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Hebrew wordlink #8485

OSHB Gen 21:6 צְחֹק (ʦəḩoq) Strongs=6712 Lemma=‘צְחֹק’
contextual word gloss=‘laughter’ word gloss=‘laughter’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute

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Only use of identical word form ‘צְחֹק’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘צְחֹק’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘laughter’.

Hebrew words (10) other than צְחֹק (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘laughter’

JOB 8:21 שְׂחוֹק (səḩōq) Lemma=‘שְׂחֹוק’ contextual word gloss=‘laughter’ word gloss=‘laughter’ OSHB JOB 8:21 word 3

OET-LV: 21 Until he _will _fill laughter mouth _of_your and_your _two’s _of_lips a _shout _of _joy. (JOB_8:21)

OET-RV: 21 He’ll still fill your mouth with laughter,
⇔ ≈ and your lips with a happy shout. (JOB 8:21)

PSA 126:2 שְׂחוֹק (səḩōq) Lemma=‘שְׂחֹוק’ contextual word gloss=‘laughter’ word gloss=‘laughter’ OSHB PSA 126:2 word 3

OET-LV: 2 Then it _was _filled laughter mouth _of_our and_our _of_tongue a _shout _of _joy then people _said among_nations YHWH he _has _made _great for_doing with these_people. (PSA_126:2)

OET-RV: 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.” (PSA 126:2)

PROV 10:23 כִּשְׂחוֹק (kisḩōq) Lemmas=‘כְּ’, ‘שְׂחֹוק’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘[is]_like, laughter’ morpheme glosses=‘like, sport’ OSHB PROV 10:23 word 1

OET-LV: 23 is_like_laughter for_a _fool to _do wickedness and_wisdom for_a _person _of understanding. (PRO_10:23)

OET-RV: 23 Doing wicked things is like a sport to foolish people,
⇔ ^ but a wise person enjoys doing sensible things. (PRO 10:23)

PROV 14:13 בִּשְׂחוֹק (bisḩōq) Lemmas=‘בְּ’, ‘שְׂחֹוק’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘in, laughter’ morpheme glosses=‘in / on / at / with, laughter’ OSHB PROV 14:13 word 2

OET-LV: 13 Also in_laughter it _is _in _pain a _heart and_its _of_end joy may _be_grief. (PRO_14:13)

OET-RV: 13 People who are laughing can still be aching inside,
⇔ ≈ and the end of happiness might be grief. (PRO 14:13)

ECC 2:2 לִשְׂחוֹק (lisḩōq) Lemmas=‘לְ’, ‘שְׂחֹוק’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘of, laughter’ morpheme glosses=‘of, laughter’ OSHB ECC 2:2 word 1

OET-LV: 2 Of_laughter I _said it_is_mad and_of_pleasure what this is_it_doing. (ECC_2:2)

OET-RV: 2 To laughter, I said, “It’s madness,”
⇔ ≈ and to joy, “What’s the point of this?” (ECC 2:2)

ECC 7:3 מִשְּׂחֹק (missəḩoq) Lemmas=‘מִן’, ‘שְׂחֹוק’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘more, than_laughter’ morpheme glosses=‘than, laughter’ OSHB ECC 7:3 word 3

OET-LV: 3 is_good vexation more_than _laughter if/because by_sadness _of face a _heart it _will _be _good. (ECC_7:3)

OET-RV: 3 Laughter is better than grief
⇔ because a serious face means that the mind is working. (ECC 7:3)

ECC 7:6 שְׂחֹק (səḩoq) Lemma=‘שְׂחֹוק’ contextual word gloss=‘the_laughter_of’ word gloss=‘laughter_of’ OSHB ECC 7:6 word 7

OET-LV: 6 If/because like_the _sound _of (the)_thorns under the_pot so the _laughter _of the _fool and_also this is_futility. (ECC_7:6)

OET-RV: 6 because the laughter of a fool
⇔ is like the crackling of burning thorn twigs under a cooking pot—
⇔ that’s also pointless. (ECC 7:6)

ECC 10:19 לִשְׂחוֹק (lisḩōq) Lemmas=‘לְ’, ‘שְׂחֹוק’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘for, laughter’ morpheme glosses=‘for, laughter’ OSHB ECC 10:19 word 1

OET-LV: 19 For_laughter people _are_making food and_wine it _makes _glad life and_(the)_money it _answers DOM (the)_everything. (ECC_10:19)

OET-RV: 19 There’s laughter around the meal table,
⇔ wine makes people glad,
⇔ and money is the answer to everything. (ECC 10:19)

EZE 23:32 לִצְחֹק (liʦḩoq) Lemmas=‘לְ’, ‘צְחֹק’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘(into), laughter’ morpheme glosses=‘as, laughed’ OSHB EZE 23:32 word 11

OET-LV: 32 thus my_master he _says YHWH the _cup _of your _sister _of_of you _will _drink (the)_deep and_(the)_wide it _will _become (into)_laughter and_(into)_mockery much to_contain. (EZE_23:32)

OET-RV: 32 The master Yahweh says this, ‘You’ll suffer the same extreme suffering that your sister suffered. You’ll become a laughingstock and a subject for derision—there’s a lot of pain coming your way. (EZE 23:32)

HAB 1:10 מִשְׂחָק (misḩāq) Lemma=‘מִשְׂחַק’ contextual word gloss=‘[are]_laughter’ word gloss=‘joke’ OSHB HAB 1:10 word 5

OET-LV: 10 And_he in_kings it _derides and_rulers are_laughter to_him/it it to/from_all/each/any/every fortress it _laughs and_it _heaped _up earth and_it_captured _it. (HAB_1:10)

OET-RV: 10 They scoff at kings, and rulers are just a joke to them.
⇔ They laugh at fortresses as they pile soil up around them and capture them. (HAB 1:10)