Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H3937 |
|---|---|
| Word: | לָעַז |
| Part of Speech: | verb-stem |
| Etymology: | a primitive root |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | la`az |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | law-az' |
| Meaning: | 1. to speak in a foreign tongue |
| KJV Renderings: | strange language. |
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[לָעַז] verb talk indistinctly, unintelligibly (Late Hebrew id., in derivatives ( לַעַז foreign language, לָעוּז foreigner), also murmur, remonstrate; Syriac [untranscribed source text 2841] talk indistinctly; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2842] distort; IV. talk obscurely, ambiguously); — only
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Psalms 114:1
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