Words the Bible translates as sport

English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.

saḥaqשָׂחַקto laugh, and by extension to play, celebrate, or mock; the whole range of glad, playful, or scornful laughter.
seḥoqשְׂחֹקlaughter: the sound of mirth, from glad rejoicing to hollow merriment or amusement
+1 more meaning
- a laughingstock: one whom others laugh at in scorn; an object of derision

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