la.eg denotes hostile derision, seen in mocking speech and in people who mock another.

The attested use denotes hostile derision: Isaiah 28:11 places it with lips and another tongue in speech to the people, while Psalm 35:16 applies it to mockers who grind their teeth at the speaker.

1. Hostile derision in speech and mockery · dominant

   In Isaiah 28:11, the construct plural form occurs in the clause about lips and another tongue speaking to the people; the APB renders the verse, "For with mocking lips and with another tongue he will speak to this people." In Psalm 35:16, the construct plural form describes mockers acting against the speaker, and the APB renders, "With profane mockers at a feast they grind their teeth at me."

   Isaiah 28:11Psalm 35:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the two clauses with "mocking lips" in Isaiah 28:11 and "profane mockers" in Psalm 35:16. These phrases confirm the verses' portrayal of derision without fixing a separate English equivalent for each form.