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Lexicon :: Strong's H3198 - yāḵaḥ

Aa
יָכַח
Transliteration
yāḵaḥ
Pronunciation
yaw-kahh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 865

Strong’s Definitions

יָכַח yâkach, yaw-kahh'; a primitive root; to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict:—appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 59x

The KJV translates Strong's H3198 in the following manner: reprove (23x), rebuke (12x), correct (3x), plead (3x), reason (2x), chasten (2x), reprover (with H376) (2x), appointed (1x), arguing (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 59x
The KJV translates Strong's H3198 in the following manner: reprove (23x), rebuke (12x), correct (3x), plead (3x), reason (2x), chasten (2x), reprover (with H376) (2x), appointed (1x), arguing (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

  1. to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right

    1. (Hiphil)

      1. to decide, judge

      2. to adjudge, appoint

      3. to show to be right, prove

      4. to convince, convict

      5. to reprove, chide

      6. to correct, rebuke

    2. (Hophal) to be chastened

    3. (Niphal) to reason, reason together

    4. (Hithp) to argue

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָכַח yâkach, yaw-kahh'; a primitive root; to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict:—appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
STRONGS H3198: Abbreviations
† [יָכַח] verb Hiph. decide, adjudge, prove, (Late Hebrew Pi. וִכַּח argue with (עם), compare Hithp., Hiph. prove, correct; Aramaic Pa וַכַּח Aph`el אוֺכַח, id.) —
Hiph. Perfect הוֺכִיחַ Isaiah 2:4 5 times; הֹכִיחַ Genesis 24:44; הוֺכִחַ Genesis 21:25; 2rd person masculine singular חֹכַחְתָּ Genesis 24:14; 1st person singular suffix הוֺכַחְתִּיו 2 Samuel 7:14; Imperfect יוֺכִיחַ Isaiah 11:3 5 times; יוֺכַח Hosea 4:4 4 times; יוֺכָ֑ח 1 Chronicles 12:17; suffix יוֺכִיחֵנִי Psalm 141:5 12 times Imperfect; Imperative הוֺכַח Proverbs 9:8; Infinitive absolute הוֺכֵחַ Leviticus 19:17 5 times; construct הוֺכִיחַ Habakkuk 1:12; הַלְהוֺכַח Job 6:26; Participle מוֺכִיחַ Ezekiel 3:26 8 times; plural מוֺכִיחִים Proverbs 24:25; —
1. decide, judge, absolute Genesis 31:42 (E), 1 Chronicles 12:17; Isaiah 11:3; Psalm 94:10; with לְ decide for Isaiah 2:4 = Micah 4:3; Isaiah 11:4; with בּין, Genesis 31:37 (E), Job 9:33; לְגֶבֶר עִם אֱלוֺהַּ Job 16:21.
2. adjudge, appoint, with לְ, Genesis 24:14,44 (J).
3. shew to be right, prove, with accusative of thing and על person against Job 19:5; with אל person unto Job 13:15; so argue before Job 13:3, and (absolute) Job 15:3.
4. convince, convict, with accusative of person Psalm 50:21 בּ person Proverbs 30:6; with לְ person Job 32:12.
5. reprove, chide:
a. of God, with accusative of person Job 22:4; Psalm 50:8; Psalm 105:14 = 1 Chronicles 16:21; with בּ object 2 Kings 19:4 = Isaiah 37:4.
b. of man, absolute Hosea 4:4; Ezekiel 3:26; Job 6:25 (twice in verse); Proverbs 24:25; Proverbs 25:12; מוֺכִיחַ בַּשַּׁעַר Amos 5:10; Isaiah 29:21; with accusative of person Genesis 21:25 (E), Leviticus 19:17 (twice in verse) (H), Proverbs 9:8; Proverbs 28:23; Jeremiah 2:19; מוֺכִיחַ אֱלוהַּ Job 40:2; accusative of thing Job 6:26; with לְ, Proverbs 9:7,8; Proverbs 15:12; Proverbs 19:25.
6. correct, rebuke, of God, absolute Habakkuk 1:12; with accusative of person Psalm 141:5; Job 13:10 (twice in verse); בְּשֵׁבֶט 2 Samuel 7:14; happy the man whom God corrects Job 5:17; for God loves him Proverbs 3:12; God is entreated not to correct in anger Psalm 6:2; Psalm 38:2.
Hoph. Perfect וְהוּכַח בְּמַכְאוֺב he is chastened also with pain Job 33:19.
Niph. Imperfect לְכוּנָֿא וְנִוָָּֽכְחָה Isaiah 1:18 come now and let us reason together; Participle שָׁם יָשָׁר נוֺכָח עִמּוֺ Job 23:7 there an upright man might reason with him; feminine (passive) וְנֹכָ֑חַת Genesis 20:16 (E), but Di SS read וְנֹכַחַתְּ 2rd person feminine singular Perfect and thou art set right, righted, justified.
Hithp. Imperfect עִםוִֿשְׂרָאֵל יִתְוַכָּח Micah 6:2 with Israel he will argue (|| עִם רִיב לי׳).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:16; 21:25; 21:25; 24:14; 24:14; 24:44; 24:44; 31:37; 31:42

