נֶגֶד

H5048. neged
נֶ֫גֶד151 substantive what is conspicuous or in front, always as
adverb or
preposition in front of, in sight of, opposite to, נֶ֑גֶד, construct נֶגֶד, suffix נֶגְדִּי Psa 38:11 +, נֶגְדְּךָ Psa 38:10 +, etc.; with ה locative נֶ֫גְדָּה Psa 116:14; Psa 116:18; —
1 as adverb accusative in front of,
a. locally (rather stronger and distincter than לִפְנֵי), (a) Gen 31:32 הַכֶּרנָֿא אַחֵינוּ נֶגֶד in front of our brethren own it, now, Gen 31:37; Gen 47:15 נגדך נמות ולמה why should we die in thy sight ? Exo 19:2 Israel encamped ההר נגד in front of the mountain, Exo 34:10 נִפְלָאֹת אעשׂה כלעֿמך נגד, before, in sight of, all thy people (compare Psa 78:12), Jos 3:16 the people passed over ירחו נגד in front of J., 1Ki 20:27, etc.; Neh 3:23 in front of their house, Neh 3:29; ישׂראל (כלׅ נגד Deu 31:11; Jos 8:35 = 1Sa 15:30; 2Sa 12:12 +; 1Ki 21:13 set Naboth הָעָם נֶגֶד; י ׳נגד 1Sa 12:3; 1Sa 16:6 י נֶגֶד ׳אַךְ מְשִׁיחוֺ, so נֶגְדִּי Psa 89:37, נֶגְדּוֺ Psa 18:13; השׁמשׁ נגד Num 25:4; 2Sa 12:12; Psa 22:26 ׳נ יראיו, Psalm 52:11 (so in poetry לְ נֶגְדָּה Psa 116:14; Psa 116:18); hostilely, Job 10:17; with collateral idea of to the mortification of, Psa 23:5; Psa 31:20, compare Joe 1:16; with collateral idea of being open or known to, Pro 15:11 י נגד ואבדון ׳שׁאול, Job 26:6; Psa 38:10 כלתֿאותי נגדך || נסתרהׅ לא (ממך, Psa 69:20 (|| יָדַעְתָּ), Psa 119:168; Isa 59:12; so הָיוּ מָּנַי נֶגֶד Hos 7:2. (b) with reflexive suffix, and verb of motion, to go in front of oneself, i.e. straightforward, Jos 6:5 נגדו אישׁ העם ועלו each straightforward, Jos 6:20; Amo 4:3; Jer 31:29; Neh 12:37, compare Pro 4:25.
b. mentally, = vividly present to, Psa 38:18 תמיד נגדי ומכאובי, Psa 44:16; Psa 51:5 תמיד נגדי וחטאתי, Psa 109:15 ׳נ ׳י (remembered by): nearly = נֶגְדּוֺ כְּאַיִן בְּעֵינָיו, Isa 40:17; Psa 39:6; so נְבוֺנִים מְּנֵיהֶם ׳וְנ Isa 5:21. But Exo 10:10 פניכם נגד רעה כי before your face is = in your view, or purpose (compare דברבֿליעל עֵינַי לְנֶגֶד אשׁית לא Psa 101:3).
2 With prepositions:
a. כְּנֶגֶד according to what is in front of = corresponding to, Gen 2:18 I will make him כְּנֶגְדּוֺ עֵזֶר a help corresponding to him i.e. equal and adequate to himself, Gen 2:20 among the animals there was no כְּנֶגְדּוֺ עֵזֶר. **Note that in Late Hebrew מכנגד = in front of, Ber 4:5; 9:5; Ab 2:10, פני מכנגד Git 7:7 and elsewhere.
b. לְנֶגֶד in front of, before, Gen 33:12 לְנֶנְדֶּ֑ךָ וְֵאלְכָה, Num 22:32; 2Ki 1:13 fell on his knees אליהו לנגד, Isa 1:7 your ground אותהּ אֹכלים זרים לנגדכם; with עָמַד Jos 5:13; Dan 8:15; Dan 10:16, in a hostile sense Dan 10:13, compare Pro 21:30; in the sight or presence of, Hab 1:3 לְנֶגְדִּי וְחָמָס וְשֹׁד, Psa 39:2 לנגדי רשׁע בעוד, Psa 50:8 תמיד לנגדי ועולֹתיך, Nehemiah 3:37; opposite to (probably of opposite choirs), Neh 12:9, Neh 12:24; = parallel to, 1Ch 5:11; = over, for, a business (peculiar) Neh 11:22; figurative of what is visible morally, Psa 18:23 לנגדי משׁפטיו כל כי (|| מֶנִּי אָסִיר לֹא), with to set or place Psa 16:8; Psa 54:5 לנגדם אלהים שׂמו לא (compare Psa 86:14,), Psa 90:8; often in the phrase ֗֗֗ עֵינֵי לְנֶגֶד, both literal, as Job 4:16 ׳לנ עֵינָ֑י תְּמוּנָה, Psa 5:6 לנ הוללים יתיצבו ׳לא עיניך (compare Psa 101:7); and in a moral sense, Psa 18:25 לנ ידי ׳כְּבֹר עיניו, Psa 26:3 לנ חסדך ׳כי עיני i.e. is ever present to my mind, Psa 36:2 לנ אלהים פחד ׳אין עיניו i.e. he has no eye to discern God's awe-inspiring judgments (compare Psa 10:5); with אשׁית לא i.e. have in view, purpose (|| שׂנאתי) Psa 101:3.
c. מִנֶּגֶד (a)
adverb off (מִן
1c) the front, in front, opposite, ex adverso, Gen 21:16 מנגד להּ ותשׁב sat her down opposite, Gen 21:16, 2Ki 2:7; Deu 28:66 מנגד לך תלואים חייך והיו shall be hung up for thee in front (i.e. suspended, as by a thread, in front of thee); Jdg 9:17 מנגד נפשׁו וישׁלך and flung away his life in front or straight away (i.e. hazarded it); = some way off, from or at a distance, Num 2:2; Deu 32:52 הארץ את תראה מִנֶּגֶד כי, 2Ki 2:15 מנ ׳וַיִּרְאֻהוּ at a distance, 2Ki 3:22; 2Ki 4:25; aloof, 2Sa 18:13 מנגד תתיצב ואתה, Obadiah 11 (b) as a
preposition (a) from the front of, away from, Son 6:5 מִנֶּגְדִּי עֵינַיִךְ הָסֵבִּי, 1Sa 26:20 מנ ארצה ׳דמי י ׳פני אליֿפֹל; עיני מנגד from before the eyes of, with verbs of removing Isa 1:16, cutting off Psa 31:23; Jon 2:5, hiding Amo 9:3; Jer 16:17. (β) opposite to, Neh 3:19, Neh 3:25, Neh 3:27; at a distance from, Psa 10:5 מנגדו משׁפטיך מרום, Psa 38:12 יעמדו נגעי מנגד. (γ) לְ מִנֶּגֶד from before, Pro 14:7, in front of Jdg 20:34.
d. נֶגֶד עַד as far as the front of, Neh 3:16, Neh 3:26.