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# laugh

«laugh» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To make sounds with your voice that show you think…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (laugh, laughs, laughed, laughing); noun (a laugh, laughs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To make sounds with your voice that show you think something is funny or you are happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laugh/#m1)

2) To make fun of someone: "Don't laugh at him." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laugh/#m2)

3) As a noun, the sound of laughing or something fun: "That was a good laugh." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laugh/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Sarah laughed when she heard she would have a child, and Isaac's name means "he will laugh". Tradition reads his name as a reminder of the joy that came from her doubt. In the Psalms and Job, to laugh also means to mock, and God "laughs" at the wicked, which is read as a picture that their power is nothing before Him. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, laughing shows joy and helps friends feel close; laughing with someone is kind, laughing at someone can hurt. In stories, laughter shows humour or a happy mood. Phrases: laugh at, laugh out loud, burst out laughing, have a laugh, laughing stock.

### examples

- And He said: 'Nay; but thou didst laugh.' (Torah GEN.18.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laugh/#x1)
- Then Sarah denied, saying: 'I laughed not'; for she was afraid. (Torah GEN.18.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laugh/#x2)
- And Sarah said: 'God hath made laughter for me; every one that heareth will laugh on account of me.' (Torah GEN.21.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laugh/#x3)
- The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: (Writings PSA.52.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laugh/#x4)
- The righteous saw it, and were glad, and the innocent laugh them to scorn: (Writings JOB.22.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laugh/#x5)
- The Lord doth laugh at him; for He seeth that his day is coming. (Writings PSA.37.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laugh/#x6)
- The joke made me laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laugh/#x7)
- We laughed until we cried. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laugh/#x8)
- Don't laugh at people when they make mistakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laugh/#x9)
- Her laugh is very loud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laugh/#x10)
- The baby laughs when I tickle her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laugh/#x11)
- We had a good laugh at the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laugh/#x12)
- They burst out laughing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laugh/#x13)
- Laughing is good for you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laugh/#x14)
- The king laughed loud and long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laugh/#x15)

### note

"gh" sounds like "f": "laf". Noun "laughter" (uncountable) means the sound of laughing. "Laugh with" is friendly, "laugh at" can be unkind.

### In the corpora

- [Then Sarah denied, saying: 'I laughed not'; for she was afraid.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.456/)
- [And He said: 'Nay; but thou didst laugh.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.457/)
- [And Sarah said: 'God hath made laughter for me; every one that heareth will laugh on account of me.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.546/)
- [He that sitteth in heaven laugheth, the Lord hath them in derision.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.10/)
- [All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.315/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «laugh» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/laugh/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.