STRONGS NUMBER H8056


Word Summary
sameach: glad, joyful, merry
Original Word: שָׂמֵחַ
Transliteration: sameach
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-may'-akh)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: glad, joyful, merry
Meaning: glad, joyful, merry
Strong's Concordance
be glad, joyful, making merry-hearted, rejoicing

From samach; blithe or gleeful -- (be) glad, joyful, (making) merry((-hearted), -ily), rejoice(-ing).

see HEBREW samach

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H8056. sameach

שָׂמֵחַverbal adjective glad, joyful, merry; — absolute ׳שׂDeuteronomy 16:15 +, feminine שְׂמֵחָהPsalm 119:9; plural שְׂמֵחִים1 Kings 1:45 +, construct שִׂמְחֵיIsaiah 24:17, שְׂמֵחֵיPsalm 35:26; —

1. a. as adjective joyful, shewing joy, 1 Kings 1:45; Esther 5:9 (+ לֵב טוֺב‎), 5:14; שְׂמֵחָה אֵםPsalm 113:9; שׂ ׳לֵבProverbs 15:13; 17:22; at feast of tabernacle Deuteronomy 16:15, in thankfulness to ׳יPsalm 126:3 (both predicate with הָיָה‎), 1 Kings 8:66 (+ לֵב טוֺבֵי‎) = 2 Chronicles 7:10.

b. = participle 1 Kings 1:40 ("" מְחַלְּלִיםpiping), 4:20; 2 Kings 11:14 (+ ב תֹּקֵעַ‎) = 2 Chronicles 23:13, מִן‎ of thing Ecclesiastes 2:10.

2 as substantive ׳הַשׂAmos 6:13 (+ ל‎ of thing), Proverbs 2:14 (ל‎ infinitive), Job 3:22 (+ אֱלֵיגִֿיל‎; "" יָשְׂישׂוּ‎); שִׂמְחֵילֵֿבIsaiah 24:7; of malicious joy ׳שׂProverbs 17:5 (ל‎ of thing), רָעָתִי שְׂמֵחֵיPsalm 35:26.