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title: לָצוֹן — scorning · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לָצוֹן (3944), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: scorning. BDB 1906: scorning. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָצוֹן

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«לָצוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **scorning** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 3944 · **BDB:** לָצוֹן

### Glosses

of.mockery (2); mockery (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

scorning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3944/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

scorning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3944/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] scorning, Pr 1:22; אַנְשֵׁי לָצוֹן men of scorning, scorners = לֵצִים 29:8 Is 28:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לָצוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3944/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 29:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.29.8/)

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אַנְשֵׁ֣י לָ֭צוֹן יָפִ֣יחוּ קִרְיָ֑ה וַ֝חֲכָמִ֗ים יָשִׁ֥יבוּ אָֽף׃

*Word for word:* people of.mockery they.inflame a.town and wise.\[people\] they.turn.away anger

*JPS 1917:* Scornful men set a city in a blaze; but wise men turn away wrath.

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[Proverbs 1:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.22/)

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עַד־מָתַ֣י ׀ פְּתָיִם֮ תְּֽאֵהֲב֫וּ פֶ֥תִי וְלֵצִ֗ים לָ֭צוֹן חָמְד֣וּ לָהֶ֑ם וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים יִשְׂנְאוּ־דָֽעַת׃

*Word for word:* until when? O.naive.people will.you.love naiveté and mockers mockery do.they.delight.in? (for themselves and fools will.they.hate? knowledge

*JPS 1917:* 'How long, ye thoughtless, will ye love thoughtlessness? And how long will scorners delight them in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

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