וְתוֹכִ֥יחוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְתוֹכִ֥יחוּ

   ve-to-KHI-khu

   and you prove or argue
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְתוֹכִ֥יחוּ עָ֝לַ֗י

   ve-to-KHI-khu a-LAI

   and you prove or argue against me or upon me
3. clause🔊 וְתוֹכִ֥יחוּ עָ֝לַ֗י חֶרְפָּתִּֽ‪י׃

   ve-to-KHI-khu a-LAI kher-pa-TI

   and you prove or argue against me or upon me my disgrace or my reproach
4. sentence🔊 אִם־אָ֭מְנָם עָלַ֣י תַּגְדִּ֑ילוּ וְתוֹכִ֥יחוּ עָ֝לַ֗י חֶרְפָּתִּֽ‪י׃

   im-A-menam a-LAI tag-DI-lu ve-to-KHI-khu a-LAI kher-pa-TI

   if indeed against me or upon me you magnify yourselves and you prove or argue against me or upon me my disgrace or my reproach

Exegesis

The Hiphil ve-tokhichu {וְתוֹכִ֥יחוּ | wə-ṯô-khî-ḥû} has a juridical force “present a case,” structuring kherpati {חֶרְפָּתִּֽ‪י | kher-pā-tî} ‘reproach’ as legal evidence marshaled against him. The end-focus on kherpati heightens the sense of shame within a courtroom metaphor.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 י־כ־חyod–kaf–khet

“to decide, reprove”

• 🔊 הוֹכִיחַhokhiachhe reprovedProverbs 9:8
• 🔊 תּוֹכֵחָהtokhechahreproofProverbs 15:31