UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Notes: Passage: RV GEN 21:9 · LV GEN 21:9 · Read together GEN 21:9
{A:RSV} {A:NJB} {A:NJPS} {A:NRSV} {A:REB} {A:GNT} {A:CEV} "to play with" | {A:NIV} "to make fun of" | {A:OG} παίζω which can have both meanings

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Sense 1: to laugh

Semantic domains: Rejoice (002001002022)

Core domains: Joy and Grief (093)

Definition: = action by which humans make the sounds and movements that express either amusement or derision

Forms: vbqal-

GEN 17:17: RV GEN 17:17 · LV GEN 17:17 · Read together GEN 17:17

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OET-RV GEN 17:17

17 Avraham fell to his knees and he laughed and said to himself, “How can a hundred year old man father a child? And what about Sarah who’s ninety-nine years old having a baby!”

OET-LV GEN 17:17

17 And_ ʼAⱱrāhām _he _fell on his/its_faces/face and_he _laughed and_he/it _said in_heart _of_his to_a_son _of one _hundred year[s] will _he _be _born and_if Sārāh a_daughter _of ninety year[s] will _she _bear _a _child.

GEN 18:12: RV GEN 18:12 · LV GEN 18:12 · Read together GEN 18:12

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OET-RV GEN 18:12

12 so when she heard that, she laughed to herself and said, “Now that my body’s worn out, will I have the pleasure of a child? Even my master’s too old.”

OET-LV GEN 18:12

12 And_ Sārāh _she _laughed in_her _inner _of_being to_say after I_am _worn _out has _it _belonged to/for_me pleasure and_master _of_my he _is _old.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: RV GEN 17:17 · RV GEN 18:12–13 · RV GEN 18:15 · LV GEN 17:17 · LV GEN 18:12–13 · LV GEN 18:15 · Read together GEN 17:17 · Read together GEN 18:12–13 · Read together GEN 18:15

Sense 2: to bring laughter

Semantic domains: Rejoice (002001002022)

Core domains: Joy and Grief (093)

Definition: = action by which deities bring about the circumstances that cause humans to make the sounds and movements that express joy

Forms: vbqal-

GEN 21:6: RV GEN 21:6 · LV GEN 21:6 · Read together GEN 21:6

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OET-RV GEN 21:6

6 and Sarah said, “God has brought laughter to me. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”

OET-LV GEN 21:6

6 And_ Sārāh _she/it _said laughter he _has _made to_me god every _of (the)_one_who_hears he _will _laugh to_me.

Sense 3: to joke, to jest, to entertain, to to amuse oneself, to make fun of

Semantic domains: Rejoice (002001002022)

Core domains: Joy and Grief (093)

Definition: = causative action by which humans act in a certain way ► with the purpose of bringing enjoyment to oneself and/or other humans, possibly at the expense of oneself or other humans

Forms: vbpiel

GEN 19:14: RV GEN 19:14 · LV GEN 19:14 · Read together GEN 19:14

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OET-RV GEN 19:14