תּוֹכַחַת

Biblical Hebrew

argument — used 24 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

argument tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תּוֹכַ֫חַת: n.f. argument, reproof tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. argument, reproof;—ת׳ Pr 10:17 + 9 times; sf. תּוֹכַחְתִּי Hb 2:1 + 5 times; תּוֹכַחְתּוֹ Pr 3:11; pl. תּוֹכָחוֹת ψ 38:15 + 3 times; cstr. תּוֹכְחוֹת Pr 6:23 Ez 25:17; תֹּכְחוֹת 5:15 (but latter del. Co; given by SS under תּוֹכֵחָה);— argument, impeachment, spoken by lips and mouth ψ 38:15 Jb 13:6; 23:4 Hb 2:1. reproof, chiding Pr 1:23; 27:5; ‖ עצה 1:25, 30; ‖ מוסר 3:11; 5:12; 10:17; 12:1; 13:18; 15:5, 10, 32; ת׳ מוסר 6:23 reproofs fordiscipline; ת׳ חיים 15:31 reproof that giveth life; אישׁ תוכחוֹת 29:1 man of reproofs (who deserves them). correction, rebuke ψ 39:12; 73:14; שֵׁבֶט ות׳ Pr 29:15; תּ׳ חֵמָה Ez 5:15; 25:17.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: rebuke (10); correction (5); rebukes (4).

In the verses

Proverbs 27:5 · tree →

ט֭וֹבָהתּוֹכַ֣חַת מְגֻלָּ֑ה מֵֽאַהֲבָ֥ה מְסֻתָּֽרֶת׃

Word for word: [is].good rebuke uncovered more than.love hidden

JPS 1917: Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.

Proverbs 12:1 · tree →

אֹהֵ֣ב מ֭וּסָראֹ֣הֵֽב דָּ֑עַת וְשֹׂנֵ֖א תוֹכַ֣חַת בָּֽעַר׃

Word for word: [one.who].loves discipline [is].loving knowledge and [one.who].hates rebuke [is].stupid

JPS 1917: Whoso loveth knowledge loveth correction; but he that is brutish hateth reproof.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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