Proverbs 13:18:6Prov.13.18.W6TAB
תּוֹכַ֣חַת
tokhakhat
“reproof or correction”
- Transliteration
- to-KHA-khat
- Extended
- toh-KHAH-khaht
- IPA
- /toːˈħa.xat/
Meaning by language
- English
- reproof or correction
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
to-KHA-khat
- phraseyour reading level
to-KHA-khat ye-khu-BAD
- clause
ve-sho-MER to-KHA-khat ye-khu-BAD
- sentence
RESH ve-ka-LON po-RE-a mu-SAR ve-sho-MER to-KHA-khat ye-khu-BAD
Exegesis
The participle porea {פּוֹרֵ֣עַ | pō-rē-ʿa} ‘refuses’ discipline establishes the negative clause, while the adversative vav on veshomer {וְשׁוֹמֵ֖ר | wə-šō-mēr} signals the counterclause centered on tokhachat {תּוֹכַ֣חַת | tō-kha-ḥat} ‘correction.’
Root and etymology
yod–kāph–chetyod–kāph–chet
“to reprove, rebuke”
In context — Proverbs 13:18
Poverty and disgrace will come to the one who refuses discipline , but whoever keeps correction will be honored.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 13:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 13:18, so the Hebrew word תּוֹכַ֣חַת (tokhakhat) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.13.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.18.W6.S1) and character.