Proverbs 27:5:2Prov.27.5.W2TAB
תּוֹכַ֣חַת
tokhakhat
“rebuke”
- Transliteration
- to-KHA-khat
- Extended
- toh-KHAH-khaht
- IPA
- /toːˈxa.ħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- rebuke
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
to-KHA-khat
- clause
TO-va to-KHA-khat me-gu-LA
- sentence
TO-va to-KHA-khat me-gu-LA me-a-ha-VA me-su-TA-ret
Exegesis
The first noun, tokhachat {תּוֹכַ֣חַת | tô·ḵa·ḥat} ‘rebuke’, is qualified by the Niphal participle megullah {מְגֻלָּ֑ה | me·gul·lâ} ‘revealed’, forming “open rebuke.”
Root and etymology
Rootyod–kaph–chet
“to reprove”
In context — Proverbs 27:5
An open rebuke is preferable to love kept hidden.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 27:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 27:5, 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.27.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.27.5.W2.S1) and character.