תוֹכַ֣חַת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תוֹכַ֣חַת

   to-KHA-khat

   reproof or rebuke
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 תוֹכַ֣חַת יָמֽוּת׃

   to-KHA-khat ya-MUT

   reproof or rebuke he will die
3. clause🔊 שׂוֹנֵ֖א תוֹכַ֣חַת יָמֽוּת׃

   so-NE to-KHA-khat ya-MUT

   hating reproof or rebuke he will die
4. sentence🔊 מוּסָ֣ר רָ֭ע לְעֹזֵ֣ב אֹ֑רַח שׂוֹנֵ֖א תוֹכַ֣חַת יָמֽוּת׃

   mu-SAR RA le-o-ZEV O-rakh so-NE to-KHA-khat ya-MUT

   discipline or correction evil or severe for the one forsaking a path or way hating reproof or rebuke he will die

Exegesis

The second clause parallels this with the participle so-ne {שׂוֹנֵא | sô-nê} ‘one who hates’ governing tokhachat {תוֹכַחַת | tō-kha-khaṯ} ‘reproof’ as its object, followed by the imperfect verb ya-mut {יָמוּת | yā-mûṯ} ‘he will die,’ expressing the resulting judgment. This syntactic pairing underscores the consistency of Hebrew parallelism and the inevitability of consequence, preserved in English by maintaining the cause + effect sequence and participial nuance.

Root and etymology

y-kh-ch🔊 י־כ־חyod–kaph–chet

“to rebuke”

• 🔊 תוֹכִיחַto-khi-akhyou will reproveLeviticus 19:17