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title: לֵץ — scorn · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לֵץ (lemma:לֵץ), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: scorn. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לֵץ

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«לֵץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **scorn** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** lemma:לֵץ · **BDB:** לֵץ

### Glosses

a.mocker (9); mockers (3); \[is\].a.mocker (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

scorn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b5_5e5/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. sub ליץ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לֵץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b5_5e5/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 24:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.24.9/)

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זִמַּ֣ת אִוֶּ֣לֶת חַטָּ֑את וְתוֹעֲבַ֖ת לְאָדָ֣ם לֵֽץ׃

*Word for word:* a.plan of.foolishness \[is\].sin and.\[is\] an.abomination to humankind a.mocker

*JPS 1917:* The thought of foolishness is sin; and the scorner is an abomination to men.

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[Proverbs 13:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.1/)

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בֵּ֣ן חָ֭כָם מ֣וּסַר אָ֑ב וְ֝לֵ֗ץ לֹא־שָׁמַ֥ע גְּעָרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* a.son wise \[the\].discipline of.a.father and a.mocker not he.listens.to a.rebuke

*JPS 1917:* A wise son is instructed of his father; but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

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