King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H3198
Transliteration: yakach
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-kahh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to decide, adjudge, prove
Meaning: to be right, reciprocal, to argue, to decide, justify, convict
Word Summary
yakach: to decide, adjudge, prove
Original Word: יָכַחTransliteration: yakach
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-kahh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to decide, adjudge, prove
Meaning: to be right, reciprocal, to argue, to decide, justify, convict
Strong's Concordance
appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correction, dispute, judge, A primitive root; to be right (i.e. Correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict -- appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3198. yakach
[יָכַח] verb Hiph`il decide, adjudge, prove, (Late Hebrew Pi`el וִכַּח argue with (עם), compare Hithpa`el, Hiph`il prove, correct; Aramaic Pa וַכַּח Aph`el אוֺכַח, id.) —
Hiph`il Perfect הוֺכִיחַ Isaiah 2:4-5t.; הֹכִיחַ Genesis 24:44; הוֺכִחַ 21:25; 2masculine singular חֹכַחְתָּ 24:14; 1singular suffix הוֺכַחְתִּיו 2 Samuel 7:14; Imperfect יוֺכִיחַ Isaiah 11:3 5t.; יוֺכַח Hosea 4:4 4t.; יוֺכָ֑ח 1 Chronicles 12:17; suffix יוֺכִיחֵנִי Psalm 141:5 12t. Imperfect; Imperative הוֺכַח Proverbs 9:8; Infinitive absolute הוֺכֵחַ Leviticus 19:17 5t.; construct הוֺכִיחַ Habakkuk 1:12; הַלְהוֺכַח Job 6:26; Participle מוֺכִיחַ Ezekiel 3:26 8t.; plural מוֺכִיחִים Proverbs 24:25; —
1 decide, judge, absolute Genesis 31:42 (E), 1 Chronicles 12:17; Isaiah 11:3; Psalm 94:10; with לְ decide for Isaiah 2:4 = Micah 4:3; Isaiah 11:4; with בּין, Genesis 31:37 (E), Job 9:33; אֱלוֺהַּ עִם לְגֶבֶר 16:21.
2 adjudge, appoint, with לְ, Genesis 24:14, 44 (J).
3 shew to be right, prove, with accusative of thing and על person against Job 19:5; with אל person unto 13:15; so argue before 13:3, and (absolute) 15:3.
4 convince, convict, with accusative of person Psalm 50:21 בּ person Proverbs 30:6; with לְ person Job 32:12.
5 reprove, chide:
a. of God, with accusative of person Job 22:4; Psalm 50:8; 105:14 = 1 Chronicles 16:21; with בּ object 2 Kings 19:4 = Isaiah 37:4.
b. of man, absolute Hosea 4:4; Ezekiel 3:26; Job 6:25 (twice in verse); Proverbs 24:25; 25:12; בַּשַּׁעַר מוֺכִיחַ Amos 5:10; Isaiah 29:21; with accusative of person Genesis 21:25 (E), Leviticus 19:17 (twice in verse) (H), Proverbs 9:8; 28:23; Jeremiah 2:19; אֱלוהַּ מוֺכִיחַ Job 40:2; accusative of thing 6:26; with לְ, Proverbs 9:7-8, 15:12; 19:25.
6 correct, rebuke, of God, absolute Habakkuk 1:12; with accusative of person Psalm 141:5; Job 13:10 (twice in verse); בְּשֵׁבֶט 2 Samuel 7:14; happy the man whom God corrects Job 5:17; for God loves him Proverbs 3:12; God is entreated not to correct in anger Psalm 6:2; 38:2.
Hoph`al Perfect בְּמַכְאוֺב וְהוּכַח he is chastened also with pain Job 33:19.
Niph`al Imperfect וְנִוָָּֽכְחָה לְכוּנָֿא Isaiah 1:18 come now and let us reason together; Participle עִמּוֺ נוֺכָח יָשָׁר שָׁם Job 23:7 there an upright man might reason with him; feminine (passive) וְנֹכָ֑חַת Genesis 20:16 (E), but Di SS read וְנֹכַחַתְּ2feminine singular Perfect and thou art set right, righted, justified.
Hithpa`el Imperfect יִתְוַכָּח עִםוִֿשְׂרָאֵל Micah 6:2 with Israel he will argue ("" לי ׳רִיב עִם).