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H3887 · לוּץ

lûwts

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede

KJV gloss list in the source

ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.

Source pronunciation notation: loots

Derivation recorded by Strong

a primitive root;

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