לָעַב lâʻab — to deride
Translated in the KJV as mock.
a primitive root; to deride.
lâʻab in each stem
Hiph'il
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
מַלְעִבִים֙ 2Chr 36:16 Participle (active), masculine plural
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›