תָּעַע

ta.a

to mock

Strong’s H8591Verb2 times in the Hebrew Bible

a mocker1

mocking1

In the text

Genesis 27:12כִּמְתַעְתֵּעַ
What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”
2 Chronicles 36:16וּמִתַּעְתְּעִים
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

[תָּעַע] Pilp. Hithp. mock

Pilp. = subst. a mocker.

Hithp. mocking at his prophets

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.