נֵכַח

1. as adverb accusative in front of, opposite to, 2 Mos 14,2 נִכְחוֺ תַּחֲנוּ, 2 Mos 26,35 the candlestick נֹכַח הַשֻּׁלְחָן, 2 Mos 40,24, Jos 18,17 (in the || Jos 15,7, נֹכַח לְ: see לְ 5 c), 1 Kong 20,29 וַיַּחֲנוּ אֵלֶּה נֹכַח אֵלֶּה, 1 Kong 22,35 (= 2 Kron 18,34), Est 5,1 (twice in verse); Ezk 46,9 Qr כִּי נִכְחוֺ יֵצֵא shall go out in front of himself, i.e. straightforward; compare נֶגְדּוֺ, נֶגֶד 1 a
\ \ \ (b). Figurative Ord 5,21 דַּרְכֵי אִישׁ ׳כִּי נֹכַח עֵינֵי י in the sight of ׳י's eyes are, etc., Dom 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, Klg 2,19; Ezk 14,3 מִכְשׁוֺל עֲוֺנָם נָָֽתְנוּ נֹכַח פְּנֵיהֶם (i.e. they contemplate it with pleasure), vEzk 14,4 vEzk 14,7.

2. combined with prepositions: —
\ \ a. אֶלנֹֿכַח, 4 Mos 19,4 פני אהל ׳מועד וְהִזָּה אלנֿ and sprinkle it towards the front of, etc.
\ \ b. ׃לְֹנכַח
\ \ \ (a) as adverb Ord 4,25 יביטו ׳עיניך לנ let thine eyes look to the front or right on (|| ועפיך יַישִׁרוּ נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ);
\ \ \ (b) as preposition 1 Mos 30,38 לְֹנכַח הַצּאֹן in front of the flocks 1 Mos 25,21 וַיֶּעְתַּר ֗֗֗ לְֹנכַח אִשְׁתּוֺ in fornt of, i.e. on behalf of (compare pro), his wife;
\ \ \ (c) עַדנֹֿכַח, Dom 19,10 יְבוּס ׳וַיָּבאֹ עַדנֿ as fas as in front of Jebus, Dom 20,43; Ezk 47,20 (עַדנֹֿכַח לְ). Synonym נֶגֶד, q. v.