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title: נֹכַח — front · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֹכַח (5227), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 25 times: front. BDB 1906: subst. front prep. adv. adv. prep. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֹכַח

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«נֹכַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **front** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 25 times · **Key:** 5227 · **BDB:** נֹ֫כַח

### Glosses

in.front.of (8); opposite (5); opposite.to (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

front [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5227/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

subst. front prep. adv. adv. prep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5227/#m2)

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**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.

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5227/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 4:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.25/)

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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.

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[Proverbs 5:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.21/)

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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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