לָצוֹן

«לָצוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: scorning — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 3 times · Key: 3944 · BDB: לָצוֹן

Glosses

of.mockery (2); mockery (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

scorning tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

scorning tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] scorning, Pr 1:22; אַנְשֵׁי לָצוֹן men of scorning, scorners = לֵצִים 29:8 Is 28:14.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «לָצוֹן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 29:8

אַנְשֵׁ֣י לָ֭צוֹן יָפִ֣יחוּ קִרְיָ֑ה וַ֝חֲכָמִ֗ים יָשִׁ֥יבוּ אָֽף׃

Word for word: people of.mockery they.inflame a.town and wise.[people] they.turn.away anger

JPS 1917: Scornful men set a city in a blaze; but wise men turn away wrath.

Proverbs 1:22

עַד־מָתַ֣י ׀ פְּתָיִם֮ תְּֽאֵהֲב֫וּ פֶ֥תִי וְלֵצִ֗ים לָ֭צוֹן חָמְד֣וּ לָהֶ֑ם וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים יִשְׂנְאוּ־דָֽעַת׃

Word for word: until when? O.naive.people will.you.love naiveté and mockers mockery do.they.delight.in? (for themselves and fools will.they.hate? knowledge

JPS 1917: 'How long, ye thoughtless, will ye love thoughtlessness? And how long will scorners delight them in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

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