ne.ged marks a person, object, or action as positioned or occurring in relation to another, often face-to-face or publicly.

As a preposition, ne.ged marks a spatial, relational, or public orientation toward another party: people stand or act before others, groups face one another, and objects are positioned opposite each other.

1. Preposition marking orientation toward another · dominant

   The supplied forms are all tagged as prepositions. In 1 Kings 20:27 the APB renders Israel as encamped “opposite them”; in 1 Kings 8:22 Solomon stands “before the altar of the LORD before all the assembly”; and in Genesis 31:37 disputed goods are set “before my brothers and your brothers.” The same relational placement also appears in Ezekiel 42:1, where chambers “faced” other structures.

   1 Kings 20:271 Kings 8:22Genesis 31:37Ezekiel 42:12 Kings 2:72 Samuel 12:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the relation with “before,” “opposite,” and “faced,” depending on the clause. These renderings illustrate the verse-level relation rather than assigning a separate English equivalent in every occurrence.