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Strong's #3327 - יִצְחָק
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- Isaac = "he laughs"
- son of Abraham by Sarah his wife and father of Jacob and Esau
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proper name, masculine Ισαακ: Isaac, son of Abraham and Sarah ( he laugheth, compare play upon name Genesis 18:12f. (J), Genesis 21:6 (E), Genesis 17:17,19 (P); Genesis 26:8 (J)); — יִצְחָק Genesis 21:3,4,5 (E) +, Genesis 24:62,63,67 (J) +, Genesis 17:19,21 (P) +, (80t. Genesis , 9t. Exodus , 7t. Deuteronomy), Leviticus 26:42; Numbers 32:11; Joshua 24:3,4; 1 Kings 18:36; 2 Chronicles 13:23; 1 Chronicles 1:28,34 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 16:16; 1 Chronicles 29:18; 2 Chronicles 30:6; יִשְׂחָק Jeremiah 33:26; Psalm 105:9, and (=Israel) בָּמוֺת יִשְׂחָק Amos 7:9, בֵּית יִשְׂחָק vAmos 7:16.
צחר (√ of following; compare Arabic XI. dry up, become yellow [parched by sun], reddish-gray colour (see Müll Königsb. Stud. i. 6)).
יִצְחָק (“sporting,” as if it were part. fut. from the root צָחַק, to which etymology allusion is made, Genesis 17:17, 19 Genesis 17:19, 18:12, seq.; 21:6 26:8 ), pr.n. Isaac (LXX. Ἰσαάκ), a patriarch, the son of Abraham and Sarah, Genesis 21:28. In the poetical books it is sometimes written יִשְׂחָק (Syr. ܐܝܺܣܚܩܳ, Arab. إِسْحَق) Psalms 105:9; Jeremiah 33:26; Amos 7:9, 16 and in Am. loc. cit. poetically used for the nation of Israel, i.q. יִשְׂרָאֵל.