how to say “content” in the intellectual sense, in Hebrew
תֹּכֶן
We saw the word for contents referring to that which fills a physical space, such as a stack of plates sitting inside a box. That word is תְּכוּלָה .
.Then there’s content in the abstract sense, such as the content of a book, or the content or substance of a person’s mind and heart. That word is תֹּכֶן.
For example:
הַתֹּכֶן שֶׁל פָּרָשַׁת חֻקַּת כּוֹלֵל סְרִיקָה שֶׁל שָׁנִים רַבּוֹת בַּמִּדְבָּר.
The content of the Torah portion of Hukkat includes a survey of many years in the desert.
יֵשׁ לַבֵּן אָדָם הַזֶּה הַרְבֵּה תֹּכֶן.
This person has a lot of substance.
תוכן derives from the word ְתּוֹך meaning inside.
meaning inside.