שְׂחֹוק

«שְׂחֹוק» in the Tanakh dictionary: laughter — 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: 15 times · Key: 7814 · BDB: שְׂחֹק

Glosses

laughter (6); laughing-stock (4); a.laughing-stock (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

laughter tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

laughter, derision, sport tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] laughter, derision, sport (proposes inf. cstr.);—abs. שְׂחֹק Je 48:26 + 5 times; cstr. Ec 7:6; abs. שְׂחוֹק Je 20:7 + 7 times;— laughter (joyous) Jb 8:21 (‖ תְּרוּעָה), ψ 126:2 (‖ רִנָּה), Ec 2:2 (‖ שִׂמְחָה), 10:19 (‖ שִׂמֵּחַ); as hollow Pr 14:13 (opp. כָּאַב), Ec 7:3 (opp. כַּעַס), cf. שׂ׳ הַכְּסִיל v 6. (object of) derision, הָיָה לִשׂ׳, Je 20:7; 48:26, 27 (read לִשׂ׳ for MT הַשּׂ׳ 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 Gie Du; Co del. vv), v 39 La 3:14; elsewhere Jb 12:4(×2). sport Pr 10:23.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Job 8:21

עַד־יְמַלֵּ֣ה שְׂח֣וֹק פִּ֑יךָ וּשְׂפָתֶ֥יךָ תְרוּעָֽה׃

Word for word: until he.will.fill laughter mouth your and lips your a.shout.of.joy

JPS 1917: Till He fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.

Proverbs 14:13

גַּם־בִּשְׂח֥וֹק יִכְאַב־לֵ֑ב וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖הּשִׂמְחָ֣ה תוּגָֽה׃

Word for word: also in laughter it.is.in.pain a.heart and end its joy [may.be].grief

JPS 1917: Even in laughter the heart acheth; and the end of mirth is heaviness.

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