לָעַג
la.ag
“to mock”
Definition
to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly
a primitive root;
- to mock, deride, ridicule 1a) (Qal) to mock, deride, have in derision 1b) (Niphal) to stammer 1c) (Hiphil) to mock, deride
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Grammar & Morphology
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
לָעַג appears 14 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun; but the people scorned and mocked them.
You will no longer see the insolent,a people whose speech is unintelligible,who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived.You have overcome me and prevailed.I am a laughingstock all day long;everyone mocks me.
Bear with me while I speak;then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
When the scourge brings sudden death,He mocks the despair of the innocent.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.