שָׂמֵחַ
sâmêach · saw-may'-akh
blithe or gleeful
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8055 (שָׂמַח);
blithe or gleeful
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (be) glad, joyful, (making) merry((-hearted), -ily), rejoice(-ing).
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to separate and protect
To consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׂמֵחַ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- rejoiced3 · 13%
- joyful2 · 9%
- a merry2 · 9%
- therefore thou shalt surely rejoice1 · 4%
- and rejoiced1 · 4%
- from thence rejoicing1 · 4%
- and making merry1 · 4%
- glad1 · 4%
- thou in merrily1 · 4%
- and was glad1 · 4%
- which rejoice1 · 4%
- that rejoice1 · 4%
- and to be a joyful1 · 4%
- for us; whereof we are glad1 · 4%
- who rejoice1 · 4%
- and he that is glad1 · 4%
- and rejoice1 · 4%
- all the merryhearted1 · 4%
- ye which rejoice1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.