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title: נֵצַח — eminence · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֵצַח (5331), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 43 times: eminence. BDB 1906: n.m. eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֵצַח

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«נֵצַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **eminence** — 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:** 43 times · **Key:** 5331 · **BDB:** נֵ֫צַח

### Glosses

perpetuity (38); eminence (1); endurance (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

eminence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5331/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5331/#m2)

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**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.

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5331/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 49:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.49.10/)

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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.

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[Psalms 103:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.103.9/)

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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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