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Lexicon :: Strong's H3932 - lāʿaḡ

Aa
לָעַג
Transliteration
lāʿaḡ
Pronunciation
law-ag'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1118

Strong’s Definitions

לָעַג lâʻag, law-ag'; a primitive root; to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly:—have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H3932 in the following manner: mock (8x), scorn (3x), laugh (3x), have in derision (2x), laugh to scorn (1x), stammering (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H3932 in the following manner: mock (8x), scorn (3x), laugh (3x), have in derision (2x), laugh to scorn (1x), stammering (1x).

  1. to mock, deride, ridicule

    1. (Qal) to mock, deride, have in derision

    2. (Niphal) to stammer

    3. (Hiphil) to mock, deride

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָעַג lâʻag, law-ag'; a primitive root; to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly:—have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.
STRONGS H3932: Abbreviations
† [לָעַג] verb mock, deride; also (Niph.) stammer, in poetry (Late Hebrew Hiph. id.; Targum לְעֵג Aph`el id.; bdb054103 stutter (compare Late Hebrew לִגְלֵג mock, Targum לַגְלֵג id.; Syriac bdb054104 stutter, Arabic bdb054105 id.)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular לָֽעֲגָה 2 Kings 19:21; Isaiah 37:22; Imperfect יִלְעַגֿ Job 22:19; Psalm 2:4 יִלְעָ֑ג Job 9:23; 3rd person feminine singular תִּלְעַג Proverbs 30:17; 2nd person masculine singular תִּלְעַג Psalm 59:9, וַתִּל׳ Job 11:3; 1st person singular אֶלְעַג Proverbs 1:26; 3rd person masculine plural יִלְעֲגוּֿ Psalm 80:7; Participle לֹעֵג Proverbs 17:5; Jeremiah 20:7; — mock, deride, have in derision, of Jerusalem triumphing over enemy (with לְ person or thing) 2 Kings 19:21 = Isaiah 37:22 (|| בזה); of the innocent Job 22:19 (|| שׂמח); of God (with לְ) Job 9:23; Psalm 2:4; Psalm 59:9; absolute of wisdom Proverbs 1:26 (|| שׂחק); of wicked (with לְ) Proverbs 17:5 (|| שׂמח), Proverbs 30:17 (|| בוז), Jeremiah 20:7 (|| שׂחק); so also perhaps Psalm 80:7 (read לָנוּ for לָמוֺ with Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate), compare (absolute) Job 11:3.
Niph. Participle עַם ֗֗֗ נִלְעַג לָשׁוֺן Isaiah 33:19 a people stammering of tongue (i.e. barbarians, compare Isaiah 33:19a; but read נעלג [√ עלג] GrMonatsschr. 1884, 45; || עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה).
Hiph. (late; compare Late Hebrew) Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיַּלְעֵג Nehemiah 3:33; 2nd person masculine singular תַּלְעִיג Job 21:3; 3rd person masculine plural יַלְעִגוּ Psalm 22:8, וַיַּלְעִגוּ Nehemiah 2:19; Participle מַלְעִגִים 2 Chronicles 30:10; — mock, deride, always in bad sense: with לְ person Nehemiah 2:19 (|| בזה), Psalm 22:8; with עַלֿ person Nehemiah 3:33; with בְּ person 2 Chronicles 30:10 (|| השׂחיק); absolute Job 21:3. — So also יִלְעִיג (or יִלְעַג) Proverbs 18:1 for MT יִתְגַּלַּע Grl.c. (see H1566 גלע).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Kings

19:21; 19:21

2 Chronicles

30:10; 30:10

Nehemiah

2:19; 2:19

Job

9:23; 9:23; 11:3; 11:3; 21:3; 21:3; 22:19; 22:19

Psalms

2:4; 2:4; 22:8; 22:8; 59:9; 59:9; 80:7; 80:7

Proverbs

1:26; 1:26; 17:5; 17:5; 18:1; 30:17; 30:17

Isaiah

33:19; 33:19; 37:22; 37:22

Jeremiah

20:7; 20:7

H3932

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Strong's Number H3932 matches the Hebrew לָעַג (lāʿaḡ),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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‘She, the virgin H1330 daughter H1323 of Zion H6726, has shown H959 contempt H959 for you and mocked H3932 you;

She, the daughter H1323 of Jerusalem H3389, has shaken H5128 her head H7218 behind H310 you!

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So the [fn]couriers H7323 passed H5674 from city H5892 to city H5892 through the country H776 of Ephraim H669 and Manasseh H4519, and as far H5704 as Zebulun H2074, but they laughed H7832 at them with H7832 scorn H7832 and mocked H3932 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 - But when Sanballat H5571 the Horonite H2772 and Tobiah H2900 the Ammonite H5984 [fn]official H5650, and Geshem H1654 the Arab H6163 heard H8085 about it, they mocked H3932 us and despised H959 us, and said H559, “What H4100 is this H2088 thing H1697 that you are doing H6213? Are you rebelling H4775 against H5921 the king H4428?”

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[fn]Now it came H1961 about H1961 that when H834 Sanballat H5571 heard H8085 that we were rebuilding H1129 the wall H2346, he became H2734 furious H2734 and very H7235 angry H3707, and he mocked H3932 the Jews H3064.

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“If H518 the whip H7752 kills H4191 suddenly H6597,

He mocks H3932 the despair H4531 of the innocent H5355.

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“Shall your boasts H907 silence H2790 people H4962?

And will you scoff H3932, and no H369 one H369 rebuke H3637?

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“Bear H5375 with me that I may speak H1696;

Then after H310 I have spoken H1696, you may mock H3932 me.

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“The righteous H6662 see H7200 and are H8055 glad H8055,

And the innocent H5355 mock H3932 them, saying,

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He who [fn]sits H3427 in the heavens H8064 laughs H7832,

The Lord H136 scoffs H3932 at them.

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All H3605 who see H7200 me deride H3932 me;

They [fn]sneer H6362 H8193, they shake H5128 their heads H7218, saying,

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But You, LORD H3068, laugh H7832 at them;

You scoff H3932 at all H3605 the nations H1471.

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You make H7760 us [fn]an object H4066 of H4066 contention H4066 to our neighbors H7934,

And our enemies H340 laugh H3932 among themselves.

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I will also H1571 laugh H7832 at your disaster H343;

I will mock H3932 when your dread H6343 comes H935,

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One who mocks H3932 the poor H7326 taunts H2778 his Maker H6213;

One who rejoices H8056 at disaster H343 will not go H5352 unpunished H5352.

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The eye H5869 that mocks H3932 a father H1

And [fn]scorns H936 H3349 a mother H517,

The ravens H6158 of the valley H5158 will pick H5365 it out H5365,

And the young H1121 eagles H5404 will eat H398 it.

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You will no H3808 longer see H7200 a fierce H3267 people H5971,

A people H5971 of [fn]unintelligible H6012 speech H8193 [fn]which no H4480 one comprehends H8085,

Of a stammering H3932 tongue H3956 [fn]which no H369 one H369 understands H998.

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“She has shown H959 contempt H959 for you and derided H3932 you,

The virgin H1330 daughter H1323 of Zion H6726;

The daughter H1323 of Jerusalem H3389 has shaken H5128 her head H7218 behind H310 you!

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LORD H3068, You persuaded H6601 me and I let myself be persuaded H6601;

You have overcome H2388 me and prevailed H3201.

I have become H1961 a laughingstock H7814 all H3605 day H3117 long;

Everyone H3605 mocks H3932 me.

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