{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H6711",
  "lemma": "צָחַק",
  "transliteration": "tsâchaq",
  "definition": "to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport",
  "kjv": "laugh, mock, play, make sport.",
  "occurrences": 13,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[צָחַק] vb. laugh",
    "Qal laugh",
    "Pi.",
    "1. jest",
    "2. sport, play"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 17:17",
      "text": "Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/17?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:12",
      "text": "Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:13",
      "text": "The LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child when I am old?’",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:15",
      "text": "Then Sarah denied it, saying, “I didn’t laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 19:14",
      "text": "Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, “Get up! Get out of this…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 21:6",
      "text": "Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 21:9",
      "text": "Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 26:8",
      "text": "When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/26?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 39:14",
      "text": "she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, “Behold, he has brought a Hebrew in to us to mock us. He…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/39?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 39:17",
      "text": "She spoke to him according to these words, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/39?v=17"
    }
  ],
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