Hebrew verb · H6711
צָחַק
tsachaqtsaw-khak'
to laugh
13 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tsâchaq
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6711is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 13spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6711
to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport
The King James renders it: laugh, mock, play, make sport.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
tsachaq is rendered "to laugh". It stands 13 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Eleven of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 17:17Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
Genesis 17:17וַיִּצְחָ֑ק
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- to mock2
- and he laughed1
- and he made sport1
- and she laughed1
- did she laugh1
- he will laugh1
- I laughed1
- like jests1
- mocking1
- playing1
- to play1
- you laughed1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| צָחַח | tsachach | be dazzling | Uses1 |
All 13, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וַיְצַחֵק֙1
- וַיִּצְחָ֑ק1
- וַתִּצְחַ֥ק1
- יִֽצְחַק־1
- כִמְצַחֵ֖ק1
- לְצַ֣חֶק1
- לְצַ֥חֶק1
- לְצַחֵֽק׃ פ1
- מְצַחֵ֔ק1
- מְצַחֵֽק׃1
- צָחֲקָ֨ה1
- צָחָֽקְתְּ׃1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)3HR/Vpcc
- verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular2HVprmsa
- Hc/Vpw3ms1Hc/Vpw3ms
- Hc/Vqw3fs1Hc/Vqw3fs
- Hc/Vqw3ms1Hc/Vqw3ms
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular1HR/Vprmsa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular1HVqp1cs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singular1HVqp2fs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVqp3fs
Genesis
eleven uses
Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
- וַיִּצְחָ֑קvaiyitzchakHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he laughed
So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
- וַתִּצְחַ֥קvatitzchakHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she laughed
And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’
- צָחֲקָ֨הtzachakahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: did she laugh
But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”
- צָחַ֖קְתִּיtzachaktiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I laughed
- צָחָֽקְתְּ׃tzachaketverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you laughed
So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
- כִמְצַחֵ֖קkhimtzachekpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: like jests
Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”
- יִֽצְחַק־yitzchak-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will laugh
But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
- מְצַחֵֽק׃metzachekverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: mocking
When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
- מְצַחֵ֔קmetzachekverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: playing
she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.
- לְצַ֣חֶקletzachekpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to mock
Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,
- לְצַ֥חֶקletzachekpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to mock
Exodus
one use
So the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.
- לְצַחֵֽק׃ פletzachekpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to play
Judges
one use
And while their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison to entertain them. And they stationed him between the pillars.
- וַיְצַחֵק֙vaytzachekHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he made sport
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.