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לָצוֹן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3944

scorning — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

scorning tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

לָצוֹן: scorning tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] scorning, Pr 1:22; אַנְשֵׁי לָצוֹן men of scorning, scorners = לֵצִים 29:8 Is 28:14.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of mockery (2); mockery (1).

In the verses

Proverbs 29:8 · tree →

אַנְשֵׁ֣י לָ֭צוֹן יָפִ֣יחוּ קִרְיָ֑ה וַ֝חֲכָמִ֗ים יָשִׁ֥יבוּ אָֽף׃

Word for word: people of.mockery they.inflame a.town and wise.[people] they.turn.away anger

JPS 1917: Scornful men set a city in a blaze; but wise men turn away wrath.

Proverbs 1:22 · tree →

עַד־מָתַ֣י ׀ פְּתָיִם֮ תְּֽאֵהֲב֫וּ פֶ֥תִי וְלֵצִ֗ים לָ֭צוֹן חָמְד֣וּ לָהֶ֑ם וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים יִשְׂנְאוּ־דָֽעַת׃

Word for word: until when? O.naive.people will.you.love naiveté and mockers mockery do.they.delight.in? (for themselves and fools will.they.hate? knowledge

JPS 1917: 'How long, ye thoughtless, will ye love thoughtlessness? And how long will scorners delight them in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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