Lexical Definition

‎קָלַס‎ qâlaç (kaw-las') to mock ^H:V
a primitive root

mock, scoff, scorn.

• to disparage, i.e. ridicule

1) to mock, scoff
1a) (Piel) to scoff at
1b) (Hithpael) to mock, deride, make fun of

See Greek: ἐμπαίζω · ἐντρυφάω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎קָלַס‎] verb mock, scoff (Eccl 11:4 ‎תקלס‎, text by Adler^{JQ xii (1900), 470}); —

Pi`el Infinitive construct ‎לְקַלֵּס‎ ‎אָתְנָן‎ Ezek 16:31 to scoff at hire (of Jerusalem under figure of harlot), but ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Symm collect, read ‎לִקְבֹּץ‎ Gr Toy Krae (or ‎לְלַקֵּט‎, Co). Hithpa`el mock, deride, with ‎ב‎ person, Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִתְקַלָּ֑ס‎ Hab 1:10 3 masculine plural ‎יִתְקַלְּסוּ‎ Ezek 22:5, ‎׳‎‎וַיִּת‎ 2Kgs 2:23.

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