yāxaḥ יָכַח ‘to rebuke’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: a primitive root

yāxaḥ v
1) to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right
 1a) (Hiphil)
  1a1) to decide, judge
  1a2) to adjudge, appoint
  1a3) to show to be right, prove
  1a4) to convince, convict
  1a5) to reprove, chide
  1a6) to correct, rebuke
 1b) (Hophal) to be chastened
 1c) (Niphal) to reason, reason together
 1d) (Hithp) to argue