STRONGS NUMBER H3933

H3933. laag

לַ֫עַג‎ noun [masculine] mocking, derision, (barbarous) stammering; — absolute ׳ל‎ Job 34:7 2t. + Psalm 123:4 (ᵑ0 ׳הַל‎ construct with article — so Kö^{Synt. § 303e} — but probably insert לְ‎ following Hup Now Bae, compare also Ges^{§ 127g}), + Ezekiel 23:32 (but strike out ᵐ5‎^B Hi Co Berthol), + 36:4 (where Co reads בלע‎, but less probably, compare Berthol); suffix לַעְגָּם‎ Hosea 7:16 (see below) plural construct לַעֲגֵי‎ Isaiah 28:12 (see below); —

1. a. mocking, derision, Psalm 123:4 ("" בוז‎); so apparently with suffix as Genitive object Hosea 7:16 (but very dubious, probably corrupt, compare We Now); nearly = blasphemy Job 34:7.

b. = object of derision Psalm 44:14 = 79:4 ("" קֶלֶס חֶרְמָּה,‎); so also Ezekiel 23:32 ("" צחק‎; si vera lectio, see above), 36:4.

2 stammerings (of barbarous language), ׳ל שָׂפָה‎ Isaiah 28:11 ("" אַחֶרֶת לָשׁוֺן‎; so Ew Brd Di Hup-Now^{Psalm 35:16}, De and others below לָעֵג‎); but Gr^{Monatsschr. 1884, 45} reads עלגי‎, √ עלג‎.