Word Study · Strong's H3932 · Hebrew
לָעַג
laag
law-ag'
Strong's 1890 spelling: lâʻag
“to deride”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly
Rendered in the KJV as
have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.
- 18occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 16inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 18 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 16
- יִלְעַג־2
- לָעֲגָ֣ה2
- אֶ֝לְעַ֗ג1
- וַיַּלְעֵ֖ג1
- וַיַּלְעִ֣גוּ1
- וּמַלְעִגִ֖ים1
- וַ֝תִּלְעַ֗ג1
- יִלְעָֽג׃1
- יַלְעִ֣גוּ1
- יִלְעֲגוּ־1
- לֹעֵ֣ג1
- לֹעֵ֥ג1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 14
- he mocks3
- she has mocked2
- they mock2
- [is] mocking1
- [one who] mocks1
- [which] it mocks1
- and have you mocked?1
- and he mocked1
- and mocking1
- and they mocked1
- I will mock1
- stammering of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 14
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular3
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
- Hc/Vhw3mp1
- Hc/Vhw3ms1
- Hc/Vqw2ms1
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqi3ms · 3
- HVqp3fs · 2
- HVqrmsa · 2
- HC/Vhrmpa · 1
- Hc/Vhw3mp · 1
- Hc/Vhw3ms · 1
- Hc/Vqw2ms · 1
- HVhi2ms · 1
- HVhi3mp · 1
- HVNrmsc · 1
- HVqi1cs · 1
- HVqi2ms · 1
All 18, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Job carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 2:19וַיַּלְעִ֣גוּvaiyaliguHc/Vhw3mpBut when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”here: and they mocked
- Nehemiah 4:1וַיַּלְעֵ֖גvaiyalegHc/Vhw3msNow when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jewshere: and he mocked
Job4 occurrences
- Job 9:23יִלְעָֽג׃yilagverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularWhen the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.here: he mocks
- Job 11:3וַ֝תִּלְעַ֗גvatilagHc/Vqw2msShould your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?here: and have you mocked?
- Job 21:3תַלְעִֽיג׃taligverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularBear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.here: you will mock
- Job 22:19יִלְעַג־yilag-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularThe righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:here: he mocks
Psalms4 occurrences
- Psalms 2:4יִלְעַג־yilag-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularThe One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.here: he mocks
- Psalms 22:7יַלְעִ֣גוּyaliguverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralAll who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:here: they mock
- Psalms 59:8תִּ֝לְעַ֗גtilagverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularBut You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.here: you mock
- Psalms 80:6יִלְעֲגוּ־yilagu-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralYou make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.here: they mock
Proverbs3 occurrences
- Proverbs 1:26אֶ֝לְעַ֗גʾelagverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularin turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,here: I will mock
- Proverbs 17:5לֹעֵ֣גloegverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.here: [one who] mocks
- Proverbs 30:17תִּֽלְעַ֣גtilagverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singularAs for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.here: [which] it mocks
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 33:19נִלְעַ֥גnilagverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.here: stammering of
- Isaiah 37:22לָעֲגָ֣הlaagahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularthis is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.here: she has mocked