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title: שִׂמְחָה — joy · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׂמְחָה (8057), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 94 times: joy. BDB 1906: n.f. joy, gladness, mirth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׂמְחָה

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«שִׂמְחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **joy** — 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:** 94 times · **Key:** 8057 · **BDB:** שִׂמְחָה

### Glosses

joy (46); gladness (20); pleasure (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

joy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8057/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. joy, gladness, mirth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8057/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. joy, gladness, mirth;—abs. שׂ׳ Gn 31:37 +, cstr. שִׂמְחַת Is 9:2 +; sf. שִׂמְחָתִי ψ 137:6, etc.; pl. שְׂמָחוֹת ψ 16:11, -ת֗ 45:16;— mirth, gladness, e.g. in festivity, Gn 31:27 (E), ψ 137:3, 6, 1 K 1:40; 1 S 18:6; Is 9:2(×2); 16:10 ψ 45:16; יוֹם מִשְׁתֶּה וְשׂ׳ Est 9:17, 18, 22 cf. (יוֹם om.) v 19 (+ יוֹם טוֹב), v 22 (‖ יוֹם טוֹב), + 5 times, + קוֹל שׂ׳ Je 7:34 = 16:9 = 25:10 = 33:11; joy of heart Pr 14:10, 13; Ec 5:19; Ct 3:11, cf. (of inward joy) Jon 4:6; Pr 15:23; 21:15; = gaiety, pleasure Is 22:13; Ec 2:1, 2, 10; 8:15; 9:7, בֵּית שׂ׳ 7:4; שׂ׳ חָנֵף Jb 20:5, of foolish Pr 15:21; 21:17; malicious joy Ez 35:15 (ל rei), so שׂ׳ כָּל־לֵבָב 36:5. 46 (especially ψψ Chr) religious: 2 S 6:12 ‖ 1 Ch 15:16, 25; Jo 1:16 +; יוֹם שׂ׳ Nu 10:10 (P); עָשָׂה שׂ׳ i.e. make a (sacred) festivity 2 Ch 30:23; Ne 8:12; 12:27; שִׂמְחַת עוֹלָם Is 35:10 = 51:11; 61:7; שׂ׳ c. עַל pers. Ne 12:44; joy of heart Is 30:29; Je 15:16; as gift of י׳ ψ 4:8; 21:7 + 7 times + (in mockery) Is 66:5. joy of י׳ Zp 3:17. glad result, happy issue ψ 106:5 (‖ טוֹבָה), Pr 10:28; 12:20 (Gr. אֱמֻנָה, Toy מִשְׁפָּט; opp. מִרְמָה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 57 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׂמְחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8057/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 10:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.28/)

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תּוֹחֶ֣לֶת צַדִּיקִ֣ים שִׂמְחָ֑ה וְתִקְוַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים תֹּאבֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].hope of.righteous.\[people\] \[is\].joy and.\[the\] hope of.wicked.\[people\] it.is.lost

*JPS 1917:* The hope of the righteous is gladness; but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

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[Psalms 51:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.51.10/)

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תַּ֭שְׁמִיעֵנִי שָׂשׂ֣וֹן וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה תָּ֝גֵ֗לְנָה עֲצָמ֥וֹת דִּכִּֽיתָ׃

*Word for word:* you will.make.me.hear joy and gladness let.them.rejoice \[the\].bones \[which\].you.have.crushed

*JPS 1917:* Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which Thou hast crushed may rejoice.

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