King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H6711
Transliteration: tsachaq
Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-khak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to laugh
Meaning: to laugh outright, to sport
Word Summary
tsachaq: to laugh
Original Word: צְחַקTransliteration: tsachaq
Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-khak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to laugh
Meaning: to laugh outright, to sport
Strong's Concordance
laugh, mock, play, make sport A primitive root; to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport -- laugh, mock, play, make sport.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6711. tsachaq
[צָחַק] verb laugh (Arabic , laugh, Syriac , compare BaEs 34; see also שׂחק); —
Qal Perfect3feminine singular צָֽחֲקָה Genesis 18:13, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִצֲחַקֿ 21:6, וַיִּצְחָ֑ק 17:17; 3feminine singular וַתִּצְחַק 18:12; — laugh, 18:12-13, 15 (twice in verse) (J), 17:17 (P); with ל at, concerning, 21:6.
Pi`el Imperfect וַיְצַחֵק Judges 16:25; Infinitive construct לְצַחֵק Exodus 32:6, (בִּיׅ בָּנוּ לְצַ֫חֶק Genesis 39:14, 17; Participle מְצַחֵק 19:14; 26:8, מְצַחֶ֑ק 21:9; —
1 jest Genesis 19:14 (J).
2 sport, play Genesis 21:9 (E) Exodus 32:6 (J); make sport for Judges 16:25 (לִפְנֵי; "" וִישַׂחֶקלָֿ֑נוּ); toy with (אֶת), of conjugal caresses Genesis 26:8 (compare DoughtyArab. Des. i. 231), make a toy of, with ב, 39:14, 17 (all J).