To: Biblical Hebrew List <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: LAUGHTER = sahaq = disbelief or sense of incongruity?
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 10:19:04 -0500 (EST)
May I digress a tad?
Isn't "zakhaak"(TZADI, CHET, KAF") = to mock, to make fun of, to joke
about, to toy with...
the root word for Isaac(Yeetz'chak) ???
Why does Yeetz'chak come to mean 'He that Laughs/is Mocked' while
Yeeshma'el(Ishmael)[derived from Yod(Oh), Shema(Hear/Listen To), and
El(God/The God/The Mighty)] means 'God listens to him' or 'God will hear
him.'
Does this have any significance or connotation?
Shalum
Wondell M. Rachman
> > - 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
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