BDB5199
נֹ֫כַח substantive front, always in preposition or adverb phrases, with suffix נִכְחוֺ Exod 14:2; Ezek 46:9: —
1. as adverb accusative in front of, opposite to, Exod 14:2
נִכְחוֺ
תַּחֲנוּ, Exod 26:35 the candlestick נֹכַח הַשֻּׁלְחָן, Exod 40:24, Josh 18:17 (in
the || Josh 15:7,
נֹכַח לְ: see
לְ
5.c.), 1Kgs 20:29
וַיַּחֲנוּ אֵלֶּה נֹכַח אֵלֶּה, 1Kgs 22:35 (= 2Chr 18:34), Esth 5:1 (twice in verse); Ezek 46:9
Qr
כִּי נִכְחוֺ יֵצֵא shall go out in front of himself, i.e.
straightforward; compare נֶגְדּוֺ, נֶגֶד
1.a. (b). Figurative Prov 5:21
דַּרְכֵי אִישׁ
׳
כִּי נֹכַח עֵינֵי י
in the sight of ׳
י's eyes are, etc., Judg 18:6
דַּרְכְּכֶם
׳
נֹכַח י
before
׳
י is your way, i.e. under his eye and favourable regard. In the phrase
נֹכַח פְּנֵי, Jer 17:16
מוֺצָא שְׂפָתַי
נֹכַח פָּנֶיךָ הָיָה was before thy face, Lam 2:19
; Ezek 14:3
מִכְשׁוֺל עֲוֺנָם נָָֽתְנוּ נֹכַח פְּנֵיהֶם (i.e. they contemplate it with
pleasure), Ezek 14:4
Ezek 14:7
.
2. combined with prepositions: —
a.
אֶלנֹֿכַח, Num 19:4
פני אהל
׳
מועד וְהִזָּה אלנֿ and sprinkle it towards the front of, etc.
b.
׃לְֹנכַח (a) as adverb
Prov 4:25
יביטו
׳
עיניך לנ let thine eyes look to the front or right on
(|| ועפיך
יַישִׁרוּ נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ); (b) as preposition
Gen 30:38
לְֹנכַח הַצּאֹן
in front of the flocks Gen 25:21
וַיֶּעְתַּר ֗֗֗ לְֹנכַח אִשְׁתּוֺ
in fornt of, i.e. on behalf of (compare pro
),
his wife; (c) עַדנֹֿכַח, Judg 19:10
יְבוּס
׳
וַיָּבאֹ עַדנֿ
as fas as in front of Jebus, Judg 20:43; Ezek 47:20 (עַדנֹֿכַח לְ).
Synonym
נֶגֶד
, q. v.