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Lexicon entry · Hebrew

H6711צָחַקtsa.chaq

to laughPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 11
  2. 1
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 1
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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13 occurrences in 12 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 17:17

    Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart: 'Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?'

    וַיִּצְחָ֑ק (יִּצְחָ֑ק) i.yitz.Chak “he laughed”

  2. Genesis 18:12

    And Sarah laughed within herself, saying: 'After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?'

    וַתִּצְחַ֥ק (תִּצְחַ֥ק) titz.Chak “she laughed”

  3. Genesis 18:13

    And the LORD said unto Abraham: 'Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying: Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?

    צָחֲקָ֨ה tza.cha.Kah “did she laugh”

  4. Genesis 18:15

    Then Sarah denied, saying: 'I laughed not'; for she was afraid. And He said: 'Nay; but thou didst laugh.'

    צָחַ֖קְתִּי tza.Chak.ti “I laughed”צָחָֽקְתְּ׃ tza.Cha.ket “you laughed”

  5. Genesis 19:14

    And Lot went out, and spoke unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said: 'Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy the city.' But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that jested.

    כִמְצַחֵ֖ק (מְצַחֵ֖ק) m.tza.Chek “[one who] jests”

  6. Genesis 21:6

    And Sarah said: 'God hath made laughter for me; every one that heareth will laugh on account of me.'

    יִֽצְחַק־ yitz.chak- “he will laugh”

  7. Genesis 21:9

    And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, making sport.

    מְצַחֵֽק׃ me.tza.Chek “mocking”

  8. Genesis 26:8

    And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

    מְצַחֵ֔ק me.tza.Chek “[was] playing”

  9. Genesis 39:14

    that she called unto the men of her house, and spoke unto them, saying: 'See, he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.

    לְצַ֣חֶק (צַ֣חֶק) Tza.chek “mock”

  10. Genesis 39:17

    And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying: 'The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me.

    לְצַ֥חֶק (צַ֥חֶק) Tza.chek “mock”

  11. Exodus 32:6

    And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to make merry.

    לְצַחֵֽק׃ (צַחֵֽק) tza.Chek “play”

  12. Judges 16:25

    And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said: 'Call for Samson, that he may make us sport.' And they called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made sport before them; and they set him between the pillars.

    וַיְצַחֵק֙ (יְצַחֵק֙) y.tza.Chek “he made sport”