נָצַח
nâtsach · naw-tsakh'
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); to be permanent
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; also as denominative from H5331 (נֶצַח)
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); to be permanent
- properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music)
- to be permanent
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to pursue the straight path › to separate and protect
The seed, life continuing that works to pursue the straight path that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָצַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
65 occurrences · 65 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to the chief musician55 · 85%
- to set forward2 · 3%
- to excel1 · 2%
- were to set forward1 · 2%
- to oversee1 · 2%
- overseers1 · 2%
- and the overseers1 · 2%
- and were overseers1 · 2%
- by a perpetual1 · 2%
- to the chief singer1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.