BDB5332 [H5331]

I. נֵ֫צַח noun masculine^{Lam 3:18} eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity (לנצח Eccl 40:14 as 4 below); — נֵ֫צַח 1Sam 15:29 + 3 t.; נֶ֫צַח Amos 1:11 + 36 t.; suffix נִצְחִי Lam 3:18 plural נְצָחִים 34:10; —

1. eminence: נצח ישׂראל the Eminence of Israel (׳י) 1Sam 15:29 (Dr^{Sam. 98} glory of Israel); attribute of God 1Chr 29:11 (|| הוד, תפארת et al.).

2. enduring of life, and so life itself as enduring: אָבַד נִצְחִי Lam 3:18 my endurance doth vanish (De sap of life, see II. ׳נ).

3. endurance in time: ׳משׁאות נ Ps 74:3 perpetual desolations; יְדַבֵּר ׳לנ Prov 21:28 speaketh continually (?; see Toy); ׳עדנֿ Ps 49:20 unto the end (a long duration), so Job 34:36.

4. everlastingness, ever, usually לָנֶצַח for ever, 2Sam 2:26; Isa 13:20; Isa 25:8; Isa 28:28; Isa 33:20; Isa 57:16; Jer 3:5; Jer 50:39; Amos 8:7; Hab 1:4; Ps 9:7; Ps 9:19; Ps 10:11; Ps 44:24; Ps 49:10; Ps 52:7; Ps 68:17; Ps 74:1; Ps 74:10; Ps 74:19; Ps 77:9; Ps 79:5; Ps 89:47; Ps 103:9; Job 4:20; Job 14:20; Job 20:7; Job 23:7; Job 36:7; Lam 5:20 לנצח נצחים (compare עולם עולמים) Isa 34:10 seldom abbreviated נֶצַח Amos 1:11 (׳לָנ ᵐ5 We Now GASm), Jer 15:18; Ps 13:2; Ps 16:11.

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