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H3932 לָעַג (lâʻag) law-ag'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly

KJV Usage: have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

לָעַג (la.ag) — to mock. 1) to mock, deride, ridicule 1a) (Qal) to mock, deride, have in derision 1b) (Niphal) to stammer 1c) (Hiphil) to mock, deride

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · לַעַג · לָעֵג

Revile | verb qal, verb hif | ≈ בוז · בזה · היה לִשְׂחֹוק · פטר בְּשָׂפָה · שׂחק

to mock only used in poetry; = action by which humans or deities express their disdain of others with words, sounds and/or gestures

2KI 19:21 · 2CH 30:10 · NEH 2:19 · NEH 3:33 · JOB 9:23 · JOB 11:3 · JOB 21:3 · JOB 22:19 · PSA 2:4 · PSA 22:8 · PSA 59:9 · PSA 80:7 · PRO 1:26 · PRO 17:5 · PRO 30:17 · ISA 37:22 · JER 20:7

Speak | verb nif

Collocation: לעג לָשֹׁון

a mocking tongue literally: a mocking tongue; hence: = action by which humans speak a foreign language that is unintelligible and sounds as if they are mocking

ISA 33:19

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[לָעַג] vb. mock, deride; also (Niph.) stammer, poet. Qal mock, deride, have in derision

Niph. a people stammering of tongue (i.e. barbarians)

Hiph. mock, deride

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