Lexical Definition

‎לוּץ‎ lûwts (loots) to mock ^H:V
a primitive root

ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.

• properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff
• hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede

1) to scorn, make mouths at, talk arrogantly
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to boast
1a2) to scorn
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to mock, deride
1b2) to interpret (language)
1b2a) interpreter (participle)
1b2b) ambassador (fig.)
1c) (Hithpalpel) to be inflated, scoff, act as a scorner, show oneself a mocker

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Extended Information

• Also means: la.tsats (‎ל‎ָ‎צ‎ַ‎ץ‎ "to scorn" לָצַץ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎לִיץ‎] verb scorn (Late Hebrew id.; verb not in cognates; compare Phoenician ‎מלץ‎ interpreter CIS²²; CIS⁴⁴; CIS⁸⁸; Arabic is turn aside (intransitive); hence perhaps properly speak indirectly or obliquely, Fl^{De Pr.1, 6}); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine ‎לַצְתָּ‎ Prov 9:12 Imperfect ‎יָלִיץ‎ Prov 3:34 + 2 t.; Participle ‎לֵץ‎ Prov 9:7 + 11 t.; plural ‎לֵצִים‎ Ps 1:1 + 3 t.; — scorn, ‎וְלַצְתָּ לְבַדְּךָ‎ ‎תִשָּׂא‎ Prov 9:12 if thou scornest thou alone shalt bear it (opposed to ‎חָכַמְתָּ‎), with accusative Prov 14:9; Prov 19:28 with ‎לְ‎, ‎לַלֵּצִים‎ ‎הוּאיָֿלִיץ‎ scorners he (God) scorneth Prov 3:34 ‎הַלֵּץ‎ the scorner is proud and haughty Prov 21:24, delights in scorning Prov 1:22, is incapable of discipline Prov 9:7, reproof Prov 9:8 is Prov 15:12, or rebuke is Prov 13:1, cannot find wisdom Prov 14:6 is an abomination Prov 24:9, should be avoided Ps 1:1 smitten and punished for the benefit of the simple Prov 19:25; Prov 21:11 and banished for the removal of contention Prov 22:10 judgment is prepared for him Prov 19:29 || ‎עָרִיץ‎ Isa 29:20 wine is a scorner Prov 20:1. —

Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine plural suffix ‎הֱלִיצֻנִי‎ Ps 119:51 Participle ‎מֵלִיץ‎ Gen 42:23; Job 33:23 plural construct ‎מְלִיצֵי‎ 2Chr 32:31 suffix ‎מְלִיצַי‎ Job 16:20 ‎מְלִיצֶיךָ‎ Isa 43:27 —

1. deride Job 16:20; Ps 119:51.

2. Participle interpreter Gen 42:23 (E); figurative of intermediaries between God and man, Job 33:28; Isa 43:27 ambassador 2Chr 32:31. Po`lel Participle plural ‎לֹצֲצִים‎ (‎מְ‎ dropped Kö<sup>ii. 479</sup>) scorners Hos 7:5. Hithpa`el Imperfect ‎תִּתְלוֺצָ֑צוּ‎ act as a scorner, shew oneself a mocker, Isa 28:22.

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