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laʿag לַ֫עַג ‘derision’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from lāʿag לָעַג ‘to mock’
Roots: לעג

laʿag n, m
1) mocking, derision, stammering
 1a) mocking, derision
 1b) stammerings

Mentioned in Ezekiel 36:4 Hosea 7:16 Psalms 123:4, 79:4, 44:14 Job 34:7

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