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# לִיץ

Biblical Hebrew

**scorn** — used 11 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

scorn [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b4_5d9_5e5/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

לִיץ: vb. scorn Poʿlel; Hithpoʿl; [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b4_5d9_5e5/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. scorn (NH id.; vb. not in cognates; cf. Ph. מלץ interpreter CIS22.44.88; Arabic لَاصَ is turn aside (intrans.); hence perhaps prop. speak indirectly or obliquely, FlDe Pr 1, 6);— Pf. 3 m. לַצְתָּ Pr 9:12; Impf. יָלִיץ 3:34 + 2 times; Pt. לֵץ 9:7 + 11 times; pl. לֵצִים ψ 1:1 + 3 times;—scorn, וְלַצְתָּ לְבַדְּךָ תִשָּׂא Pr 9:12 if thou scornest thou alone shalt bear it (opp. חָכַמְתָּ), c. acc. 14:9; 19:28; c. לְ, לַלֵּצִים הוּא־יָלִיץ scorners he (God) scorneth 3:34; הַלֵּץ the scorner is proud and haughty 21:24, delights in scorning 1:22, is incapable of discipline 9:7, reproof 9:8; 15:12, or rebuke 13:1, cannot find wisdom 14:6; is an abomination 24:9, should be avoided ψ 1:1; smitten and punished for the benefit of the simple Pr 19:25; 21:11 and banished for the removal of contention 22:10; judgment is prepared for him 19:29; ‖ עָרִיץ Is 29:20; wine is a scorner Pr 20:1.— Pf. 3 mpl. sf. הֱלִיצֻנִי ψ 119:51; Pt. מֵלִיץ Gn 42:23 Jb 33:23; pl. cstr. מְלִיצֵי 2 Ch 32:31; sf. מְלִיצַי Jb 16:20; מְלִיצֶיךָ Is 43:27;— deride Jb 16:20 ψ 119:51. Pt. interpreter Gn 42:23 (E); fig. of intermediaries between God and man, Jb 33:23 Is 43:27; ambassador 2 Ch 32:31. Poʿlel; Pt. pl. לֹצֲצִים (םְ dropped Köii 479) scorners Ho 7:5. Hithpoʿl; Impf. תִּתְלוֹצָ֑צוּ act as a scorner, shew oneself a mocker, Is 28:22.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he mocks (3); \[are\] mocking (1); a mediator (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 14:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.9/#tree)

אֱ֭וִלִים יָלִ֣יץ אָשָׁ֑ם וּבֵ֖ין יְשָׁרִ֣ים רָצֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* fools he.mocks guilt and.\[is\] between upright.\[people\] favor

*JPS 1917:* Amends pleadeth for fools; but among the upright there is good will.

[Job 16:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.16.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.16.20/#tree)

מְלִיצַ֥י רֵעָ֑י אֶל־אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ דָּלְפָ֥ה עֵינִֽי׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].mocking me companions my to God it.has.wept eye my

*JPS 1917:* Mine inward thoughts are my intercessors, mine eye poureth out tears unto God;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5dc_5b4_5d9_5e5.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b4_5d9_5e5/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).