לָעַג
Used: 18 times · Key: 3932 · BDB: לָעֵג
Glosses
he.mocks (3); she.has.mocked (2); they.mock (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
mock tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. mock, deride tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. mock, deride; also (Niph.) stammer, poet. (NH Hiph. id.; 𝔗 לְעֵג Aph. id.; ܠܥܶܓ stutter (cf. NH לִגְלֵג mock, 𝔗 לַגְלֵג id.; Syriac ܠܰܓܠܶܓ stutter, Arabic لَجْلَجَ id.));— Pf. 3 fs. לָֽעֲגָה 2 K 19:21 Is 37:22; Impf. יִלְעַג־ Jb 22:19 ψ 2:4, יִלְעָ֑ג Jb 9:23; 3 fs. תִּלְעַג Pr 30:17; 2 ms. תִּלְעַג ψ 59:9, וַתִּל׳ Jb 11:3; 1 s. אֶלְעַג Pr 1:26; 3 mpl. יִלְעֲגוּ־ ψ 80:7; Pt. לֹעֵג Pr 17:5; Je 20:7;—mock, deride, have in derision, of Jerus. triumphing over enemy (c. לְ pers. vel rei) 2 K 19:21 = Is 37:22 (‖ בזה); of the innocent Jb 22:19 (‖ שׂמח); of God (c. לְ) 9:23 ψ 2:4; 59:9; abs. of wisdom Pr 1:26 (‖ שׂחק); of wicked (c. לְ) Pr 17:5 (‖ שׂמח), 30:17 (‖ בוז), Je 20:7 (‖ שׂחק); so also perhaps ψ 80:7 (read לָנוּ for לָמוֹ with 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙), cf. (abs.) Jb 11:3. Pt. עַם … נִלְעַג לָשׁוֹן Is 33:19 a people stammering of tongue (i.e. barbarians, cf. v a; but read נעלג [√ עלג] GrMonatsschr. 1884, 45; ‖ עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה). (late; cf. NH) Impf. 3 ms. וַיַּלְעֵג Ne 3:33; 2 ms. תַּלְעִיג Jb 21:3; 3 mpl. יַלְעִגוּ ψ 22:8, וַיַּלְעִגוּ Ne 2:19; Pt. מַלְעִגִים 2 Ch 30:10;—mock, deride, always in bad sense: c. לְ pers. Ne 2:19 (‖ בזה), ψ 22:8; c. עַל־ pers. Ne 3:33; c. בְּ pers. 2 Ch 30:10 (‖ השׂחיק); abs. Jb 21:3.—So also יַלְעִיג (or יִלְעַג) Pr 18:1 for MT יִתְגַּלַּע Grl.c. (v. גלע, p. 166 supra).
Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 18 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)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «לָעַג» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
אִם־שׁ֭וֹט יָמִ֣ית פִּתְאֹ֑ם לְמַסַּ֖ת נְקִיִּ֣ם יִלְעָֽג׃
Word for word: if a.scourge it.kills suddenly (to).[the] despair of.innocent.[ones] he.mocks
JPS 1917: If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.
בַּ֭דֶּיךָ מְתִ֣ים יַחֲרִ֑ישׁווַ֝תִּלְעַ֗ג וְאֵ֣ין מַכְלִֽם׃
Word for word: boasts your.empty men will.they.silence? and have.you.mocked? and there.[is].not [one.who].puts.to.shame
JPS 1917: Thy boastings have made men hold their peace, and thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed;
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