שָׂמֵחַ
sa.me.ach
“glad”
Definition
blithe or gleeful
from H8055 (שָׂמַח);
- joyful, merry, glad 1a) joyful, showing joy 1b) you who rejoice (subst)
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Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Occurrences
שָׂמֵחַ appears 21 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.
And she looked out and saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praises.Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”
For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.
The new wine dries up, the vine withers.All the merrymakers now groan.
A joyful heart is good medicine,but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
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