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Hebrew wordlink #240562

OSHB Job 34:7 לַּעַג (laˊag) Strongs=3933 Lemma=‘לַעַג’
contextual word gloss=‘mockery’ word gloss=‘scorn’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1520 TimeSeries=Job's_Trial

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

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

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

JOB 36:18 בְסָפֶק (ⱱəşāfeq) Lemmas=‘בְּ’, ‘שֶׂפֶק’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘in, mockery’ morpheme glosses=‘in / on / at / with, scoffing’ OSHB JOB 36:18 word 5

OET-LV: 18 If/because rage lest it_should _entice _you in_mockery and_the_greatness _of the_ransom not let_it _turn _you _aside. (JOB_36:18)

OET-RV: 18 Don’t let yourself be enticed by riches,
⇔ ≈ and don’t let a large bribe change your mind. (JOB 36:18)

PSA 44:14 לַעַג (laˊag) Lemma=‘לַעַג’ contextual word gloss=‘mockery’ word gloss=‘derision’ OSHB PSA 44:14 word 4

OET-LV: 14  you_have _made _us a _reproach to_our _of_neighbours mockery and_derision to_those_around _of_us. (PSA_44:14)

OET-RV: 14 You made us an insult among the other nations—
⇔ ≈ a shaking of the head among the peoples. (PSA 44:14)

PSA 79:4 לַעַג (laˊag) Lemma=‘לַעַג’ contextual word gloss=‘mockery’ word gloss=‘scorn’ OSHB PSA 79:4 word 4

OET-LV: 4 We _have _become a _reproach to_our _of_neighbours mockery and_derision to_those_around _of_us. (PSA_79:4)

OET-RV: 4 We have become a reproach for our neighbours—
⇔ mocked and scorned by those around us. (PSA 79:4)

PSA 123:4 הַלַּעַג (hallaˊag) Lemmas=‘הַ’, ‘לַעַג’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘the, mockery’ morpheme glosses=‘the, scorn’ OSHB PSA 123:4 word 5

OET-LV: 4 Much _of it _has _been _surfeited (for_itself) self _of_our the_mockery of _(the)_self-confident_people the_contempt of_arrogant _people. (PSA_123:4)

OET-RV: 4 in fact we’ve had way more than enough scoffing from the arrogant
⇔ and contempt from the proud. (PSA 123:4)

PROV 1:22 לָצוֹן (lāʦōn) Lemma=‘לָצוֹן’ contextual word gloss=‘mockery’ word gloss=‘scoffing’ OSHB PROV 1:22 word 7

OET-LV: 22 Until when Oh _naive _people will _you(pl)_love naiveté and_mockers mockery do _they _delight _in to/for_them and_fools will _they _hate knowledge. (PRO_1:22)

OET-RV: 22 How much longer will naive people love their naivety,
⇔ ≈ and mockers enjoy their mockery,
⇔ ≈ and stupid people despise knowledge? (PRO 1:22)

PROV 29:8 לָצוֹן (lāʦōn) Lemma=‘לָצוֹן’ contextual word gloss=‘mockery’ word gloss=‘scoffing’ OSHB PROV 29:8 word 2

OET-LV: 8 People _of mockery they _inflame a _town and_wise_people they _turn _away anger. (PRO_29:8)

OET-RV: 8 Mockers inflame a city,
⇔ ^ but wise people deflect anger. (PRO 29:8)

ISA 28:14 לָצוֹן (lāʦōn) Lemma=‘לָצוֹן’ contextual word gloss=‘mockery’ word gloss=‘mockery’ OSHB ISA 28:14 word 6

OET-LV: 14 for_so/thus/hence hear the _message _of YHWH Oh _people _of mockery Oh _rulers _of the _people the_this who are_in_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem). (ISA_28:14)

OET-RV: 14 ◙ (ISA 28:14)

EZE 23:32 וּלְלַעַג (ūləlaˊag) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘לְ’, ‘לַעַג’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, (into), mockery’ morpheme glosses=‘and, as, derision’ OSHB EZE 23:32 word 12

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)

EZE 36:4 וּלְלַעַג (ūləlaˊag) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘לְ’, ‘לַעַג’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, (into), mockery’ morpheme glosses=‘and, as, derision’ OSHB EZE 36:4 word 23

OET-LV: 4 For_so/thus/hence Oh _mountains _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) hear the _message _of my_master YHWH thus my_master he _says YHWH to_mountains and_to_hills to_ravines and_to_valleys and_to_places (the)_desolate and_to_cities (the)_abandoned which they _have _become (into)_spoil and_(into)_mockery to_the _rest _of the_nations which are_from_round _about. (EZE_36:4)

OET-RV: 4 Therefore, mountains of Yisrael, listen to the message from the master Yahweh: The master Yahweh says this to the mountains and the high hills, to the streambeds and valleys, to the places that have been destroyed and are now uninhabited, and to the forsaken cities that have become plunder and a subject of mocking for the other nations that surround them— (EZE 36:4)

HOS 7:16 לַעְגָּם (laˊgām) Lemmas=‘לַעַג’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘be]_their_mockery_of, [will’ morpheme glosses=‘ridiculed_of, their’ OSHB HOS 7:16 word 13

OET-LV: 16 They _turn not height they _have _become like_a _bow _of deceit they _will _fall by_sword leaders _of_their from_the _indignation _of their _tongue _of_of this be_their _mockery _of_will in_land of _Miʦrayim. (HOS_7:16)

OET-RV: 16 They return, but not upward.
⇔ They’re like a slack bow.
⇔ Their leaders will die by the sword because they’ve been so insolent.
⇔ That’s why Egypt (Heb. Mitsrayim) will mock them. (HOS 7:16)