צָחַק

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6711

laugh — used 13 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

laugh tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צָחַק: vb. laugh tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. laugh (Arabic ضَحِكَ, laugh, Syriac ܓܚܶܟ, cf. BaES 34; v. also שׂחק);— Pf. 3 fs. צָֽחֲקָה Gn 18:13, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִצֲחַק־ Gn 21:6, וַיִּצְחָ֑ק 17:17; 3 fs. וַתִּצְחַק 18:12;—laugh, Gn 18:12, 13, 15(×2) (J), 17:17 (P); c. ל at, concerning, 21:6. Impf. וַיְצַחֵק Ju 16:25; Inf. cstr. לְצַחֵק Ex 32:6, (בִּי) לְצַ֫חֶק בָּנוּ Gn 39:14, 17; Pt. מְצַחֵק Gn 19:14; 26:8, מְצַחֶ֑ק 21:9;— jest Gn 19:14 (J). sport, play Gn 21:9 (E); Ex 32:6 (J); make sport for Ju 16:25 (לִפְנֵי; ‖ וִישַׂחֶק־לָ֑נוּ); toy with (אֶת), of conjugal caresses Gn 26:8 (cf. DoughtyArab. Des. i. 231), make a toy of, c. ב, 39:14, 17 (all J).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: mock (2); I laughed (1); [one who] jests (1).

In the verses

Genesis 21:9 · tree →

וַתֵּ֨רֶא שָׂרָ֜ה אֶֽת־בֶּן־הָגָ֧ר הַמִּצְרִ֛ית אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָ֥ה לְאַבְרָהָ֖ם מְצַחֵֽק׃

Word for word: and she.saw Sarah (et) the.son of.Hagar the Egyptian whom she.had.borne to Abraham mocking

JPS 1917: And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, making sport.

Genesis 18:15 · tree →

וַתְּכַחֵ֨שׁ שָׂרָ֧ה ׀ לֵאמֹ֛ר לֹ֥א צָחַ֖קְתִּי כִּ֣י ׀ יָרֵ֑אָה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר ׀ לֹ֖א כִּ֥י צָחָֽקְתְּ׃

Word for word: and she.denied Sarah (cmp) not I.laughed (dm) she.was.afraid and he.said no (dm) you.laughed

JPS 1917: Then Sarah denied, saying: 'I laughed not'; for she was afraid. And He said: 'Nay; but thou didst laugh.'

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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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