Lexical 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). |
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