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- )tb lit. made (it) to meet before me (cf. 24 12 ),
Ex 29 10 Pr 18 16 etc. In partic, a. With the implication of (a) under the eye or oversigld of, Dt 25 s 1 S 3 1 . (6) under the eye and regard of, Gnif* T?.?!> "??! '*&& &, Ho6 s Is 5 3>6i 8 ;cf.Je3o i) 3i 36 is66 22 V/lo2 2! ': also 1 S 2 a 2 S 19". (c) fig. for in (or into) the full (mental) view of, Gn 6' 3 *}tb S3 ^W^ J*i?. is come in before me, Lai 22 1'jap Dnyi"i>3 tfcfl, Jon i 2 '33P nnpy (cf. b* Gn 18 21 Ex 2 23 ), Is 65" ^ab naw3, Je2 22, ?3p lift*. BBS? (cf."!?3 IS47"). (d) openly before, i S 12 2 ^a? ifpnnn, and with collat. idea of deserving (and receiving) regard 2 3S , esp. '< MB^ Gn 17 1 al. (v. p. 2 36 a ). (e) m presence of the moon or sun, ^ 72 5J7 , i.e. as long as they endure. (/) free before, at the. disposal of, Gn 13 9 T??5> r???"^ 3 ^0 (cf. 20" 34 10 47 6 Je 40 4 2 Ch 14*), 24 51 Ct 8 12 . ' (g) in tlie sight (estimation) of, Gn 7 1 thee have I seen to be just before me, io 9 a mighty hunter before *♦, Dt 24 4 * 6 rnjrtn, v 13 " '? rwny, i s 2o lb , -m? '" 'b Jos 6 M 1 S 26 19 , "• 'b forty acceptable before
Lvi 3 + , i/^ 1 9 15 ; 2X5*8 great man 'J??
VJ'lK , Pr 1 4 12 ^ 1 4 3 2 ; 'b 35*3 (late syn. of earlier TV?) tNe 2 5 - 6 Est5 14 ; 'b 3iB Ec2 2S 7 26 ; cf.also »j»J» nnprnp jnj, v . com. (A) "• *l$, spec, of acts done with a solemn sense of ' 's presence, often, but not always, at a sanctuary: Gn 27' that I may eat and bless thee before ' before
die, Ex 18 12 to eat bread before God, Dt I 45
ye wept before 6 25 12 7 (to eat, so v 18 14 2326 15 20 ), v 12 (rejoice, so v 18 27 7 Is p 2 ), Jos 18 6 24, 1 Jun" 20 23M 2i 2 1S7 6 10" 11 15 12 7 15 33 23 18
S 5 3 7 18 2 1 9 ; and constantly in P, as Ex 1 6 9 ' 3 " 4
Lv 1 5 n 3 1 ' etc.; of residents in Jerus. Is 23 18 . So in * 'b ?bn 1 K 2 4 al.fv. p. 234b 0). b. In other phrases : — (a) ^.ap 1IDJ? to stand before, i.e. wail upon, be in attendance on, Dt i 38 al. (v. IP? le;. Simil. "?.B? HJJ 1 8 1 9 7 (cf. 29"), 2 K s 2 ; 'b 12)3 2 S 16 1 '. (6) *Jf? ninnpn to bow down before Gn 23 12 Dt 26 10 2 K 1 S' 22 al. (v. sub nriB'; also ^>33 3 b): so with bWin to pray iSi" + ; cf. *&b "]bn 1 K 12 30 1 Ch 21 30 . (c) io be smitten (*|3?) fte/ore a foe ; v. lij Niph. [contrast 'JSe DM : infr. 6 a]. So with b&i 1 S 14 13 ; PJ (in helplessness or flight), esp. in Dt, as i 8 - 21 7 2 - 23 Josio 12 ii 6 + (Dr D """ H ): cf.Ju 4 15 2 S 5 20 Is 45 1 Je i 17 . (d) ^.a? lay to stand. (make a stand) before (not quite so strong as '332 'V, supr. 3), Exp" Ju 2 14 2 K io 4 Je 4 9 19 ^ 7 6 8 147 ,: Na i 6 ; so with Wm Dt 9 2 Jos I