Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H8057שִׂמְחָהsim.chah
joyPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
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94 occurrences in 89 verses
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Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp;
בְּשִׂמְחָ֥ה (שִׂמְחָ֥ה) sim.Chah “gladness”
Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am Jehovah your God.
שִׂמְחַתְכֶ֥ם (שִׂמְחַתְ) sim.chat. “rejoicing”
Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;
בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה (שִׂמְחָ֖ה) sim.Chah “joy”
And the lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
וּלְשִׂמְחָ֑ה (שִׂמְחָ֑ה) sim.Chah “joy”
And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with instruments of music.
בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה (שִׂמְחָ֖ה) sim.Chah “joy”
And it was told king David, saying, Jehovah hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. And David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with joy.
בְּשִׂמְחָֽה׃ (שִׂמְחָֽה) sim.Chah “rejoicing”
And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
שִׂמְחָ֣ה sim.Chah “joy”
Moreover they that were nigh unto them, [supplied: even] as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, victuals of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.
שִׂמְחָ֖ה sim.Chah “joy”
And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.
לְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ (שִׂמְחָֽה) sim.Chah “joy”
So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.
בְּשִׂמְחָֽה׃ (שִׂמְחָֽה) sim.Chah “joy”
Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to Jehovah: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
שִׂמְחָ֥ה sim.Chah “joy”
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto thee.
בְשִׂמְחָ֖ה (שִׂמְחָ֖ה) sim.Chah “joy”
and did eat and drink before Jehovah on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto Jehovah to be prince, and Zadok to be priest.
בְּשִׂמְחָ֣ה (שִׂמְחָ֣ה) sim.Chah “joy”
Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Jehovah had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
בְּשִׂמְחָ֑ה (שִׂמְחָ֑ה) sim.Chah “joy”
And Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Jehovah under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Jehovah, to offer the burnt-offerings of Jehovah, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.
בְּשִׂמְחָ֣ה (שִׂמְחָ֣ה) sim.Chah “joy”
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises unto Jehovah with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
לְשִׂמְחָ֔ה (שִׂמְחָ֔ה) sim.Chah “joy”
And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised Jehovah day by day, [supplied: singing] with loud instruments unto Jehovah.
בְּשִׂמְחָ֣ה (שִׂמְחָ֣ה) sim.Chah “joy”
And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days; and they kept [supplied: other] seven days with gladness.
שִׂמְחָֽה׃ sim.Chah “joy”
So there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
שִׂמְחָֽה־ sim.chah- “joy”
But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' [supplied: houses], the old men that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
בְשִׂמְחָ֖ה (שִׂמְחָ֖ה) sim.Chah “gladness”
so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people; for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
הַשִּׂמְחָ֔ה (שִּׂמְחָ֔ה) sim.Chah “happiness”
and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Jehovah had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
בְּשִׂמְחָ֑ה (שִׂמְחָ֑ה) sim.Chah “joy”
And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
שִׂמְחָ֣ה sim.Chah “joy”
And all the assembly of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and dwelt in the booths; for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.
שִׂמְחָ֖ה sim.Chah “joy”
And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
וְשִׂמְחָה֙ (שִׂמְחָה֙) sim.Chah “joy”