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title: שָׂמֵחַ — glad · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂמֵחַ (8056), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: glad. BDB 1906: adj.verb. glad, joyful, merry. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂמֵחַ

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«שָׂמֵחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **glad** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 8056 · **BDB:** שָׂמֵחַ

### Glosses

joyful (12); \[was\].joyful (3); \[people\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

glad [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8056/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.verb. glad, joyful, merry [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8056/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.verb. glad, joyful, merry;—abs. שׂ׳ Dt 16:15 +, f. שְׂמֵחָה ψ 119:9; pl. שְׂמֵחִים 1 K 1:45 +, cstr. שִׂמְחֵי Is 24:17, שְׂמֵחֵי ψ 35:26;— as adj. joyful, shewing joy, 1 K 1:45; Est 5:9 (+ טוֹב לֵב), v 14; אֵם שְׂמֵחָה ψ 113:9; לֵב שׂ׳ Pr 15:13; 17:22; at feast of tab. Dt 16:15, in thankfulness to י׳ ψ 126:3 (both pred. c. הָיָה), 1 K 8:66 (+ טוֹבֵי לֵב) = 2 Ch 7:10. = pt. 1 K 1:40 (‖ מְחַלְּלִים piping), 4:20; 2 K 11:14 (+ תֹּקֵעַ ב) = 2 Ch 23:13, מִן rei Ec 2:10. as subst. הַשׂ׳ Am 6:13 (+ ל rei), Pr 2:14 (ל inf.), Jb 3:22 (+ אֱלֵי־גִיל; ‖ יָשִׂישׂוּ); שִׂמְחֵי־לֵב Is 24:7; of malicious joy שׂ׳ Pr 17:5 (ל rei), שְׂמֵחֵי רָעָתִי ψ 35:26.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂמֵחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8056/), 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 126:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.126.3/)

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הִגְדִּ֣יל יְ֭הוָה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת עִמָּ֗נוּ הָיִ֥ינוּ שְׂמֵחִֽים׃

*Word for word:* he.has.made.great Yahweh to do with us we.were joyful

*JPS 1917:* The LORD hath done great things with us; we are rejoiced.

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