STRONGS NUMBER H3933


Word Summary
laag: a mocking, derision
Original Word: לַעַג
Transliteration: laag
Phonetic Spelling: (lah'-ag)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a mocking, derision
Meaning: a mocking, derision
Strong's Concordance
derision, scorning

From la'ag; derision, scoffing -- derision, scorn (-ing).

see HEBREW la'ag

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H3933. laag

לַ֫עַגnoun [masculine] mocking, derision, (barbarous) stammering; — absolute ׳לJob 34:7 2t. + Psalm 123:4 (ᵑ0 ׳הַל‎ construct with article — so KöSynt. § 303e — but probably insert לְ‎ following Hup Now Bae, compare also Ges§ 127g), + Ezekiel 23:32 (but strike out ᵐ5B Hi Co Berthol), + 36:4 (where Co reads בלע‎, but less probably, compare Berthol); suffix לַעְגָּםHosea 7:16 (see below) plural construct לַעֲגֵיIsaiah 28:12 (see below); —

1. a. mocking, derision, Psalm 123:4 ("" בוז‎); so apparently with suffix as Genitive object Hosea 7:16 (but very dubious, probably corrupt, compare We Now); nearly = blasphemy Job 34:7.

b. = object of derision Psalm 44:14 = 79:4 ("" קֶלֶס חֶרְמָּה,‎); so also Ezekiel 23:32 ("" צחק‎; si vera lectio, see above), 36:4.

2 stammerings (of barbarous language), ׳ל שָׂפָהIsaiah 28:11 ("" אַחֶרֶת לָשׁוֺן‎; so Ew Brd Di Hup-NowPsalm 35:16, De and others below לָעֵג‎); but GrMonatsschr. 1884, 45 reads עלגי‎, √ עלג‎.