שָׂחַק (śāḥaq) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning laugh. It appears
36 times
in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7832).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1905c)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1905c)laugh; sport, play; jest; uttered mockery; deride, have in derision, make merry, mock, mocker, rejoice, scorn, be in sport
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
שָׂחַקverb: laugh
Qal
1.
a.laugh at
2.sport, play
Piel
1.make sport
2.jest
3.play
Hiphilthey uttered mockery
Strong's H7832שָׂחַק: to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play KJV:deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 1905: צָחַקṣāḥaq — laugh; jest, sport, play; laugh outright; mock, make sport