צְחֹק

tsechoq

tse-KHOKE

laughter

Where it comes from

Yitzchaq — Isaac — means he laughs. Both parents laugh at the promise before it arrives, and the child is named after their disbelief. God did not take it as an insult.

Genesis 21:6

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

This is day 72 of XA Daily, a free study app with a Hebrew word each morning, readings for morning and night, and the whole King James Bible. No account, nothing tracked.