Lexical Definition

‎שָׂמֵחַ‎ sâmêach (saw-may'-akh) glad ^H:A
from ‎שָׂמַח‎

(be) glad, joyful, (making) merry((-hearted), -ily), rejoice(-ing).

• blithe or gleeful

1) joyful, merry, glad
1a) joyful, showing joy
1b) you who rejoice (subst)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׂמֵחַ‎ verbal adjective glad, joyful, merry; — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Deut 16:15 +, feminine ‎שְׂמֵחָה‎ Ps 119:9 plural ‎שְׂמֵחִים‎ 1Kgs 1:45 +, construct ‎שִׂמְחֵי‎ Isa 24:17, ‎שְׂמֵחֵי‎ Ps 35:26 —

1. a. as adjective joyful, shewing joy, 1Kgs 1:45; Esth 5:9 (+ ‎טוֺב לֵב‎), vEsth 5:14 ‎אֵם שְׂמֵחָה‎ Ps 113:9 ‎׳‎‎לֵב שׂ‎ Prov 15:13; Prov 17:22 at feast of tabernacle Deut 16:15, in thankfulness to ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 126:3 (both predicate with ‎הָיָה‎), 1Kgs 8:66 (+ ‎טוֺבֵי לֵב‎) = 2Chr 7:10.
b. = participle 1Kgs 1:40 (|| ‎מְחַלְּלִים‎ piping), 1Kgs 4:20; 2Kgs 11:14 (+ ‎תֹּקֵעַ ב‎) = 2Chr 23:13, ‎מִן‎ of thing Eccl 2:10.

2. as substantive ‎׳‎‎הַשׂ‎ Amos 6:13 (+ ‎ל‎ of thing), Prov 2:14 (‎ל‎ infinitive), Job 3:22 (+ ‎אֱלֵיגִֿיל‎; || ‎יָשְׂישׂוּ‎); ‎שִׂמְחֵילֵֿב‎ Isa 24:7 of malicious joy ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Prov 17:5 (‎ל‎ of thing), ‎שְׂמֵחֵי רָעָתִי‎ Ps 35:26.

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