STRONGS NUMBER H6711


Word Summary
tsachaq: to laugh
Original Word: צְחַק
Transliteration: tsachaq
Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-khak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to laugh
Meaning: to laugh outright, to sport
Strong's Concordance
laugh, mock, play, make sport

A primitive root; to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport -- laugh, mock, play, make sport.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6711. tsachaq

[צָחַק‎] verb laugh (Arabic , laugh, Syriac , compare BaEs 34; see also שׂחק‎); —

Qal Perfect3feminine singular צָֽחֲקָהGenesis 18:13, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִצֲחַקֿ21:6, וַיִּצְחָ֑ק17:17; 3feminine singular וַתִּצְחַק18:12; — laugh, 18:12-13, 15 (twice in verse) (J), 17:17 (P); with לat, concerning, 21:6.

Pi`el Imperfect וַיְצַחֵקJudges 16:25; Infinitive construct לְצַחֵקExodus 32:6, (בִּיׅ בָּנוּ לְצַ֫חֶקGenesis 39:14, 17; Participle מְצַחֵק19:14; 26:8, מְצַחֶ֑ק21:9; —

1 jest Genesis 19:14 (J).

2 sport, play Genesis 21:9 (E) Exodus 32:6 (J); make sport for Judges 16:25 (לִפְנֵי‎; "" וִישַׂחֶקלָֿ֑נוּ‎); toy with (אֶת‎), of conjugal caresses Genesis 26:8 (compare DoughtyArab. Des. i. 231), make a toy of, with ב‎, 39:14, 17 (all J).