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title: שְׂחֹוק — laughter · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׂחֹוק (7814), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: laughter. BDB 1906: laughter, derision, sport. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׂחֹוק

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«שְׂחֹוק» 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 7814 · **BDB:** שְׂחֹק

### Glosses

laughter (6); laughing-stock (4); a.laughing-stock (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

laughter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7814/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

laughter, derision, sport [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7814/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] laughter, derision, sport (proposes inf. cstr.);—abs. שְׂחֹק Je 48:26 + 5 times; cstr. Ec 7:6; abs. שְׂחוֹק Je 20:7 + 7 times;— laughter (joyous) Jb 8:21 (‖ תְּרוּעָה), ψ 126:2 (‖ רִנָּה), Ec 2:2 (‖ שִׂמְחָה), 10:19 (‖ שִׂמֵּחַ); as hollow Pr 14:13 (opp. כָּאַב), Ec 7:3 (opp. כַּעַס), cf. שׂ׳ הַכְּסִיל v 6. (object of) derision, הָיָה לִשׂ׳, Je 20:7; 48:26, 27 (read לִשׂ׳ for MT הַשּׂ׳ 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 Gie Du; Co del. vv), v 39 La 3:14; elsewhere Jb 12:4(×2). sport Pr 10:23.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׂחֹוק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7814/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 8:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.21/)

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עַד־יְמַלֵּ֣ה שְׂח֣וֹק פִּ֑יךָ וּשְׂפָתֶ֥יךָ תְרוּעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* until he.will.fill laughter mouth your and lips your a.shout.of.joy

*JPS 1917:* Till He fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.

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[Proverbs 14:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.13/)

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גַּם־בִּשְׂח֥וֹק יִכְאַב־לֵ֑ב וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖הּשִׂמְחָ֣ה תוּגָֽה׃

*Word for word:* also in laughter it.is.in.pain a.heart and end its joy \[may.be\].grief

*JPS 1917:* Even in laughter the heart acheth; and the end of mirth is heaviness.

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