לָעַז

laaz · speak a foreign tongue

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3937 · appears 1 time in the Bible

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What it means

laaz (לָעַז) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “speak a foreign tongue”.

To speak in a foreign language that is not understood. In Psalm 114:1, Egypt is "a people of strange speech".

How to say it

la·az

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

  • Psalms 114:1

    When Israel went out from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange speech,