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śāḥaq שָׂחַק ‘to laugh’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

śāḥaq v
1) to laugh, play, mock
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to laugh (usually in contempt or derision)
  1a2) to sport, play
 1b) (Piel)
  1b1) to make sport
  1b2) to jest
  1b3) to play (including instrumental music, singing, dancing)
 1c) (Hiphil) to laugh mockingly

Mentioned in Judges 16:27, 16:25 1 Samuel 18:7 2 Samuel 6:21, 2:14, 6:5 Jeremiah 15:17, 31:4, 30:19 Habakkuk 1:10 Zechariah 8:5 Psalms 2:4, 37:13, 104:26, 59:9, 52:8 Proverbs 8:31, 29:9, 31:25, 1:26, 26:19, 8:30 Job 30:1, 29:24, 5:22, 40:20, 39:7, 39:22, 41:21, 39:18, 40:29 Lamentations 1:7 Ecclesiastes 3:4 1 Chronicles 13:8, 15:29 2 Chronicles 30:10

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