Tskhok (צחוק) means laughter in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
laughter
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Tskhok.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מבע של שמחה או מבוכה
וַתֹּאמֶר שָׂרָה צְחֹק עָשָׂה לִי אֱלֹהִים כָּל הַשֹּׁמֵעַ יִצְחַק לִי.
- 2מבע של לעג
כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהֹוִה כּוֹס אֲחוֹתֵךְ תִּשְׁתִּי הָעֲמֻקָּה וְהָרְחָבָה תִּהְיֶה לִצְחֹק וּלְלַעַג מִרְבָּה לְהָכִיל.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Tskhok is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- צְחוֹק
- Written without vowel points
- צחוק
- Said
- tskhok
- Root
- צ־ח־ק
- Pattern
- קְטוֹל
- Plural
- (סלנג) צְחוֹקִים נס' צְחוֹקוֹ צְחוֹקָהּ
- Inflections
- ר' (סלנג) צְחוֹקִים נס' צְחוֹקוֹ צְחוֹקָהּ
- Gematria
- 204
This is how Tskhok is said in other languages.
- English
- laughter
- Arabic
- ضحك
- Russian
- смех
- French
- rire
- Spanish
- risa
- German
- Gelächter, Lachen
- Yiddish
- געלעכטער
These words mean nearly the same as Tskhok.
- שחוק
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Tskhok.
These words rhyme with Tskhok.
The word Tskhok is part of these phrases and sayings.
- בת צחוק
- התקף צחוק
- צחוק מדבק
- צחוק מתגלגל
- צחוק עשה לי אלהים
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Tskhok comes from the root צ־ח־ק, like these words.
These words come before and after Tskhok in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Tskhok.
What does Tskhok (צחוק) mean in Hebrew?
Tskhok (צחוק) means laughter. It is said tskhok, with the stress on tskhok.
What is a synonym for Tskhok (צחוק)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Tskhok (צחוק) are שחוק.
What is the opposite of Tskhok (צחוק)?
Words that mean the opposite of Tskhok (צחוק) are בכי.
What rhymes with Tskhok (צחוק)?
Words that rhyme with Tskhok (צחוק) include מתוק, דוק, שוק, תינוק, ירוק, and חוק.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry צחוק of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.