Strong's Lexicon

H3933

H3933 — לַעַג

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewla`agnoun mascOccurrences: 6TWOT: 1118a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3933
Word:לַעַג
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H3932
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:6
Transliteration:la`ag
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:lah'-ag
Meaning:1. derision, scoffing
KJV Renderings:derision, scorn (-ing).

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BDB4436

לַ֫עַג noun [masculine] mocking, derision, (barbarous) stammering; — absolute ׳ ל Job 34:7 + 2 t. + Ps 123:4 ( ׳ הַל ᵑ0 construct with article — so KöSynt. § 303e — but probably insert לְ following Hup Now Bae, compare also Ges «GKC:127g»§ 127g), + Ezek 23:32 (but strike out ᵐ5 B Hi Co Berthol), + Ezek 36:4 (where Co reads בלע, but less probably, compare Berthol); suffix לַעְגָּם Hos 7:16 (see below) plural construct לַעֲגֵי Isa 28:12 (see below); —

1.
a. mocking, derision, Ps 123:4 (|| בוז); so apparently with suffix as genitive object Hos 7:16 (but very dubious, probably corrupt, compare We Now); nearly = blasphemy Job 34:7.
b. = object of derision Ps 44:14 = Ps 79:4 (|| חֶרְפָּה, קֶלֶס ); so also Ezek 23:32 (|| צחק; si vera lectio, see above), Ezek 36:4.
2. stammerings (of barbarous language), שָׂפָה ׳ ל Isa 28:11 (|| לָשׁוֺן אַחֶרֶת; so Ew Brd Di Hup-NowPsalm 35:16, De and others below לָעֵג); but GrMonatsschr. 1884, 45 reads עלגי, √ עלג.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לעג (lah’-gag)

Job 84:7

EHCC: drinketh up scorning like water ?

Psalms 44:13

KJV: Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
EHCC: (14).a scorn and a derision to them that

Ezekiel 23:32

KJV: Thus saith the Lord God; Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
EHCC: laughed to scorn and had in derision ;

Hosea 7:16

KJV: They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
EHCC: their derision in the land of Egypt.
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