Lexical Summary sameach: glad, joyful, merry Original Word: שָׂמֵחַTransliteration: sameach Phonetic Spelling: (saw-may'-akh) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: glad, joyful, merry Meaning: glad, joyful, merry Strong's Concordance be glad, joyful, making merry-hearted, rejoicing From samach; blithe or gleeful -- (be) glad, joyful, (making) merry((-hearted), -ily), rejoice(-ing). see HEBREW samach Brown-Driver-Briggs H8056. sameach שָׂמֵחַ verbal adjective glad, joyful, merry; — absolute ׳שׂ Deuteronomy 16:15 +, feminine שְׂמֵחָה Psalm 119:9; plural שְׂמֵחִים 1 Kings 1:45 +, construct שִׂמְחֵי Isaiah 24:17, שְׂמֵחֵי Psalm 35:26; — 1. a. as adjective joyful, shewing joy, 1 Kings 1:45; Esther 5:9 (+ לֵב טוֺב), 5:14; שְׂמֵחָה אֵם Psalm 113:9; שׂ ׳לֵב Proverbs 15:13; 17:22; at feast of tabernacle Deuteronomy 16:15, in thankfulness to ׳י Psalm 126:3 (both predicate with הָיָה), 1 Kings 8:66 (+ לֵב טוֺבֵי) = 2 Chronicles 7:10. b. = participle 1 Kings 1:40 ("" מְחַלְּלִים piping), 4:20; 2 Kings 11:14 (+ ב תֹּקֵעַ) = 2 Chronicles 23:13, מִן of thing Ecclesiastes 2:10. 2 as substantive ׳הַשׂ Amos 6:13 (+ ל of thing), Proverbs 2:14 (ל infinitive), Job 3:22 (+ אֱלֵיגִֿיל; "" יָשְׂישׂוּ); שִׂמְחֵילֵֿב Isaiah 24:7; of malicious joy ׳שׂ Proverbs 17:5 (ל of thing), רָעָתִי שְׂמֵחֵי Psalm 35:26. |
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