וְ֝שָׂחַ֗ק

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְ֝שָׂחַ֗ק

   ve-sa-KHAK

   and he laughs
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְרָגַ֥ז וְ֝שָׂחַ֗ק

   ve-ra-GAZ ve-sa-KHAK

   and he rages or and he is agitated and he laughs
3. clause🔊 וְרָגַ֥ז וְ֝שָׂחַ֗ק וְאֵ֣ין נָֽחַת׃

   ve-ra-GAZ ve-sa-KHAK ve-EN NA-khat

   and he rages or and he is agitated and he laughs and there is not or and there is no rest or quietness
4. sentence🔊 אִֽישׁ־חָכָ֗ם נִ֭שְׁפָּט אֶת־אִ֣ישׁ אֱוִ֑יל וְרָגַ֥ז וְ֝שָׂחַ֗ק וְאֵ֣ין נָֽחַת׃

   ISH-kha-KHAM nish-pe-TA ET-ish e-VIL ve-ra-GAZ ve-sa-KHAK ve-EN NA-khat

   a man of wise or a wise man is judged or enters into dispute with a man foolish or a fool and he rages or and he is agitated and he laughs and there is not or and there is no rest or quietness

Exegesis

The vav-consecutive verbs veragaz {וְרָגַז | wə-rā-ḡaz} ‘and he rages’ and vesachak {וְשָׂחַק | wə-ša-ḥaq} ‘and he laughs’ create a bipartite parallelism illustrating the fool’s alternating emotional responses.