Lexical Definition

‎חָדָה‎ châdâh (khaw-daw') to rejoice ^H:V
a primitive root

make glad, be joined, rejoice.

• to rejoice

1) to rejoice
1a) (Qal) to rejoice
1b) (Piel) to make glad, gladden

See Greek: ἐξίστημι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. [‎חָדָה‎] verb rejoice (Assyrian —adû Dl^{Pr 153}; Aramaic , ‎חֲדָא‎) —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיִּ֫חַדְּ‎ Exod 18:9 (E), and Jethro rejoiced over (‎עַל‎ of thing); jussive ‎אַליִֿ֫חַדְּ‎ Job 3:6 let it not rejoice among (‎בְּ‎) the days of the year, i.e. not take its place joyfully among them (figurative of day of Job's birth). — Klo proposes ‎וְלֹא חָדוּבְּ֗֗֗‎ 1Sam 6:19 for ‎וַיַּךְבְּ֗֗֗‎ compare also Dr Pi`el Imperfect suffix (causative) ‎תְּחַדֵּהוּ בְשִׂמְחְה‎ Ps 21:7* thou makest him joyful (Che cheerest him) with gladness (|| ‎תְּשִׁיתֵהוּ בְרָכוֺת‎).

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