Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Pere:

נכח is used as a verb in Exodus 14:2, Isaiah 57:2, and it looks like in
Ezekiel 46:9, except none of these is an infinitive. We don’t expect that a
verb that is used this seldom will be found in all its grammatical forms.


The verbal use seems to have the meaning of “to go towards the front, i.e.
straight forward” with derivatives “in front of” and metaphorically
referring to people as “upfront, straight” sort of people, i.e. honest,
true, frank.


It is while reading for meaning and realizing that all the other uses of נכח
and its derivatives refer to going to the front, or as adjectives being in
front or an upfront person, that the idea that this may be a verb to place
his wife up front of God makes sense.


Karl W. Randolph.

On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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