יָכַח
ya.khach
“to rebuke”
Definition
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
a primitive root;
- to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to decide, judge 1a2) to adjudge, appoint 1a3) to show to be right, prove 1a4) to convince, convict 1a5) to reprove, chide 1a6) to correct, rebuke 1b) (Hophal) to be chastened 1c) (Niphal) to reason, reason together 1d) (Hithp) to argue
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
יָכַח appears 52 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
He let no man oppress them;He rebuked kings on their behalf:
If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”
Yet I desire to speak to the Almightyand argue my case before God.
“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty?Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
but it will go well with those who convict the guilty,and rich blessing will come upon them.
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