שָׂמֵחַ sâmêach — blithe or gleeful

pronounced saw-may'-akh · Strong's H8056 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as glad, joyful, merry, -ily), rejoice.

from H8055; blithe or gleeful.

sâmêach in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 2×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Participle (active) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

וּשְׂמֵחִ֖ים 1Kgs 1:40 Participle (active), masculine plural

And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. (KJV)

יִשְׂמְח֤וּ 1Chr 16:31 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The Lord reigneth. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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