Leviticus

19:17; 19:17

2 Samuel

7:14; 7:14

2 Kings

19:4

1 Chronicles

12:17; 12:17; 16:21

Job

5:17; 6:25; 6:26; 6:26; 9:33; 13:3; 13:10; 13:15; 15:3; 16:21; 19:5; 22:4; 23:7; 32:12; 33:19; 40:2

Psalms

6:2; 38:2; 50:8; 50:21; 94:10; 105:14; 141:5; 141:5

Proverbs

3:12; 9:7; 9:8; 9:8; 9:8; 15:12; 19:25; 24:25; 24:25; 25:12; 28:23; 30:6

Isaiah

1:18; 2:4; 2:4; 11:3; 11:3; 11:4; 29:21; 37:4

Jeremiah

2:19

Ezekiel

3:26; 3:26

Hosea

4:4; 4:4

Amos

5:10

Micah

4:3; 6:2

Habakkuk

1:12; 1:12

H3198

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Strong's Number H3198 matches the Hebrew יָכַח (yāḵaḥ),
which occurs 59 times in 55 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 20:16–Eze 3:26)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 - To Sarah H8283 he said, H559 “Behold, H2009 I have given H5414 your brother H251 a thousand H505 pieces of silver; H3701 behold, H2009 it is [fn]your vindication H3682 before all H3605 who H834 are with you, and before H854 all H3605 men H3605 you are cleared.” H3198

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - But Abraham H85 [fn]complained H3198 to Abimelech H40 because H5921 H182 of the well H875 of water H4325 which H834 the servants H5650 of Abimelech H40 had seized. H1497

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - now may it be that the girl H5291 to whom H834 I say, H559 ‘Please H4994 let H5186 down H5186 your jar H3537 so that I may drink,’ H8354 and [fn]who answers, H559 ‘Drink, H8354 and I will water H8248 your camels H1581 also’ H1571—may she be the one whom You have appointed H3198 for Your servant H5650 Isaac; H3327 and by this I will know H3045 that You have shown H6213 lovingkindness H2617 to my master.” H113

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:44 - and she will say H559 to me, “You drink, H8354 and I will draw H7579 for your camels H1581 also”; H1571 let her be the woman H802 whom H834 the LORD H3068 has appointed H3198 for my master’s H113 son.’ H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - “Though H3588 you have felt H4959 through H4959 all H3605 my goods, H3627 what H4100 have you found H4672 of all H3605 your household H1004 goods? H3627 Set H7760 it here H3541 before H5048 my [fn]kinsmen H251 and your [fn]kinsmen, H251 that they may decide H3198 between H996 us two. H8147

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:42 - “If H3884 the God H430 of my father, H1 the God H430 of Abraham, H85 and the fear H6343 of Isaac, H3327 had H1961 not been H1961 for me, surely H3588 now H6258 you would have sent H7971 me away H7971 empty-handed. H7387 God H430 has seen H7200 my affliction H6040 and the toil H3018 of my hands, H3709 so He rendered H3198 judgment H3198 last H570 night.” H570

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:17 - ‘You shall not hate H8130 your [fn]fellow H251 countryman H251 in your heart; H3824 you may surely H3198 reprove H3198 your neighbor, H5997 but shall not incur H5375 sin H2399 because H5921 of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:14 - “I will be a father H1 to him and he will be a son H1121 to Me; when H834 he commits H5753 iniquity, H5753 I will correct H3198 him with the rod H7626 of men H376 and the strokes H5061 of the sons H1121 of men, H120

