Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Jason Hare" <parousia_occ AT yahoo.com>]

It has been said (has it not?) that Sarah laughed partly from disbelief and 
partly from joy.  Are there no verses that indicate laughter that  springs 
from doubt?  We should check into that.

Jason Hare
Ozark Christian College
parousia_occ AT yahoo.com

On 02/16/00, "Polycarp66 AT aol.com" wrote:
> In a message dated 2/15/2000 11:55:35 PM Central Daylight Time, 
> sundance AT neosoft.com writes:
> 
> << 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?
>  
>   >>
> 
> Yes. . . to all of the above.  I don't see much difference in the usage of
> the Hebrew CXQ   and English "to laugh."
> 
> gfsomsel