יָכַח

יָכַח(b. h.; v. כֹּחַ) to be firm, stand, be right.Denom. נֹכַח. Hif. הוֹכִיהַ (to place opposite, 1) to admonish, reprove. Ber.31a sq. (ref. to 1 Sam. 1:14) מכאן … שצריך להוֹכִיחוֹ from here we learn that he who sees in his neighbor something unbecoming, is bound to admonish him; Arakh.16b. Ib. הוֹכִיחוֹ … ויוֹכִיחֶנּוּ if he did admonish him and he did not heed it, he must do it again. lb תמיהני … שיודע להוכיח I wonder whether there is in this generation one who knows how to admonish; a. fr. 2) to prove, to serve as an analogy. B. Kam.6a אש תּוֹכִיחַ let the law concerning incendiary (Ex. 22:5) be taken as a standard (it being the result of human action); בור תוכיח let the law about a pit (ib. 21:33) decide (it being stationary). Kidd.7a; a. v. fr. 3) to be evidence, to show. M. Kat. 4b זיבלו מוֹכִיחַ עליו his dung shows what he is about doing; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְוַוכֵּחַ, Nithpa. נִתְוַוכֵּחַ to argue, be justified. Lev. R. s. 27 באהקב״ה לה׳וכ׳ the Lord came to argue with Israel; ib. כלום אינון יכולין לה׳ עם בוראן can they argue (successfully) with their Creator?; Num. R. s. 10, beg.; a. fr. Nif. נוֹכַח same. Cant. R. to V, 16 מי יוכל לִיוָּכֵחַוכ׳ (not לוו׳) who dares to argue with