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - ‘Perhaps H194 the LORD H3068 your God H430 will hear H8085 all H3605 the words H1697 of Rabshakeh, H7262 whom H834 his master H113 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 has sent H7971 to reproach H2778 the living H2416 God, H430 and will rebuke H3198 the words H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has heard. H8085 Therefore, offer H5375 a prayer H8605 for the remnant H7611 that is left.’” H4672

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - David H1732 went H3318 out to meet H6440 them, and said H559 to them, “If H518 you come H935 peacefully H7965 to me to help H5826 me, my heart H3824 shall be united H3162 with you; but if H518 to betray H7411 me to my adversaries, H6862 since there is no H3808 [fn]wrong H2555 in my hands, H3709 may the God H430 of our fathers H1 look H7200 on it and decide.” H3198

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:21 - He permitted H5117 no H3808 man H376 to oppress H6231 them,
And He reproved H3198 kings H4428 for their sakes, H5921 saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:17 - “Behold, H2009 how happy H835 is the man H582 whom God H433 reproves, H3198
So do not despise H3988 the discipline H4148 of [fn]the Almighty. H7706

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:25 - “How H4100 painful H4834 are honest H3476 words! H561
But what H4100 does your argument H3198 prove? H3198

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26 - “Do you intend H2803 to reprove H3198 my words, H561
When the words H561 of one in despair H2976 belong to the wind? H7307

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:33 - “There H3426 is no H3808 umpire H3198 between H996 us,
Who may lay H7896 his hand H3027 upon us both. H8147

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:3 - “But I would speak H1696 to [fn]the Almighty, H7706
And I desire H2654 to argue H3198 with God. H410

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:10 - “He will surely H3198 reprove H3198 you
If H518 you secretly H5643 show H5375 partiality. H6440 H5375

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:15 - “Though H2005 He slay H6991 me,
I will hope H3176 in Him.
Nevertheless H389 I will argue H3198 my ways H1870 [fn]before H413 H6440 Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:3 - “Should he argue H3198 with useless H3808 H5532 talk, H1697
Or with words H4405 which are not profitable? H3276

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:21 - “O that a man H1397 might plead H3198 with God H433
As a man H1121 H120 with his neighbor! H7453

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:5 - “If H518 indeed H551 you vaunt H1431 yourselves against H5921 me
And prove H3198 my disgrace H2781 to me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:4 - “Is it because H4480 of your [fn]reverence H3374 that He reproves H3198 you,
That He enters H935 into judgment H4941 against H5973 you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:7 - “There H8033 the upright H3477 would reason H3198 with Him;
And I [fn]would be delivered H6403 forever H5331 from my Judge. H8199

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:12 - “I even paid H995 close H995 attention H995 to you;
[fn]Indeed, H2009 there H369 was no H369 one H369 who refuted H3198 Job, H347
Not one of you who answered H6030 his words. H561

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:19 - “[fn]Man is also chastened H3198 with pain H4341 on his bed, H4904
And with unceasing H386 complaint H7379 in his bones; H6106

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:2 - “Will the faultfinder H3250 contend H7378 with the Almighty? H7706
Let him who reproves H3198 God H433 answer H6030 it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 - For the choir director; H5329 with stringed instruments, H5058 [fn]upon an eight-string lyre. H8067 A Psalm H4210 of David. H1732
O LORD, H3068 do not rebuke H3198 me in Your anger, H639
Nor H408 chasten H3256 me in Your wrath. H2534

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:1 - A Psalm of David, for a memorial.
O LORD, H3068 rebuke H3198 me not in Your wrath, H7110
And chasten H3256 me not in Your burning H2534 anger. H2534

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:8 - “I do not reprove H3198 you for your sacrifices, H2077
And your burnt H5930 offerings H5930 are continually H8548 before H5048 Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:21 - “These H428 things H428 you have done H6213 and I kept H2790 silence; H2790
You thought H1819 that I was just like H3644 you;
I will reprove H3198 you and state H6186 the case in order H6186 before your eyes. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:10 - He who [fn]chastens H3256 the nations, H1471 will He not rebuke, H3198
Even He who teaches H3925 man H120 knowledge? H1847

