Lexical Definition

‎לַעַג‎ laʻag (lah'-ag) derision ^H:N-M
from ‎לָעַג‎

derision, scorn (-ing).

• derision, scoffing

1) mocking, derision, stammering
1a) mocking, derision
1b) stammerings

See Greek: ὄνειδος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎לַ֫עַג‎ noun [masculine] mocking, derision, (barbarous) stammering; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ל‎ Job 34:7 + 2 t. + Ps 123:4 (‎׳‎‎הַל‎ ᵑ0 construct with article — so Kö^{Synt. § 303e} — but probably insert ‎לְ‎ following Hup Now Bae, compare also Ges^{«GKC:127g»§ 127g}), + Ezek 23:32 (but strike out ᵐ5^B Hi Co Berthol), + Ezek 36:4 (where Co reads ‎בלע‎, but less probably, compare Berthol); suffix ‎לַעְגָּם‎ Hos 7:16 (see below) plural construct ‎לַעֲגֵי‎ Isa 28:12 (see below); —

1. a. mocking, derision, Ps 123:4 (|| ‎בוז‎); so apparently with suffix as genitive object Hos 7:16 (but very dubious, probably corrupt, compare We Now); nearly = blasphemy Job 34:7.
b. = object of derision Ps 44:14* = Ps 79:4 (|| ‎חֶרְפָּה‎, ‎קֶלֶס‎); so also Ezek 23:32 (|| ‎צחק‎; si vera lectio, see above), Ezek 36:4.

2. stammerings (of barbarous language), ‎שָׂפָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ל‎ Isa 28:11 (|| ‎לָשׁוֺן‎ ‎אַחֶרֶת‎; so Ew Brd Di Hup-Now^{Psalm 35:16}, De and others below ‎לָעֵג‎); but Gr^{Monatsschr. 1884, 45} reads ‎עלגי‎, √ ‎עלג‎.

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