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I. נֵ֫צַח noun masculine Lam 3:18 eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity (לנצח Eccl 40:14 as 4 below); — נֵ֫צַח 1Sam 15:29 + 3 t.; נֶ֫צַח Amos 1:11 + 36 t.; suffix נִצְחִי Lam 3:18 plural נְצָחִים 34:10; —
1.
eminence:
נצח ישׂראל
the Eminence of Israel (׳
י) 1Sam 15:29 (DrSam. 98
glory of Israel); attribute of God 1Chr 29:11 (|| הוד, תפארת
et al.).
2.
enduring of life, and so life itself as enduring: אָבַד נִצְחִי
Lam 3:18
my endurance doth vanish (De sap of life, see II.
׳
נ).
3.
endurance in time:
׳
משׁאות נ
Ps 74:3
perpetual desolations; יְדַבֵּר
׳
לנ
Prov 21:28
speaketh continually (?; see Toy); ׳
עדנֿ
Ps 49:20
unto the end (a long duration), so Job 34:36.
4.
everlastingness, ever, usually לָנֶצַח
for ever, 2Sam 2:26; Isa 13:20; Isa 25:8; Isa 28:28; Isa 33:20; Isa 57:16; Jer 3:5; Jer 50:39;
Amos 8:7; Hab 1:4; Ps 9:7; Ps 9:19; Ps 10:11;
Ps 44:24;
Ps 49:10;
Ps 52:7; Ps 68:17;
Ps 74:1; Ps 74:10;
Ps 74:19;
Ps 77:9; Ps 79:5; Ps 89:47;
Ps 103:9;
Job 4:20; Job 14:20;
Job 20:7; Job 23:7; Job 36:7; Lam 5:20
לנצח נצחים (compare עולם עולמים) Isa 34:10 seldom abbreviated נֶצַח
Amos 1:11 (
׳
לָנ
ᵐ5
We
Now
GASm), Jer 15:18; Ps 13:2; Ps 16:11.