Hebrew · H3887

לוּץ

Properly, to make mouths at , i.e. to scoff ; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret , or (generally) intercede

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לוּץH3887

Pronunciationlets

What does לוּץ (lets) mean in the Bible?

לוּץ (lets): Scoffing and interpretation share root in mimicry; moving from mockery to mediation between languages and peoples.

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What does לוּץ (lets) mean in the Bible?

לוּץ (lets): Scoffing and interpretation share root in mimicry; moving from mockery to mediation between languages and peoples.

How does the BSB render H3887?

The BSB source-word alignment has 28 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a mocker (5), mock (2), mocks (2), the mockers (2), and a mocker (1).

Where does לוּץ (lets) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 42:23. Its strongest book concentrations include Proverbs (18), Isaiah (3), Job (2), Psalms (2).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It

a mocker5×Proverbs 9:7, Proverbs 9:8, Proverbs 14:6, Proverbs 15:12

mock2×Proverbs 14:9, Isaiah 28:22

mocks2×Proverbs 3:34, Proverbs 19:28

the mockers2×Proverbs 3:34, Isaiah 29:20

and a mocker1×Proverbs 24:9

and your spokesmen1×Isaiah 43:27

are my scoffers1×Job 16:20

but a mocker1×Proverbs 13:1

but if you scoff1×Proverbs 9:12

deride me1×Psalms 119:51

for mockers1×Proverbs 19:29

How long will scoffers1×Proverbs 1:22

is a mocker1×Proverbs 20:1

mediator1×Job 33:23

Mocker1×Proverbs 21:24

of mockers1×Psalms 1:1

the mocker1×Proverbs 22:10

there was an interpreter1×Genesis 42:23

those who mock him1×Hosea 7:5

When a mocker1×Proverbs 21:11

when ambassadors1×2 Chronicles 32:31

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First aligned rowGenesis 42:23

Aligned rows28

Books represented7

Genesis12 Chronicles1Job2Psalms2Proverbs18Isaiah3Hosea1

Source forms

לֵ֣ץ4xlêṣProverbs 14:6, Proverbs 19:25, Proverbs 20:1, Proverbs 21:24

לֵ֭ץ3xlêṣProverbs 9:8, Proverbs 15:12, Proverbs 22:10

יָלִ֣יץ2xyā·lîṣProverbs 14:9, Proverbs 19:28

בִּמְלִיצֵ֣י׀1xbim·lî·ṣê2 Chronicles 32:31

הֱלִיצֻ֣נִי1xhĕ·lî·ṣu·nîPsalms 119:51

הַמֵּלִ֖יץ1xham·mê·lîṣGenesis 42:23

וְ֝לֵ֗ץ1xwə·lêṣProverbs 13:1

וְלֵצִ֗ים1xwə·lê·ṣîmProverbs 1:22

Parsing patterns

Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular11xProverbs 9:7, Proverbs 9:8, Proverbs 14:6, Proverbs 15:12

Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural2xProverbs 3:34, Proverbs 19:29

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular2xProverbs 3:34, Proverbs 19:28

Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular1xGenesis 42:23

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular1xIsaiah 43:27

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular1xProverbs 9:12

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural1xProverbs 1:22

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular1xProverbs 13:1

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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לוּץ

What does לוּץ (lets) mean in the Bible?

What does לוּץ (lets) mean in the Bible?

How does the BSB render H3887?

Where does לוּץ (lets) appear in Scripture?

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