How to say "toward" in Arabic
New wordMeaningtoward
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
نَحْوَ
naḥwaנחו
نحو
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
לְכִיוּון, לְעֵבֶר
lekivun, le'everلِكِيڤُون، لِئِڤِر
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
ن-ح-وNo solid Hebrew relative — despite the tempting echo of נוֹכַח, 'facing, present', the middle consonant doesn't line up (ח regularly matches Arabic ح, not the כ sitting in נוכח), so the resemblance is coincidence, not cognacy.
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In a phrase
مَشَيْنَا نَحْوَ الْبَحْر
mashaynā naḥwa al-baḥrמשינא נחו אל-בחרWe walked toward the sea.