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title: צְחֹק — laughter · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צְחֹק (6712), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: laughter. BDB 1906: laughter. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צְחֹק

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«צְחֹק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **laughter** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6712 · **BDB:** צְחֹק

### Glosses

laughter (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

laughter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6712/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

laughter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6712/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] laughter;—צְחֹק עָשָׂה לִי א׳ Gn 21:6 (E) laughter hath God caused for me; =laughing-stock, תִּהְיֶה לְצ׳ וּלְלַעַג Ez 23:32 (del. 𝔊B Hi Co Berthol Siegf Krae; not Toy).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צְחֹק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6712/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 21:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.6/)

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וַתֹּ֣אמֶר שָׂרָ֔ה צְחֹ֕ק עָ֥שָׂה לִ֖י אֱלֹהִ֑ים כָּל־הַשֹּׁמֵ֖עַ יִֽצְחַק־לִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and she.said Sarah laughter he.has.made for me God every (the).\[one who\].hears he.will.laugh to me

*JPS 1917:* And Sarah said: 'God hath made laughter for me; every one that heareth will laugh on account of me.'

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[Ezekiel 23:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.32/)

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כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֔ה כּ֤וֹס אֲחוֹתֵךְ֙ תִּשְׁתִּ֔י הָעֲמֻקָּ֖ה וְהָרְחָבָ֑ה תִּהְיֶ֥ה לִצְחֹ֛ק וּלְלַ֖עַג מִרְבָּ֥ה לְהָכִֽיל׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh the.cup your.sister your you.will.drink (the) deep and (the) wide it.will.become (into) laughter and (into) mockery much to contain

*JPS 1917:* Thus saith the Lord GOD: Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup, which is deep and large; thou shalt be for a scorn and a derision; it is full to the uttermost.

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