נָכֹחַ

[נָכֹחַ] adjective and substantive straight, right, straightness, feminine נְכֹחָה, plural נְכֹחִים, וֺת-: — Es 57,2 הֹלֵךְ נְכֹחוֺ he that walks in (compare Es 33,15; Es 50,10) his straightness (Ges 'der seinen geraden Weg geht'), figurative for straightforwardly (compare Ord 4,25); נְכֹחָה what is straight in front, figurative straightforwardness, honesty, Amos 3,10 ׳לֹא יָָֽדְעוּ עֲשׂוֺת נ, Es 59,14 לֹא תוּכַל לָבוֺא ׳ונ (|| אֱמֶת); 2 Sam 15,3 דבריך טובים וּנְכֹחִים thy pleadings are good and right (i.e. true), Ord 8,9 (of words of Wisdom) כֻּלָּם נְכֹחִים לַמֵּבִין i.e. they lead straight to the right goal (|| ישׁרים; compare vOrd 8,8b אֵין בָּהֶם נִפָתָּל וְעִקֵּשׁ), Ord 24,26 מֵשִׁיב דְּבָרִים נְכֹחִים i.e. either correct (leading to the right point), or honest answers; Es 30,10 לֹאתֶֿחֱזוּ לָנוּ נְכֹחוֺת true things (opposed to חֲלָקוֺת, מַהֲתַלּוֺת illusions), Es 26,10 בְּאֶרֶץ נְכֹחוֺת יְעַוֵּל in a land of rectitude (Che) he will do wickedly.