צָחַק
Used: 13 times · Key: 6711 · BDB: צָחַק
Glosses
mock (2); I.laughed (1); [one.who].jests (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
laugh tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. laugh tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. laugh (Arabic ضَحِكَ, laugh, Syriac ܓܚܶܟ, cf. BaES 34; v. also שׂחק);— Pf. 3 fs. צָֽחֲקָה Gn 18:13, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִצֲחַק־ Gn 21:6, וַיִּצְחָ֑ק 17:17; 3 fs. וַתִּצְחַק 18:12;—laugh, Gn 18:12, 13, 15(×2) (J), 17:17 (P); c. ל at, concerning, 21:6. Impf. וַיְצַחֵק Ju 16:25; Inf. cstr. לְצַחֵק Ex 32:6, (בִּי) לְצַ֫חֶק בָּנוּ Gn 39:14, 17; Pt. מְצַחֵק Gn 19:14; 26:8, מְצַחֶ֑ק 21:9;— jest Gn 19:14 (J). sport, play Gn 21:9 (E); Ex 32:6 (J); make sport for Ju 16:25 (לִפְנֵי; ‖ וִישַׂחֶק־לָ֑נוּ); toy with (אֶת), of conjugal caresses Gn 26:8 (cf. DoughtyArab. Des. i. 231), make a toy of, c. ב, 39:14, 17 (all J).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 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 «צָחַק» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וַתֵּ֨רֶא שָׂרָ֜ה אֶֽת־בֶּן־הָגָ֧ר הַמִּצְרִ֛ית אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָ֥ה לְאַבְרָהָ֖ם מְצַחֵֽק׃
Word for word: and she.saw Sarah (et) the.son of.Hagar the Egyptian whom she.had.borne to Abraham mocking
JPS 1917: And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, making sport.
וַתְּכַחֵ֨שׁ שָׂרָ֧ה ׀ לֵאמֹ֛ר לֹ֥א צָחַ֖קְתִּי כִּ֣י ׀ יָרֵ֑אָה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר ׀ לֹ֖א כִּ֥י צָחָֽקְתְּ׃
Word for word: and she.denied Sarah (cmp) not I.laughed (dm) she.was.afraid and he.said no (dm) you.laughed
JPS 1917: Then Sarah denied, saying: 'I laughed not'; for she was afraid. And He said: 'Nay; but thou didst laugh.'
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