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yiśḥāq יִשְׂחָק ‘Isaac’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from šaḥăṣīmā שַׁחֲצִ֫ימָה ‘Shahazimah’
Roots: שׁחצום

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Isaac = "he laughs"
1) son of Abraham by Sarah his wife and father of Jacob and Esau

Mentioned in Jeremiah 33:26 Amos 7:16, 7:9 Psalms 105:9

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