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Word Summary
sachaq: to laugh
Original Word: שָׂחַק
Transliteration: sachaq
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-khak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to laugh
Meaning: to laugh, to play
Strong's Concordance
deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mocker, play, rejoice, laugh to scorn,

A primitive root; to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play -- deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7832. sachaq

שָׂחַק‎ verb laugh ("" צהק‎, q. v.; Late Hebrew סָחַק שָׂחַק,‎; Ethiopic ); —

QalPerfect3masculine singular ׳וְשׂ‎ consecutive Proverbs 29:9; 3plural שָֽׂחֲקוּ‎ Lamentations 1:7; Job 30:1; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׂחַק‎ 39:7 +, etc.; Infinitive construct שְׂחוֺק‎ Judges 16:24; Ecclesiastes 3:4; —

1. a. laugh at, usually in contempt, derision, with עַל‎ person Job 30:1; Psalm 52:8; עַל‎ of thing Lamentations 1:7 with ל‎ person God subject Psalm 37:13; 59:9 ("" לָעַג‎); with ל‎ of thing or person= have no fear of, Habakkuk 1:10; Job 5:22; Proverbs 31:25 also, figurative, of noble animals Job 39:7, 18, 22; 41:21; absolute, Proverbs 29:9 (opposed to רָגַז‎), of ׳י‎ Psalm 2:4 ("" לָעֵג‎), of wisdom Proverbs 1:26 (ב‎ temporal; "" id.).

b. with אֶל‎ person, apparently of friendly laugh Job 29:24; in General Ecclesiastes 3:4 (opposed to בָּכָה‎).

2 sport, play, Judges 16:27.

Pi`el Perfect1singular וְשִׂחַקְתִּ֫י‎ 1 Samuel 6:21; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיְשַׂחֶקֿ‎ Judges 16:25, etc.; Infinitive construct לְשֵׂחֶקֿ‎ Psalm 104:26; Participle מְשַׂחֵק‎ Proverbs 26:19; 1 Chronicles 15:29, feminine מְשֵׂחֶ֫קֶת‎ Proverbs 8:30-31, plural מְשַׂחֲקִים‎ 2 Samuel 6:5 +, מְשַׂחֲקוֺת‎ 1 Samuel 18:7; —

1 make sport, Judges 16:25 (ל‎ person) 2 Samuel 2:14 (לִפְנֵי‎ person; in tournament), Proverbs 8:30 (לִפְנֵי‎), 8:31 ב‎ loc).

2 jest, Proverbs 26:19.

3 play: including instrumental music, singing and dancing 1 Samuel 18:7, c י ׳לִפְנֵי‎. 2 Samuel 6:5 (ב‎ instrumental), = 1 Chronicles 13:8; 2 Samuel 6:21; 1 Chronicles 15:29 ( + מְרַקֵּד‎); of merry-making Jeremiah 15:17 ("" עָלַז‎), 30:19; 31:4; of children's sport Zechariah 8:5; of beasts Job 40:20; Psalm 104:25; of man, play with (ב‎) crocod, Job 40:29.

Hiph`il (declar.) Participle. plural מַשְׂחִיקִים‎2 Chronicles 30:10 they uttered mockery עֲלֵיהֶם‎ ("" מַלְעִנִים‎).





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