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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - יָכַח

יָכַח

H3198

Transliteration: yâkach

Pronunciation: yaw-kahh'

Definition: appoint


Original: יכח

Transliteration: yâkach

Phonetic: yaw-kahh'

BDB Definition:

  1. to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right
    1. (Hiphil)
      1. to decide, judge
      2. to adjudge, appoint
      3. to show to be right, prove
      4. to convince, convict
      5. to reprove, chide
      6. to correct, rebuke
    2. (Hophal) to be chastened
    3. (Niphal) to reason, reason together
    4. (Hithpael) to argue

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 865

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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