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title: שָׂשׂוֹן — exultation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂשׂוֹן (8342), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: exultation. BDB 1906: n.m. exultation, rejoicing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂשׂוֹן

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«שָׂשׂוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **exultation** — 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:** 22 times · **Key:** 8342 · **BDB:** שָׂשׂוֹן

### Glosses

joy (13); of.joy (7); \[are\].the.joy (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

exultation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8342/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. exultation, rejoicing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8342/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 51:3 exultation, rejoicing;—abs. שׂ׳ ψ 45:8 +, שָׂשׂן Est 8:16; cstr. שְׂשׂוֹן (Sta § 296 e) ψ 51:14; 119:111;—exultation, joy (especially in י׳’s favour), Jo 1:12; Is 12:3 ψ 51:14; 105:43; 119:111; שֶׁמֶן שׂ׳ (i.e. with which guests were anointed; fig.) ψ 45:8; Is 61:3 (opp. אֵבֶל); שֵׁם שׂ׳ Je 33:9 (‖ תְּהִלָּה; on text v. Gie AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 115); elsewhere ‖ שִׂמְחָה: Je 7:34; 15:16; 16:9; 25:10; 33:11; Is 22:13 (only here condemned as reckless, wanton), 35:10; 51:3, 11 Zc 8:19 ψ 51:10; Est 8:16, 17; ‖ שָׂמַח Je 31:13 (opp. אֵבֶל).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂשׂוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8342/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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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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[Isaiah 12:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.12.3/)

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וּשְׁאַבְתֶּם־מַ֖יִם בְּשָׂשׂ֑וֹן מִמַּעַיְנֵ֖י הַיְשׁוּעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.draw water with joy from the.springs of.(the) salvation

*JPS 1917:* Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

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