{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H8055",
  "lemma": "שָׂמַח",
  "transliteration": "sâmach",
  "definition": "probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome",
  "kjv": "cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to)…",
  "occurrences": 157,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "שָׂמַח, שָׂמִ֑חַ 154 vb. rejoice, be glad",
    "Qal 126",
    "1. in common life",
    "a. rejoice religiously",
    "b. subj. י׳",
    "Pi. cause to rejoice, gladden",
    "Hiph. = Pi."
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 4:14",
      "text": "The LORD’s anger burned against Moses, and he said, “What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/4?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 23:40",
      "text": "You shall take on the first day the fruit of majestic trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/23?v=40"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 12:7",
      "text": "There you shall eat before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/12?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 12:12",
      "text": "You shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/12?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 12:18",
      "text": "but you shall eat them before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD your God shall choose: you, your son, your…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/12?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 14:26",
      "text": "You shall trade the money for whatever your soul desires: for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/14?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 16:11",
      "text": "You shall rejoice before the LORD your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/16?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 16:14",
      "text": "You shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/16?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 24:5",
      "text": "When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business. He shall be…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/24?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 26:11",
      "text": "You shall rejoice in all the good which the LORD your God has given to you, and to your house, you, and the Levite, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/26?v=11"
    }
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