STRONGS NUMBER H8055


Word Summary
samach: rejoice, be glad
Original Word: שָׂמַח
Transliteration: samach
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-makh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: rejoice, be glad
Meaning: to brighten up, be, blithe, gleesome
Strong's Concordance
cheer up, be make glad, have, make joyful, be make merry, cause to, make to rejoice, very

A primitive root; probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome -- cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, X very.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H8055. samach

שָׂמֵ֑ח שָׂמַח,154

verb rejoice, be glad (Late Hebrew id.; compare perhaps Assyrian šamâ—u, flourish, Arabic be high, proud; Punic proper name, feminine שמחת‎); —

Qal126 Perfect3masculine singular שָׂמַחPsalm 16:9; וְשָׂמֵ֑חַ‎ consecutive Proverbs 29:6; 3feminine singular שָׂמֵ֑חָהEsther 8:15; 2masculine singular וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֫Deuteronomy 12:18 +; 3 masculine plural שָׂמֵ֑חוּNehemiah 12:43, etc.; Imperfect יִשְׂמַחIsaiah 9:16 +, 3 masculine plural יִשְׂמָ֑חוּ65:13; Psalm 69:33, 3feminine plural תִּשְׂמַחְנָה2 Samuel 1:20, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׂמַחDeuteronomy 33:18 +, feminine singular שִׂמְחִיZephaniah 3:14 +, שְׂמָ֑חִיJoel 2:21, etc.; Infinitive construct שְׂמֹחַEzekiel 35:14 +, etc.; Participle see שָׂמֵחַ‎ adjective; — 24 t. "" גיל‎, less often "" שִׂישׂ עָלַז, רָנַן,‎, etc.; —

1 in common life:

a. rejoice, with ב‎ person or of thing take pleasure in Judges 9:19 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 33:18; Ecclesiastes 3:22 7t. + (probably) בְּכָליָֿמֵינוּPsalm 90:14 (others ב‎ temporal), compare Ecclesiastes 11:8; עַל‎ person Isaiah 39:2 + "" 2 Kings 20:13 (וישׂמח‎ for וישׁמע ᵑ0‎ Vrss modern), עַל‎ of thing Jonah 4:6; 2 Chronicles 15:15; with temporal clause Jeremiah 41:13 6t. + (of heart) Proverbs 23:15, in one's heart Exodus 4:14 (J); with כִּיbecause Isaiah 14:29 3t.; with אֵתwith 66:10; with מִן‎ person get pleasure from Proverbs 5:18; absolute 1 Samuel 11:9; Ecclesiastes 3:12; Proverbs 13:9 (figurative of prosperity; subject אוֺר‎; opposed to דָּעַךְ‎), + 8 t.; with ל‎ of thing at Job 21:12.

b. rejoice arrogantly, exult at, ל‎ person, Micah 7:8; Isaiah 14:8; Obadiah 12; Psalm 35:19; 35:24; 38:17, with אֶלֿ‎ of thing Ezekiel 25:6, ב‎ of thing Job 31:29; Psalm 35:15; Proverbs 24:17; absolute Hosea 9:1 (+ אֶלגִּֿיל‎), 2 Samuel 1:20 3t., + (said of righteous by Eliphaz) Job 22:19.

2. a. rejoice religiously, with ב‎ of thing 1 Samuel 2:1; Deuteronomy 12:7; Psalm 21:2 7t.; with ׳בי‎, etc., Joel 2:23; Psalm 32:11 10t. Psalms + 9:3 (+ בָ֑ךְ אֶעֶלְצָה‎); with עַל‎ of thing 2 Chronicles 29:36, עַל‎ infinitive 1 Chronicles 29:9 a; with לְמַעַן‎ of thing Psalm 48:12; with כִּיbecause 119:74; absolute Zechariah 2:14; Zechariah 4:10; Joel 2:21; 1 Chronicles 29:9b (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb), 16:31 (of heavens) = Psalm 96:11; 97:1 (isles) + 18 t. (12 t. Psalms), + (of heart) Zechariah 10:7 a Psalm 16:9; 1 Chronicles 16:10, בְּכָללֵֿבZephaniah 3:14 (compare Exodus 4:14 1a above); with י ׳לִפְנֵיIsaiah 9:2 and (of joyous feasting etc., at sanctuary) Leviticus 23:40 (H), Deuteronomy 12:12, 18; 16:11; 27:7, compare 14:26; 1 Samuel 11:15.

b. subject ׳י‎, with עַל‎ person Isaiah 9:16 ("" רחם‎; PerlesRÉJ xxxiv. 63 be Gentle, Arabic ), ב‎ of thing Psalm 104:31.

Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular וְשִׂמַּח‎ consecutive Deuteronomy 24:5, suffix שִׁמְּחָהוּJeremiah 20:15, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יְשַׂמַּחPsalm 104:15 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שַׂמֵּחַ86:4, שַׂמַּחProverbs 27:11, etc.; Infinitive absolute שַׂמֵּחַJeremiah 20:15; Participle מְשַׂמֵּחַJudges 9:13, plural construct מְשַׂמְּחֵיPsalm 19:9; — cause to rejoice, gladden, with accusative of person (or equivalent ), subject person Deuteronomy 24:5; Jeremiah 20:15 (+ Infinitive absolute), Proverbs 10:1; 15:20; 27:11; 29:3 (Hosea 7:3 see משׁח2); especially subject ׳י‎ (God) Jeremiah 31:13 (with מִן‎ separ.) Isaiah 56:7; 2 Chronicles 20:27 (with מִן‎ of source, see Qal 1 a), Ezra 6:22; Nehemiah 12:43 (+ accusative of congnate meaning with verb) Psalm 86:4; 90:15; 92:5 (ב‎ instrumental), also, with ל‎ person cause to exult at 30:2, id. with עַל‎ person Lamentations 2:17; subject of thing Judges 9:13; Psalm 19:9; 45:9; 46:5; 104:15; Ecclesiastes 10:19; Proverbs 12:25; 15:30; 27:9.

Hiph`il = Pi`el Perfect2masculine singular הִשְׂמַחְתָּPsalm 89:43 (subject ׳י‎).