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title: תּוֹכֵחָה — rebuke · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תּוֹכֵחָה (8433), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: rebuke. BDB 1906: n.f. rebuke, correction. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תּוֹכֵחָה

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«תּוֹכֵחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rebuke** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 8433 · **BDB:** תּוֹכֵחָה

### Glosses

rebuke (2); of.rebuke (1); rebukes (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rebuke [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8433/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. rebuke, correction [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8433/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. rebuke, correction;—יום ׳ת Ho 5:9; יום צרה ות׳ 2 K 19:3 = Is 37:3; pl. תּוֹכֵחוֹת ψ 149:7 (‖ נקמה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תּוֹכֵחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8433/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 149:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.149.7/)

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לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת נְ֭קָמָה בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם תּֽ֝וֹכֵחֹ֗ת בַּל־אֻמִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* to execute vengeance on the nations rebukes not peoples

*JPS 1917:* To execute vengeance upon the nations, and chastisements upon the peoples;

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[Hosea 5:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.5.9/)

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אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה תִֽהְיֶ֔ה בְּי֖וֹם תּֽוֹכֵחָ֑ה בְּשִׁבְטֵי֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הוֹדַ֖עְתִּי נֶאֱמָנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* Ephraim (into).a waste it.will.become on.\[the\] day of.rebuke among the.tribes of.Israel I.make.known \[that.which.is\].trustworthy

*JPS 1917:* Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke; among the tribes of Israel do I make known that which shall surely be.

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