Lexicon tsachaq: to laugh Original Word: צָחַקPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: tsachaq Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-khak') Short Definition: laugh NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto laugh NASB Translationcaressing (1), entertained* (1), jesting (1), laugh (4), laughed (2), make sport (2), mocking (1), play (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ צָחַק] verb laugh (Arabic  , laugh, Syriac  , compare Ba Es 34; see also שׂחק); — Qal Perfect3feminine singular צָֽחֲקָה Genesis 18:13, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִצֲחַקֿ Genesis 21:6, וַיִּצְחָ֑ק Genesis 17:17; 3feminine singular וַתִּצְחַק Genesis 18:12; — laugh, Genesis 18:12,13,15 (twice in verse) (J), Genesis 17:17 (P); with ל at, concerning, Genesis 21:6. Pi`el Imperfect וַיְצַחֵק Judges 16:25; Infinitive construct לְצַחֵק Exodus 32:6, לְצַ֫חֶק בָּנוּ (בִּיׅ Genesis 39:14,17; Participle מְצַחֵק Genesis 19:14; Genesis 26:8, מְצַחֶ֑ק Genesis 21:9; — 1 jest Genesis 19:14 (J). 2 sport, play Genesis 21:9 (E) Exodus 32:6 (J); make sport for Judges 16:25 (לִפְנֵי; "" וִישַׂחֶקלָֿ֑נוּ); toy with (אֶת), of conjugal caresses Genesis 26:8 (compare DoughtyArab. Des. i. 231), make a toy of, with ב, Genesis 39:14,17 (all J).
Strong's laugh, mock, play, make sport A primitive root; to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport -- laugh, mock, play, make sport. |
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