Lexical Definition

‎לָעַג‎ lâʻag (law-ag') to mock ^H:V
a primitive root

have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.

• to deride
• by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly

1) to mock, deride, ridicule
1a) (Qal) to mock, deride, have in derision
1b) (Niphal) to stammer
1c) (Hiphil) to mock, deride

See Greek: ἐκμυκτηρίζω · καταγελάω · μυκτηρίζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎לָעַג‎] verb mock, deride; also (Niph`al) stammer, in poetry (Late Hebrew Hiph`il id.; ᵑ7 ‎לְעֵג‎ Aph`el id.; stutter (compare Late Hebrew ‎לִגְלֵג‎ mock, ᵑ7 ‎לַגְלֵג‎ id.; Syriac stutter, Arabic id.)); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎לָֽעֲגָה‎ 2Kgs 19:21; Isa 37:22 Imperfect ‎יִלְעַגֿ‎ Job 22:19; Ps 2:4 ‎יִלְעָ֑ג‎ Job 9:23 3 feminine singular ‎תִּלְעַג‎ Prov 30:17 2 masculine singular ‎תִּלְעַג‎ Ps 59:9*, ‎׳‎‎וַתִּל‎ Job 11:3 1 singular ‎אֶלְעַג‎ Prov 1:26 3 masculine plural ‎יִלְעֲגוּֿ‎ Ps 80:7* Participle ‎לֹעֵג‎ Prov 17:5; Jer 20:7 — mock, deride, have in derision, of Jerusalem triumphing over enemy (with ‎לְ‎ person or thing) 2Kgs 19:21 = Isa 37:22 (|| ‎בזה‎); of the innocent Job 22:19 (|| ‎שׂמח‎); of God (with ‎לְ‎) Job 9:23; Ps 2:4; Ps 59:9* absolute of wisdom Prov 1:26 (|| ‎שׂחק‎); of wicked (with ‎לְ‎) Prov 17:5 (|| ‎שׂמח‎), Prov 30:17 (|| ‎בוז‎), Jer 20:7 (|| ‎שׂחק‎); so also perhaps Ps 80:7* (read ‎לָנוּ‎ for ‎לָמוֺ‎ with ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9), compare (absolute) Job 11:3. Niph`al Participle ‎עַם ֗֗֗ נִלְעַג לָשׁוֺן‎ Isa 33:19 a people stammering of tongue (i.e. barbarians, compare v<sup>a</sup>; but read ‎נעלג‎ [√ ‎עלג‎] Gr<sup>Monatsschr. 1884, 45</sup>; || ‎עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה‎). Hiph`il (late; compare Late Hebrew) Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיַּלְעֵג‎ Neh 3:33* 2 masculine singular ‎תַּלְעִיג‎ Job 21:3 3 masculine plural ‎יַלְעִגוּ‎ Ps 22:8*, ‎וַיַּלְעִגוּ‎ Neh 2:19 Participle ‎מַלְעִגִים‎ 2Chr 30:10 — mock, deride, always in bad sense: with ‎לְ‎ person Neh 2:19 (|| ‎בזה‎), Ps 22:8* with ‎עַלֿ‎ person Neh 3:33* with ‎בְּ‎ person 2Chr 30:10 (|| ‎השׂחיק‎); absolute Job 21:3. — So also ‎יִלְעִיג‎ (or ‎יִלְעַג‎) Prov 18:1 for ᵑ0 ‎יִתְגַּלַּע‎ Gr^{l. c} (see ‎גלע‎, p. 166 above).

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