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title: שׂוּשׂ — exult · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׂוּשׂ (7797), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 27 times: exult. BDB 1906: vb. exult, rejoice. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׂוּשׂ

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«שׂוּשׂ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **exult** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 27 times · **Key:** 7797 · **BDB:** שׂוּשׂ

### Glosses

I.will.rejoice (3); he.will.rejoice (3); rejoice (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

exult [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7797/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. exult, rejoice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7797/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. exult, rejoice (Nö ZMG xxxvii (1883), 536 der. (‘perhaps’) from interj., as شَأْشَأْ an enticing call, so Gerber20);— Pf. 3 ms. שָׂשׂ Dt 28:63 +, 1 s. שַׂשְׂתִּי ψ 119:14, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יָשִׂישׂ Dt 28:63 +, 3 mpl. יְשֻׂשׂוּם Is 35:1 (Ges§ 47 n Kö i. 510, but ם erron. Kenn Ol § 244 a, prob. dittogr., so Lo Hi Gr CheHpt. Marti), etc.; Imv. fs. שִׂישִׂי La 4:2, mpl. שִׂישׂוּ Is 65:18; 66:10; Inf. abs. שׂוֹשׂ 61:10; cstr. לָשׂוּשׂ Dt 30:9;—exult, display joy,c. עַל over, Dt 28:63(×2); 30:9(×2); Je 32:41; Is 62:5; Zp 3:17 (+ בְּשִׂמְחָה; ‖ גִּיל), ψ 119:162; c. ב Is 61:10 (שׂוֹשׂ אָשִׂישׂ), 65:19 ψ 35:9 (all ‖ גִּיל); 40:17; 68:4 (+ בְּשִׂמְחָה; ‖ עָלַץ), 70:5 (all ‖ שָׂמַח); 119:14; Jb 39:21 (horse), ψ 19:6 (sun, as athlete); c. כִּי and cl. La 1:21; abs. Is 35:1; 65:18 (both ‖ גִּיל), 64:4 (but del. שָׂשׂ וְ 𝔊 Gr Du CheHpt Marti), 68:14; La 4:21 (‖ שָׂמַת), Jb 3:22 (‖ שָׂמַח אֱלֵ י־גִיל), Is 66:10 (acc. cogn.; ‖ גִּיל, שָׂמַח) v 14. Ez 21:15 is crpt., Co reads לְאַנְשֵׁי (for נָשִׂישׂ), Krae לִנְשִׂיאֵי, other conj. in comm.; on cl. vid. especially Da ToyHeb. Hpt..

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (15 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׂוּשׂ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7797/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 3:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.22/)

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הַשְּׂמֵחִ֥ים אֱלֵי־גִ֑יל יָ֝שִׂ֗ישׂוּ כִּ֣י יִמְצְאוּ־קָֽבֶר׃

*Word for word:* the.joyful \[people\] to rejoicing \[who\].they.exult (dm) they.find \[the\].grave

*JPS 1917:* Who rejoice unto exultation, and are glad, when they can find the grave? —

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[Psalms 119:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.14/)

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בְּדֶ֖רֶךְ עֵדְוֺתֶ֥יךָ שַׂ֗שְׂתִּי כְּעַ֣ל כָּל־הֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* in the.way your.testimonies your I.exult as on all wealth

*JPS 1917:* I have rejoiced in the way of Thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.

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