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# gladness

«gladness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A feeling of being happy and joyful** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (gladness; uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

A feeling of being happy and joyful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gladness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The Torah warns that serving God without joy and gladness leads to curses. Tradition teaches that the commandments should be done with happiness. In the primary lessons: Found in stories, poems, hymns and the Bible: «serve the Lord with gladness». It tells the reader of a warm, gentle joy. Phrases: with gladness, full of gladness, joy and gladness.

### examples

- because thou didst not serve the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things; (Torah DEU.28.47, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gladness/#x1)
- And there was very great gladness. (Writings NEH.8.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gladness/#x2)
- The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honour. (Writings EST.8.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gladness/#x3)
- Serve the LORD with gladness; come before His presence with singing. (Writings PSA.100.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gladness/#x4)
- Her heart was full of gladness when her brother came home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gladness/#x5)
- The children sang with gladness on the last day of school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gladness/#x6)
- The psalm says, «Serve the Lord with gladness.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gladness/#x7)
- There was great gladness in the village after the rain came. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gladness/#x8)
- He felt a quiet gladness as he watched the sunrise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gladness/#x9)
- Joy and gladness filled the room at the wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gladness/#x10)
- Then there was joy and gladness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gladness/#x11)

### note

Uncountable: no plural. Slightly old-fashioned or poetic; in everyday speech people say «happiness» or «joy». Opposite: sadness, sorrow.

### In the corpora

- [Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOL.16/)
- [Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than when their corn and their wine increase.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.38/)
- [Thou didst turn for me my mourning into dancing; Thou didst loose my sackcloth, and gird me with gladness;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.444/)
- [They shall be led with gladness and rejoicing; they shall enter into the king's palace.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.756/)
- [Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which Thou hast crushed may rejoice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.851/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gladness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gladness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.