# H8055 שָׂמַח

שָׂמַח (sâmach), Strong’s H8055: 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…

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*sâmach* — 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)…

Occurs 157 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- 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.

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 4:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/4?v=14) — The LORD’s anger burned against Moses, and he said, “What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can…
- [Leviticus 23:40](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/23?v=40) — You shall take on the first day the fruit of majestic trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and…
- [Deuteronomy 12:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/12?v=7) — There you shall eat before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your…
- [Deuteronomy 12:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/12?v=12) — You shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female…
- [Deuteronomy 12:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/12?v=18) — but you shall eat them before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD your God shall choose: you, your son, your…
- [Deuteronomy 14:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/14?v=26) — You shall trade the money for whatever your soul desires: for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink…
- [Deuteronomy 16:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/16?v=11) — You shall rejoice before the LORD your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the…
- [Deuteronomy 16:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/16?v=14) — You shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the…
- [Deuteronomy 24:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/24?v=5) — 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…
- [Deuteronomy 26:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/26?v=11) — 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…