Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>]

Absolutely it could be an infinitive... but I'm afraid that נכח is not used
as a verb in the Tanakh.
In Gn 30:38 and in Pr 4:25 we find לנכח as well.

I think that, as you say, לנכח is here to show the idea of presenting his
wife before the Lord in his prayers.

Regards

Pere Porta
(Barcelona, Catalonia, Northeastern Spain)

2011/12/13 K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>

> Dea B-Hebrew Fellows:
>
> Every time *נכח* is used, it refers to the action of going towards the
> front, straight forward. The one exception seems to be Genesis 25:21.
>


> Are we dealing with a homograph? Or is this an infinitive verb with the
> idea of presenting his wife before the Lord in his prayers? We can’t count
> on the Masoretic points always to be correct, so we have to be ready to
> think outside of the box when there are questions.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
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Pere Porta