שְׂחֹוק (səḩovq) — laughter / laughingstock

Form 1

Part of speech: nsm

Related lemmas: שׂחק

Sense 1: laughter

Semantic domains: Rejoice (002001002022)

Core domains: Joy and Grief (093)

Definition: = action by which humans give expression to a friendly attitude, joy and amusement with the gestures and sounds that normally accompany it; ≈ this is normally regarded as a good thing, especially when done with restraint, whereas a lack of restraint is often associated with foolishness

Synonyms: רִנָּה · שִׂמְחָה · תְּרוּעָה

Show passage in OET: JOB 8:21

OET-RV JOB 8:21

21 He’ll still fill your mouth with laughter,
⇔ ≈ and your lips with a happy shout.

OET-LV JOB 8:21

21 Until he _will _fill laughter mouth _of_your and_lips _of_your a _shout _of _joy.

Show passage in OET: PSA 126:2

OET-RV PSA 126:2

2 Then our mouths were filled with laughter
⇔ ≈ and our tongues with singing.
⇔ Then they said among the nations,
⇔ “Yahweh has done great things for them.”

OET-LV PSA 126:2

2 Then it _was _filled laughter mouth _of_our and_tongue _of_our a _shout _of _joy then people _said among_nations YHWH he _has _made _great for_doing with these_people.

Jump to OET JOB 8:21 section.

Jump to OET PSA 126:2 section.

All 8 recorded passages for this sense

JOB: OET JOB 8:21

PSA: OET PSA 126:2

PRO: OET PRO 10:23 · OET PRO 14:13

ECC: OET ECC 2:2 · OET ECC 7:3 · OET ECC 7:6 · OET ECC 10:19

Sense 2: laughingstock

Semantic domains: Revile (002004001009012)

Core domains: Status (170); Communication (041)

Definition: literally: (object of) laughter; hence: = a person or group who has to endure lack of respect from others, often accompanied by laughter

Synonyms: מְחִתָּה · נְגִינָה

Show passage in OET: JOB 12:4

OET-RV JOB 12:4