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Job 16:21
“O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
יָכַחyâkach · yaw-kahh'
H3198 · Hebrew
H3198 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- יוֹכַ֣ח — verb Hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 59 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 20:16Genesis 21:25Genesis 24:14Genesis 24:44Genesis 31:37
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָכַח here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.