נֹ֫כַח

Genesis 25:21 לְנֹ֣כַח to before

Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

Here: Normally a word of place: "facing, opposite, in front of." Here it most likely means "about" or "on behalf of" his wife, keeping a picture of Isaac pleading with her plight in front of him. A literal "in her presence" is also possible (see debates).

Genesis 30:38 לְנֹ֣כַח to before

Then he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink,

Exodus 14:2 נִכְח֥וֹ opposite it

“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.

Exodus 26:35 נֹ֣כַח opposite to

And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.

Exodus 40:24 נֹ֖כַח opposite to

He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle

Numbers 19:4 נֹ֨כַח before

Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting.

Joshua 15:7 נֹ֙כַח֙ [is] opposite

Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.

Joshua 18:17 נֹ֖כַח [is] opposite

From there it curved northward and proceeded to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth facing the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

Here: "Facing" or "across from". Geliloth is pinned down by the well-known road climb it looks across to.

Judges 18:6 נֹ֣כַח [is] before

And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”

Judges 19:10 נֹ֣כַח opposite

But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.

Judges 20:43 נֹ֥כַח opposite

They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.

1 Kings 20:29 נֹ֥כַח opposite to

For seven days the armies camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle ensued, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.

1 Kings 22:35 נֹ֣כַח opposite to

The battle raged throughout that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. And the blood from his wound ran out onto the floor of the chariot, and that evening he died.

2 Chronicles 18:34 נֹ֥כַח opposite to

The battle raged throughout that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans until evening. And at sunset he died.

Esther 5:1 נֹ֖כַח נֹ֖כַח before

On the third day, Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace across from the king’s quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom, facing the entrance.

Here: Facing, in line of sight. She stands where she can be seen from the throne hall, and the word sets up the face-to-face staging of the scene.

Proverbs 4:25 לְנֹ֣כַח <to> before

Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.

Here: "Toward what is straight in front." The word is related to nākōaḥ, "straight, right, upright" (Prov 8:9). So it means both "dead ahead" and, faintly, "toward what is right." The contrast is with looking off to the sides, not with looking back.

Proverbs 5:21 נֹ֨כַח׀ before

For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.

Here: Literally "right opposite, face-to-face with." A man's ways are not just somewhere God might see them. They lie squarely in his line of sight. The vertical stroke after it is a reading mark that tells the reader to pause briefly.

Jeremiah 17:16 נֹ֥כַח before

But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.

Here: Right in front of, directly facing. Nothing was said behind God's back.

Lamentations 2:19 נֹ֖כַח before

Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.

Here: Directly opposite, face to face. The plea is not sent from far off. It is poured out right in front of God.

Ezekiel 14:3 נֹ֣כַח before

“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way?

Here: 'Straight in front of' them, directly in their line of sight. It is what they keep looking at and steering by.

Ezekiel 14:4 נֹ֣כַח before

Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry,

Ezekiel 14:7 נֹ֣כַח before

For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.

Here: 'Squarely in front of'. The obstacle is right before his eyes.

Ezekiel 46:9 נִכְח֖וֹ opposite it

When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship must go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate must go out by the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each must go out by the opposite gate.

Ezekiel 47:20 נֹ֖כַח opposite

And on the west side, the Great Sea will be the boundary up to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This will be the western boundary.