H6711

צָחַק

tsa.chaqH:V

to laugh

1) to laugh, mock, play 1a) (Qal) to laugh 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to jest 1b2) to sport, play, make sport, toy with, make a toy of

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[צָחַק] verb laugh (Arabic , laugh, Syriac , compare Ba^{Es 34}; see also שׂחק); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular צָֽחֲקָה Gen 18:13, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִצֲחַקֿ Gen 21:6, וַיִּצְחָ֑ק Gen 17:17 3 feminine singular וַתִּצְחַק Gen 18:12 — laugh, Gen 18:12; Gen 18:13; Gen 18:15 (twice in verse) (J), Gen 17:17 (P); with ל at, concerning, Gen 21:6. Pi`el Imperfect וַיְצַחֵק Judg 16:25 Infinitive construct לְצַחֵק Exod 32:6, לְצַ֫חֶק בָּנוּ (בִּיׅ Gen 39:14; Gen 39:17 Participle מְצַחֵק Gen 19:14; Gen 26:8, מְצַחֶ֑ק Gen 21:9 —

1. jest Gen 19:14 (J).

2. sport, play Gen 21:9 (E) Exod 32:6 (J); make sport for Judg 16:25 (לִפְנֵי; || וִישַׂחֶקלָֿ֑נוּ); toy with (אֶת), of conjugal caresses Gen 26:8 (compare Doughty^{Arab. Des. i. 231}), make a toy of, with ב, Gen 39:14; Gen 39:17 (all J).

9 occurrences

Genesis (8), Judges (1)