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LAUGHTER = sahaq = disbelief or sense of incongruity?

From: Harold Helm <sundance AT neosoft.com>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
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Subject: LAUGHTER = sahaq = disbelief or sense of incongruity?
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 22:54:36 -0600

Please DEFINE sahaq - from Harold Helm, Houston TX USA
Gen. 18:12 Therefore Sarah LAUGHED within herself, saying,
After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being
old also?
compare with

Prov. 29:9 If a wise man contends with a foolish man,
whether he rage or LAUGH, there is no rest.
Eccl. 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to LAUGH;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Luke 6:21 Blessed are you that hunger now: for you shall be filled.
Blessed are you that weep now: for you shall LAUGH.

LAUGHTER = sahaq = disbelief, discomort, or sense of incongruity?
- or is it an expression of HOPE, of JOY, or of unfulfilled WISH?
...IS the context one of PLEASURE versus pain, denial and relief?

LAUGHTER = sahaq = disbelief or sense of incongruity?, Harold Helm, 02/15/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: LAUGHTER = sahaq = disbelief or sense of incongruity?, Polycarp66, 02/16/2000
- Re: LAUGHTER = sahaq = disbelief or sense of incongruity?, Peter Kirk, 02/16/2000
- Re: LAUGHTER = sahaq = disbelief or sense of incongruity?, George Athas, 02/20/2000
- Re: LAUGHTER = sahaq = disbelief or sense of incongruity?, Jason Hare, 02/22/2000
- Re: LAUGHTER = sahaq = disbelief or sense of incongruity?, gs02wmr, 02/23/2000
- Re: LAUGHTER = sahaq = disbelief or sense of incongruity?, George Athas, 02/23/2000