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:14 - He permitted H5117 no H3808 man H120 to oppress H6231 them,
And He reproved H3198 kings H4428 for their sakes: H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:5 - Let the righteous H6662 smite H1986 me [fn]in kindness H2617 and reprove H3198 me;
It is oil H8081 upon the head; H7218
Do not let my head H7218 refuse H5106 it,
[fn]For still H5750 my prayer H8605 is [fn]against their wicked H7451 deeds. H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:12 - For whom H834 the LORD H3068 loves H157 He reproves, H3198
Even as a father H1 corrects the son H1121 in whom he delights. H7521

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:7 - He who corrects H3256 a scoffer H3887 gets H3947 dishonor H7036 for himself,
And he who reproves H3198 a wicked H7563 man H7563 gets [fn]insults H3971 for himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8 - Do not reprove H3198 a scoffer, H3887 or H6435 he will hate H8130 you,
Reprove H3198 a wise H2450 man H2450 and he will love H157 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:12 - A scoffer H3887 does not love H157 one who reproves H3198 him,
He will not go H1980 to the wise. H2450

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:25 - Strike H5221 a scoffer H3887 and the [fn]naive H6612 may become H6191 shrewd, H6191
But reprove H3198 one who has H995 understanding H995 and he will [fn]gain H995 knowledge. H1847

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:25 - But to those who rebuke H3198 the wicked will be delight, H5276
And a good H2896 blessing H1293 will come H935 upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:12 - Like [fn]an earring H5141 of gold H2091 and an ornament H2481 of fine H3800 gold H3800
Is a wise H2450 reprover H3198 to a listening H8085 ear. H241

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:23 - He who rebukes H3198 a man H120 will afterward H310 find H4672 more favor H2580
Than H4480 he who flatters H2505 with the tongue. H3956

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:6 - Do not add H3254 to His words H1697
Or H6435 He will reprove H3198 you, and you will be proved H3576 a liar. H3576

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18 - “Come H1980 now, H4994 and let us reason H3198 together,”
Says H559 the LORD, H3068
“Though H518 your sins H2399 are as scarlet, H8144
They will be as white H3835 as snow; H7950
Though H518 they are red H119 like crimson, H8438
They will be like wool. H6785

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:4 - And He will judge H8199 between H996 the nations, H1471
And will [fn]render H3198 decisions H3198 for many H7227 peoples; H5971
And they will hammer H3807 their swords H2719 into plowshares H855 and their spears H2595 into pruning H4211 hooks. H4211
Nation H1471 will not lift H5375 up sword H2719 against H413 nation, H1471
And never H3808 again H5750 will they learn H3925 war. H4421

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:3 - And He will delight H7306 in the fear H3374 of the LORD, H3068
And He will not judge H8199 by what H4758 His eyes H5869 see, H4758
Nor H3808 make H3198 a decision H3198 by what H4926 His ears H241 hear; H4926

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:4 - But with righteousness H6664 He will judge H8199 the poor, H1800
And decide H3198 with fairness H4334 for the afflicted H6035 of the earth; H776
And He will strike H5221 the earth H776 with the rod H7626 of His mouth, H6310
And with the breath H7307 of His lips H8193 He will slay H4191 the wicked. H7563

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:21 - Who [fn]cause a person H120 to be indicted H2398 by a word, H1697
And ensnare H6983 him who adjudicates H3198 at the gate, H8179
And [fn]defraud H5186 the one H6662 in the right H6662 with [fn]meaningless H8414 arguments. H8414

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4 - ‘Perhaps H194 the LORD H3068 your God H430 will hear H8085 the words H1697 of Rabshakeh, H7262 whom H834 his master H113 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 has sent H7971 to reproach H2778 the living H2416 God, H430 and will rebuke H3198 the words H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has heard. H8085 Therefore, offer H5375 a prayer H8605 for the remnant H7611 that is left.’” H4672

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19 - “Your own wickedness H7451 will correct H3256 you,
And your apostasies H4878 will reprove H3198 you;
Know H3045 therefore and see H7200 that it is evil H7451 and bitter H4751
For you to forsake H5800 the LORD H3068 your God, H430
And the dread H6345 of Me is not in you,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of hosts. H6635

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:26 - “Moreover, I will make your tongue H3956 stick H1692 to [fn]the roof H2441 of your mouth H2441 so that you will be mute H481 and cannot H3808 be a man H376 who rebukes H3198 them, for they are a rebellious H4805 house. H1004

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