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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - שָׂמַח

שָׂמַח

H8055

Transliteration: sâmach

Pronunciation: saw-makh'

Definition: cheer up


Original: שׂמח

Transliteration: śâmach

Phonetic: saw-makh'

BDB Definition:

  1. to rejoice, be glad
    1. (Qal)
      1. to rejoice
      2. to rejoice (arrogantly), exult (at)
      3. to rejoice (religiously)
    2. (Piel) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad
    3. (Hiphil) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 2268

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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