 (DrSam 98 glory of Israel); attribute of God 1 Ch 29:11 (‖ הוד, תפארת et al.). 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׳). 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. everlastingness, ever, usually לָנֶצַח for ever, 2 S 2:26; Is 13:20; 25:8; 28:28; 33:20; 57:16 Je 3:5; 50:39 Am 8:7; Hb 1:4 ψ 9:7, 19; 10:11; 44:24; 49:10; 52:7; 68:17; 74:1, 10, 19; 77:9; 79:5; 89:47; 103:9 Jb 4:20; 14:20; 20:7; 23:7; 36:7 La 5:20; לנצח נצחים (cf. עולם עולמים) Is 34:10; seldom abbr. נֶצַח Am 1:11 (לָנ׳ 𝔊 We Now GASm), Je 15:18 ψ 13:2; 16:11.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 42 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «נֵצַח» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וִֽיחִי־ע֥וֹד לָנֶ֑צַח לֹ֖א יִרְאֶ֣ה הַשָּֽׁחַת׃
Word for word: and he.will.live still to perpetuity not he.will.see the pit
JPS 1917: That he should still live alway, that he should not see the pit.
לֹֽא־לָנֶ֥צַח יָרִ֑יב וְלֹ֖א לְעוֹלָ֣ם יִטּֽוֹר׃
Word for word: not to perpetuity he.will.conduct.a.case and not forever of.perpetuity he.will.keep
JPS 1917: He will not always contend; neither will He keep His anger for ever.
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