H8057–שִׂמְחָה–sim.chah

Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?

בְּשִׂמְחָ֥ה (שִׂמְחָ֥ה) sim.Chah “gladness”

And on days of joy and on your regular feasts and on the first day of every month, let the horns be sounded over your burned offerings and your peace-offerings; and they will put the Lord in mind of you: I am the Lord your God.

שִׂמְחַתְכֶ֥ם (שִׂמְחַתְ) sim.chat. “rejoicing”

Because you did not give honour to the Lord your God, worshipping him gladly, with joy in your hearts on account of all your wealth of good things;

בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה (שִׂמְחָ֖ה) sim.Chah “joy”

And the chiefs of the Philistines came together to make a great offering to Dagon their god, and to be glad; for they said, Our god has given into our hands Samson our hater.

וּלְשִׂמְחָ֑ה (שִׂמְחָ֑ה) sim.Chah “joy”

Now on their way, when David came back after the destruction of the Philistine, the women came out of all the towns of Israel, with songs and dances, meeting David with melody and joy and instruments of music.

בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה (שִׂמְחָ֖ה) sim.Chah “joy”

And they said to King David, The blessing of the Lord is on the family of Obed-edom and on all he has, because of the ark of God. And David went and took the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the town of David with joy.

בְּשִׂמְחָֽה׃ (שִׂמְחָֽה) sim.Chah “rejoicing”

And all the people came up after him, piping with pipes, and they were glad with great joy, so that the earth was shaking with the sound.

שִׂמְחָ֣ה sim.Chah “joy”

And those who were near, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came with food on asses and camels and mules and oxen, with meal for food and cakes of figs and masses of grapes, and wine and oil and oxen and sheep in great numbers, for there was jo

שִׂמְחָ֖ה sim.Chah “joy”

And David gave orders to the chief of the Levites to put their brothers the music-makers in position, with instruments of music, corded instruments and brass, with glad voices making sounds of joy.

לְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ (שִׂמְחָֽה) sim.Chah “joy”

So David, and the responsible men of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went with joy to get the ark of the agreement of the Lord out of the house of Obed-edom.

בְּשִׂמְחָֽה׃ (שִׂמְחָֽה) sim.Chah “joy”

Then the people were glad because their offerings were freely given, for with a true heart they freely gave what they had to the Lord; and David the king was full of joy.

שִׂמְחָ֥ה sim.Chah “joy”

And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to

בְשִׂמְחָ֖ה (שִׂמְחָ֖ה) sim.Chah “joy”

And with great joy they made a feast before the Lord that day. And they made Solomon, the son of David, king a second time, putting the holy oil on him to make him holy to the Lord as ruler, and on Zadok as priest.

בְּשִׂמְחָ֣ה (שִׂמְחָ֣ה) sim.Chah “joy”

Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem went back, with Jehoshaphat at their head, coming back to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had made them glad over their haters.

בְּשִׂמְחָ֑ה (שִׂמְחָ֑ה) sim.Chah “joy”

And Jehoiada put the work and the care of the house of the Lord into the hands of the priests and the Levites, who had been grouped in divisions by David to make burned offerings to the Lord, as it is recorded in the law of Moses, with joy and song as Da

בְּשִׂמְחָ֣ה (שִׂמְחָ֣ה) sim.Chah “joy”

Then King Hezekiah and the captains gave orders to the Levites to give praise to God in the words of David and Asaph the seer. And they made songs of praise with joy, and with bent heads gave worship.

לְשִׂמְחָ֔ה (שִׂמְחָ֔ה) sim.Chah “joy”

So the children of Israel who were present in Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with great joy: and the Levites and the priests gave praise to the Lord day by day, making melody to the Lord with loud instruments.

בְּשִׂמְחָ֣ה (שִׂמְחָ֣ה) sim.Chah “joy”

And by the desire of all the people, the feast went on for another seven days, and they kept the seven days with joy.

שִׂמְחָֽה׃ sim.Chah “joy”

So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for nothing like this had been seen in Jerusalem from the time of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

שִׂמְחָֽה־ sim.chah- “joy”

But a number of the priests and Levites and the heads of families, old men who had seen the first house, when the base of this house was put down before their eyes, were overcome with weeping; and a number were crying out with joy:

בְשִׂמְחָ֖ה (שִׂמְחָ֖ה) sim.Chah “gladness”

So that in the ears of the people the cry of joy was mixed with the sound of weeping; for the cries of the people were loud and came to the ears of those who were a long way off.

הַשִּׂמְחָ֔ה (שִּׂמְחָ֔ה) sim.Chah “happiness”

And kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them full of joy, by turning the heart of the king of Assyria to them to give them help in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

בְּשִׂמְחָ֑ה (שִׂמְחָ֑ה) sim.Chah “joy”

And all the people went away to take food and drink, and to send food to others, and to be glad, because the words which were said to them had been made clear.

שִׂמְחָ֣ה sim.Chah “joy”

All the people who had been prisoners and had come back, made tents and were living in them: for from the time of Jeshua, the son of Nun, till that day, the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very great joy.

שִׂמְחָ֖ה sim.Chah “joy”

And when the time came for the wall of Jerusalem to be made holy, they sent for the Levites out of all their places to come to Jerusalem, to keep the feast with joy, and with praise and melody, with brass and corded instruments of music.

וְשִׂמְחָה֙ (שִׂמְחָה֙) sim.Chah “joy”