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H8057שִׂמְחָהsim.chah

joyPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

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Occurrences by book

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

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94 occurrences in 89 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Proverbs 14:13

    Even in laughter the heart acheth; and the end of mirth is heaviness.

    שִׂמְחָ֣ה sim.Chah “joy”

  2. Proverbs 15:21

    Folly is joy to him that lacketh understanding; but a man of discernment walketh straightforwards.

    שִׂמְחָ֣ה sim.Chah “[is] a joy”

  3. Proverbs 15:23

    A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth; and a word in due season, how good is it!

    שִׂמְחָ֣ה sim.Chah “joy”

  4. Proverbs 21:15

    To do justly is joy to the righteous, but ruin to the workers of iniquity.

    שִׂמְחָ֣ה sim.Chah “[is] a joy”

  5. Proverbs 21:17

    He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

    שִׂמְחָ֑ה sim.Chah “pleasure”

  6. Ecclesiastes 2:1

    I said in my heart: 'Come now, I will try thee with mirth, and enjoy pleasure'; and, behold, this also was vanity.

    בְשִׂמְחָ֖ה (שִׂמְחָ֖ה) sim.Chah “pleasure”

  7. Ecclesiastes 2:2

    I said of laughter: 'It is mad'; and of mirth: 'What doth it accomplish?'

    וּלְשִׂמְחָ֖ה (שִׂמְחָ֖ה) sim.Chah “pleasure”

  8. Ecclesiastes 2:10

    And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart had joy of all my labour; and this was my portion from all my labour.

    שִׂמְחָ֗ה sim.Chah “pleasure”

  9. Ecclesiastes 2:26

    For to the man that is good in His sight He giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner He giveth the task, to gather and to heap up, that he may leave to him that is good in the sight of God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

    וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה (שִׂמְחָ֑ה) sim.Chah “joy”

  10. Ecclesiastes 5:19

    For let him remember the days of his life that they are not many; for God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

    בְּשִׂמְחַ֥ת (שִׂמְחַ֥ת) sim.Chat “[the] joy of”

  11. Ecclesiastes 7:4

    The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

    שִׂמְחָֽה׃ sim.Chah “gladness”

  12. Ecclesiastes 8:15

    So I commended mirth, that a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry, and that this should accompany him in his labour all the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.

    הַשִּׂמְחָ֔ה (שִּׂמְחָ֔ה) sim.Chah “gladness”

  13. Ecclesiastes 9:7

    Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

    בְּשִׂמְחָה֙ (שִׂמְחָה֙) sim.Chah “gladness”

  14. Song of Songs 3:11

    Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and gaze upon king Solomon, even upon the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

    שִׂמְחַ֥ת sim.Chat “[the] rejoicing of”

  15. Isaiah 9:2

    Thou hast multiplied the nation, Thou hast increased their joy; they joy before Thee according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

    הַשִּׂמְחָ֑ה (שִּׂמְחָ֑ה) sim.Chah “rejoicing”כְּשִׂמְחַ֣ת (שִׂמְחַ֣ת) sim.Chat “[the] rejoicing”

  16. Isaiah 16:10

    And gladness and joy are taken away out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting; no treader shall tread out wine in the presses; I have made the vintage shout to cease.

    שִׂמְחָ֤ה sim.Chah “gladness”

  17. Isaiah 22:13

    And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine--' Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die!'

    וְשִׂמְחָ֗ה (שִׂמְחָ֗ה) sim.Chah “gladness”

  18. Isaiah 24:11

    There is a crying in the streets amidst the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

    שִׂמְחָ֔ה sim.Chah “gladness”

  19. Isaiah 29:19

    The humble also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the neediest among men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.

    שִׂמְחָ֑ה sim.Chah “joy”

  20. Isaiah 30:29

    Ye shall have a song as in the night when a feast is hallowed; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with the pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.

    וְשִׂמְחַ֣ת (שִׂמְחַ֣ת) sim.Chat “gladness of”

  21. Isaiah 35:10

    And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

    וְשִׂמְחַ֥ת (שִׂמְחַ֥ת) sim.Chat “gladness of”וְשִׂמְחָה֙ (שִׂמְחָה֙) sim.Chah “gladness”

  22. Isaiah 51:3

    For the LORD hath comforted Zion; He hath comforted all her waste places, and hath made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

    וְשִׂמְחָה֙ (שִׂמְחָה֙) sim.Chah “gladness”

  23. Isaiah 51:11

    And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

    וְשִׂמְחַ֥ת (שִׂמְחַ֥ת) sim.Chat “gladness of”וְשִׂמְחָה֙ (שִׂמְחָה֙) sim.Chah “gladness”

  24. Isaiah 55:12

    For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

    בְשִׂמְחָ֣ה (שִׂמְחָ֣ה) sim.Chah “joy”

  25. Isaiah 61:7

    For your shame which was double, and for that they rejoiced: 'Confusion is their portion'; therefore in their land they shall possess double, everlasting joy shall be unto them.

    שִׂמְחַ֥ת sim.Chat “joy of”