Lexical Definition

‎שׂוּשׂ‎ sûws (soos) to rejoice ^H:V
or שִׂישׂ sîys (sece); a primitive root

be glad, [idiom] greatly, joy, make mirth, rejoice.

• to be bright, i.e. cheerful

1) to exult, rejoice
1a) (Qal) to exult, display joy

See Greek: ἀγαλλιάω · ἐπάγω · χαίρω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שׂוּשׂ‎, ‎שִׂישׂ‎ verb exult, rejoice (Nö^{ZMG xxxvii(1893), 536} derives ('perhaps') from interjection, as an enticing call, so Gerber²⁰); —

QalPerfect 3 masculine singular ‎שָׂשׂ‎ Deut 28:63 +, 1 singular ‎שַׂשְׂתִּי‎ Ps 119:14, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָשִׂישׂ‎ Deut 28:63 +, 3 masculine plural ‎יְשֻׂשׂוּם‎ Isa 35:1 (Ges^{«GKC:47n»§ 47n} Kö^{i. 510}, but ‎ ם‎ erroneous. Kenn Ol^{§ 244 a, probably dittograph}, so Lo Hi Gr Che^Hpt Marti), etc.; Imperative feminine singular ‎שִׂישִׂי‎ Lam 4:2, masculine plural ‎שִׂישׂוּ‎ Isa 65:18; Isa 66:10 Infinitive absolute ‎שׂוֺשׂ‎ Isa 61:10 construct ‎לָשׂוּשׂ‎ Deut 30:9 — exult, display joy, with ‎עַל‎ over, Deut 28:63 (twice in verse); Deut 30:9 (twice in verse); Jer 32:41; Isa 62:5; Zeph 3:1 (+ ‎בְּשִׂמְחָה‎; || ‎גִּיל‎), Ps 119:162 with ‎ב‎ Isa 61:10 (‎שׂוֺשׂ אָשִׂישׂ‎), Isa 65:19; Ps 35:9 (all || ‎גּיל‎) Ps 40:17*; Ps 68:4* (+ ‎בְּשִׂמְחָה‎; || ‎עָלַץ‎), Ps 70:5* (all || ‎שָׂמַח‎; Ps 119:14; Job 39:21 (horse), Ps 19:6* (sun, as athlete); with ‎כִּי‎ and clause Lam 1:21 absolute Isa 35:1; Isa 65:18 (both || ‎גִּיל‎), Isa 64:4* (but strike out ‎שָׂשׂ וְ‎ ᵐ5 Gr Du Che^Hpt Marti), Isa 68:14; Lam 4:21 (|| ‎שָׂמַח‎), Job 3:22 (|| ‎שָׂמַח אֱלֵיגִֿיל‎), Isa 66:10 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb; || ‎גִּיל‎), ‎שָׂמַח‎). — Ezek 21:15* is corrupt, Co reads ‎לְאַנְשֵׁי‎ (for ‎נָשִׂישׂ‎), Krae ‎לִנְשִׂיאֵי‎, other conjectures in Commentaries: on clause see especially Da Toy^Heb.Hpt.

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