s Jb4i 2 , Wp Jos7 12l:i . (e) in hostile sense (rare), >3p NSJ go forth to face 1 Ch 1 4 9 2 Ch 1 4'. ( /) '33? ([nj) D , B' ! of food, to set or place before, Gn 1 8 8 2 4 s3 + . (j/) 'JBp 105 to «e< 6«/br«, i. e. propound for acceptance or choice, usu. of laws (esp. Dt Je), Dt 4 8 1 1 26 - 32 3o MM » 1 K 9 6 (D 2 ), Je 9" 2 1 8 26 4 44 10 Dn 9 10 , cf. Ez 23" (place at dis- posal of) : so with D'fe' Ex 1 9* 2 1 '. C. With reference to position : (a) in front of, before, esp. with vbs. of motion (with which 133 is hardly used), G1132 21 "jsb D#hrj nH3tS3 that goeth before me, 33 14 the cattle '33^ lf$, Ex 17 5 23 20 etc; in the description of a march or procession, Ex 13 2122 Nu io 33 Is 52 12 58 8 4-; 2 S 3 31 and wail before Abner (befcre his bier); of flocks before a shepherd Gn32 18 ; of captives or booty driven before a conqueror 1 S 30 20 (rd. V33p -anp) We Dr), Is 8 4 40'°= 62 11 V3?5 $*w his recompence (i.e. his newly-recovered people, regarded as his prize of war) before him, Am 9 4 La i 5 ' 6 . (b) of a leader, etc. = a< the head of, Dt io" Ju 9 39 1 S 8 20 Mi 1" al.; cf. <33^ KX'1 K3 (Dyn) Nu 27' 7 1 S i8 13 ' 6 2 Ch i 10 ; Ec 4" before whom (at whose head) he was. (c) denoting superiority, before, above, Gn 48=" DnBKTIN DW m&D'Mftb, Jb34 ,,J . d. Of places (not very common) : Ex 1 4 s before Pi-hahiroth . . . , before Baal-zephon, Nu 33 7b , Gn 23 17 N1.0» 'b -m. (usu.'d ^33 bv ■ v. 7 ad), 1 Ch 19 7 Ne 8 1,3 ; before the temple, veil, altar, etc., Ex-^+n-iyn 'b, so'+naisn 6, 4 o 5 - 6 Nu 3™ 7 10 al. (all P), 1 K 6 21 7 49 + . e. Of time, before: Am i 1 i^JTIH "33 1 ; before the earthquake, Gn 29 s6 30 20 ^ap before me (i.e. before I came to thee Ex io 14 p rrn tib V3& before it there was not the like, Nu 13 22 1 K l6 25.3o V 3ap IB'S 1)30, Is 4 3 10 48 7 Pr8 2i Jbl5 7 etc. Sq. 'inf., Gn 13 10 '" nnc* »33p before '"'s destroying, etc., 2 7 7 WO 'JBp, 36" iS9 15 4-. Once, in late Heb., HIO 'SSp before this Ne 1 3 4 . f. In the manner of, like (rare and dub.), 1 S i 16 ^3-ro »33p jnps-nx fWr^S K*« a worth- less woman, Jb 3 s4 /i'^« my food, 4 19 they are crushed like the moth (cf. Lat.pro). . 'JSpD^ from before : — a,, fomtlu presence of (properly, from a position before a person or object : to be distinguished from V.?*?; v. 6): (a) Gn 4 1 46 '3 'pab t|Dl» KX'1 from before Ph. 47 10 2 K 5" 6 32 +'; '" 'bo Gn 4 6 Cain went forth from before Jon I 310 ; spec, cf the sanctuary, LV9 24 ' vttbn vx Nvm (so io 2 ), *(£> NU17 11 (cf. 2 Ch 1 9 2 ), with rm etc. Lv i6 12 Nu 1 7 24 20 9 , 1 S 21' the shew-bread that was removed from before ^ ; from before a place 1 K 8 M Ezr 10' .1 g
