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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - שָׂחַק

שָׂחַק

H7832

Transliteration: sâchaq

Pronunciation: saw-khak'

Definition: deride


Original: שׂחק

Transliteration: śâchaq

Phonetic: saw-khak'

BDB Definition:

  1. to laugh, play, mock
    1. (Qal)
      1. to laugh (usually in contempt or derision)
      2. to sport, play
    2. (Piel)
      1. to make sport
      2. to jest
      3. to play (including instrumental music, singing, dancing)
    3. (Hiphil) to laugh mockingly

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 1905c

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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