Original: יָכַח

Transliteration: yâkach

Phonetic: yaw-kahh'

Short 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

Cognate: H8433