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# rejoicing

«rejoicing» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Great joy and happy celebration, shown with parties…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (plural rejoicings); verb form of rejoice (rejoice, rejoices, rejoiced, rejoicing)

### meaning for a pupil

Great joy and happy celebration, shown with parties, songs and dancing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rejoicing/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Joy shown in worship, in festivals and in loving God's teachings; in the Psalms it is the gladness of the heart that comes from God's commandments. Interpretation: Tradition reads rejoicing as a duty at festivals such as Sukkot and Simchat Torah, and sees joy in the commandments as part of serving God. In the primary lessons: in stories a town celebrates a happy event with feasts, bells and dancing: «great rejoicings»

### examples

- They shall be led with gladness and rejoicing; they shall enter into the king's palace. (Writings PSA.45.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rejoicing/#x1)
- Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart. (Writings PSA.119.111, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rejoicing/#x2)
- The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. (Writings PSA.19.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rejoicing/#x3)
- The whole village joined the rejoicing when the king came home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rejoicing/#x4)
- Bells and songs were a sign of rejoicing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rejoicing/#x5)
- After the victory the rejoicings lasted all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rejoicing/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.273/)
- [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/)
- [The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2147/)
- [Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2276/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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