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חוֹךְ‏ n.m. #4 laughter

laughingstock JLAtg, LJLA. TgO Gen38:23 : דִלמָא נְהֵי חוֹך‏ lest we become a laughingstock. TgJob12:4 : חוכא לחבריה אהי‏ [MT: שְׂחֹק לְרֵעֵהוּ אֶהְיֶה]. something beneath contempt LJLA. TgEsth¹03:6 : והוה חוך קדמוי לאושטא ידא למקטל ית מרדכי בלחודוהי‏ it was too trivial for him to stretch out his arm just to kill Mordecai alone. TgEsth³03:6 .

laughter JBA, JBAg, LJLA. TgPs126:2 : יתמלי פומנא חוכא‏ our mouths shall be full of laughter. TgQoh3:4 : ועידן בחיר למחדי בחוכא‏ a perfect time to rejoice with laughter.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 438a; Jastrow: 432; Levy Ch-W: 1:243;

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