--- title: שָׂחַק — laugh · The Tanakh dictionary description: שָׂחַק (7832), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 36 times: laugh. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7832.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1513-3.md)‎ / שָׂחַק‎ # שָׂחַק «שָׂחַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **laugh** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 36 times · **Key:** 7832 · **BDB:** שָׂחַק ### Glosses it.laughs (5); he.laughs (3); of.merry.makers (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) laugh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7832/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7832/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. laugh (‖ צהק, q.v.; NH שָׂחַק, סָחַק; Ethiopic ሠሐቀ: );— Pf. 3 ms. וְשׂ׳ consec. Pr 29:9; 3 pl. שָֽׂחֲקוּ La 1:7; Jb 30:1; Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׂחַק Jb 39:7 +, etc.; Inf. cstr. שְׂחוֹק Ju 16:27; Ec 3:4;— laugh at, usually in contempt, derision, c. עַל pers. Jb 30:1 ψ 52:8; עַל rei La 1:7; c. ל pers. God subj. ψ 37:13; 59:9 (‖ לָעַג); c. ל rei vel pers. = have no fear of, Hb 1:10; Jb 5:22; Pr 31:25, also, fig., of noble animals Jb 39:7, 18, 22; 41:21; abs., Pr 29:9 (opp. רָגַז), of י׳ ψ 2:4 (‖ לָעַג), of wisdom Pr 1:26 (ב temp.; ‖ id.). c. אֶל pers., appar. of friendly laugh Jb 29:24; in gen. Ec 3:4 (opp. בָּכָה). sport, play, Ju 16:27. Pf. 1 s. וְשִׂחַקְתִּ֫י 1 S 6:21; Impf. 3 ms. וַיְשַׂחֶק־ Ju 16:25, etc.; Inf. cstr. לְשַׂחֶק־ ψ 104:26; Pt. מְשַׂחֵק Pr 26:19; 1 Ch 15:29, f. מְשַׂחֶ֫קֶת Pr 8:30, 31; pl. מְשַׂחֲקִים 2 S 6:5 +, מְשַׂחֲקוֹת 1 S 18:7;— make sport, Ju 16:25 (ל pers.) 2 S 2:14 (לִפְנֵי pers.; in tournament), Pr 8:30 (לִפְנֵי), v 31 (ב loc.). jest, Pr 26:19. play: incl. instr. music, singing and dancing 1 S 18:7, c. לִפְנֵי י׳ 2 S 6:5 (ב instr.), = 1 Ch 13:8, 2 S 6:21 1 Ch 15:29 (+ מְרַקֵּד); of merry-making Je 15:17 (‖ עָלַז), 30:19; 31:4; of children’s sport Zc 8:5; of beasts Jb 40:20 ψ 104:26; of man, play with (ב) crocod. Jb 40:29. (declar.) Pt. pl. מַשְׂחִיקִים 2 Ch 30:10 they uttered mockery עֲלֵיהֶם (‖ מַלְעִגִים). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 36 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «שָׂחַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7832/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 39:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.7/) יִ֭שְׂחַק לַהֲמ֣וֹן קִרְיָ֑ה תְּשֻׁא֥וֹת נ֝וֹגֵ֗שׂ לֹ֣א יִשְׁמָֽע׃ *Word for word:* it.laughs to.\[the\] tumult of.a.town \[the\].shouting(s) of.a.driver not it.hears *JPS 1917:* He scorneth the tumult of the city, neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver. [Job 41:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.21/) כְּ֭קַשׁ נֶחְשְׁב֣וּ תוֹתָ֑ח וְ֝יִשְׂחַ֗ק לְרַ֣עַשׁ כִּידֽוֹן׃ *Word for word:* like chaff they.are.regarded a.club and it.laughs to.\[the\] shaking of.a.javelin *JPS 1917:* Clubs are accounted as stubble; he laugheth at the rattling of the javelin. - ← previous: [שַׁחֲצִימָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e9_5b7_5c1_5d7_5b2_5e6_5b4_5d9_5de_5b8_5d4.md) - next →: [שָׁחַק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7833.md) - ↑ back to [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1513-3.md)