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# 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5bc_5d5_5b9_5db_5b7_5d7_5b7_5ea/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תּוֹכַ֫חַת: n.f. argument, reproof [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5bc_5d5_5b9_5db_5b7_5d7_5b7_5ea/#m2)

**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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.12.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.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

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5bc_5d5_5b9_5db_5b7_5d7_5b7_5ea/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

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).