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H8055שָׂמַחsa.mach

to rejoicePart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. 1
  3. 1
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 10
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 4
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 5
  10. 1
  11. 1
  12. 1
  13. 4
  14. 7
  15. 1
  16. 3
  17. 1
  18. 4
  19. 52
  20. 17
  21. 8
  22. 1
  23. 9
  24. 6
  25. 2
  26. 3
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 2
  29. 2
  30. Amos: 0
  31. 1
  32. 1
  33. 1
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. 1
  36. 1
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 4
  39. Malachi: 0

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155 occurrences in 147 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Proverbs 23:24

    The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

    יִשְׂמַח ve.yis.mach- “he rejoices”בּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “him”

  2. Proverbs 23:25

    Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.

    יִֽשְׂמַח־ yis.mach- “may he rejoice”

  3. Proverbs 24:17

    Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:

    תִּשְׂמָ֑ח tis.Mach “you rejoice”

  4. Proverbs 27:9

    Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.

    יְשַׂמַּֽח־ ye.sa.mach- “it makes glad”

  5. Proverbs 27:11

    My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

    וְשַׂמַּ֣ח (שַׂמַּ֣ח) sa.Mach “make glad”

  6. Proverbs 29:2

    When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.

    יִשְׂמַ֣ח yis.Mach “it rejoices”

  7. Proverbs 29:3

    A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.

    יְשַׂמַּ֣ח ye.sa.Mach “he makes glad”

  8. Proverbs 29:6

    In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.

    וְשָׂמֵֽחַ׃ (שָׂמֵֽחַ) sa.Me.ach “he rejoices”

  9. Ecclesiastes 3:12

    I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

    לִשְׂמ֔וֹחַ (שְׂמ֔וֹחַ) s.Mo.ach “rejoice”

  10. Ecclesiastes 3:22

    So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

    יִשְׂמַ֤ח yis.Mach “he will be happy”

  11. Ecclesiastes 4:16

    There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

    יִשְׂמְחוּ־ yis.me.chu- “they will rejoice”

  12. Ecclesiastes 5:18

    Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.

    וְלִשְׂמֹ֖חַ (שְׂמֹ֖חַ) s.Mo.ach “rejoice”

  13. Ecclesiastes 8:15

    So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

    וְלִשְׂמ֑וֹחַ (שְׂמ֑וֹחַ) s.Mo.ach “be happy”

  14. Ecclesiastes 10:19

    A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.

    יְשַׂמַּ֣ח ye.sa.Mach “it makes glad”

  15. Ecclesiastes 11:8

    But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.

    יִשְׂמָ֑ח yis.Mach “let him be take pleasure”

  16. Ecclesiastes 11:9

    Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.

    שְׂמַ֧ח se.Mach “rejoice”

  17. Song of Songs 1:4

    Take me to you, and we will go after you: the king has taken me into his house. We will be glad and full of joy in you, we will give more thought to your love than to wine: rightly are they your lovers.

    וְנִשְׂמְחָה֙ (נִשְׂמְחָה֙) nis.me.Chah “let us be glad”

  18. Isaiah 9:3

    You have made them very glad, increasing their joy. They are glad before you as men are glad in the time of getting in the grain, or when they make division of the goods taken in war.

    שָׂמְח֤וּ sa.me.Chu “they will rejoice”

  19. Isaiah 9:17

    For this cause the Lord will have no pleasure in their young men, and no pity on their widows and the children without fathers: for they are all haters of God and evil-doers, and foolish words come from every mouth. For all this his wrath is not turned a

    יִשְׂמַ֣ח׀ yis.Mach “he rejoices”

  20. Isaiah 14:8

    Even the trees of the wood are glad over you, the trees of Lebanon, saying, From the time of your fall no wood-cutter has come up against us with an axe.

    שָׂמְח֥וּ sa.me.Chu “they have rejoiced”

  21. Isaiah 14:29

    Be not glad, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod which was on you is broken: for out of the snake's root will come a poison-snake, and its fruit will be a winged poison-snake.

    תִּשְׂמְחִ֤י tis.me.Chi “you rejoice”

  22. Isaiah 25:9

    And in that day it will be said, See, this is our God; we have been waiting for him, and he will be our saviour: this is the Lord in whom is our hope; we will be glad and have delight in his salvation.

    וְנִשְׂמְחָ֖ה (נִשְׂמְחָ֖ה) nis.me.Chah “let us rejoice”

  23. Isaiah 39:2

    And Hezekiah was glad at their coming, and let them see all his store of wealth, the silver and the gold and the spices and the oil, and all the house of his arms, and everything there was in his stores: there was nothing in all his house or his kingdom

    וַיִּשְׂמַ֣ח (יִּשְׂמַ֣ח) i.yis.Mach “he was pleased”

  24. Isaiah 56:7

    I will make them come to my holy mountain, and will give them joy in my house of prayer; I will take pleasure in the burned offerings which they make on my altar: for my house will be named a house of prayer for all peoples.

    וְשִׂמַּחְתִּים֙ (שִׂמַּחְתִּי) si.mach.Ti “I will make rejoice”

  25. Isaiah 65:13

    For this cause says the Lord God, My servants will have food, but you will be in need of food: my servants will have drink, but you will be dry: my servants will have joy, but you will be shamed:

    יִשְׂמָ֖חוּ yis.Ma.chu “they will rejoice”