{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H8056",
  "lemma": "שָׂמֵחַ",
  "transliteration": "sâmêach",
  "definition": "blithe or gleeful",
  "kjv": "(be) glad, joyful, (making) merry((-hearted), -ily), rejoice(-ing).",
  "occurrences": 19,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H8055",
      "lemma": "שָׂמַח",
      "transliteration": "sâmach",
      "meaning": "probably to brighten up",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H8055"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "שָׂמֵחַ adj.verb. glad, joyful, merry"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 16:15",
      "text": "You shall keep a feast to the LORD your God seven days in the place which the LORD chooses, because the LORD your God…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/16?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 1:40",
      "text": "All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=40"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 1:45",
      "text": "Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon. They have come up from there rejoicing, so…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=45"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 4:20",
      "text": "Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/4?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 8:66",
      "text": "On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad in their…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/8?v=66"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 11:14",
      "text": "and she looked, and behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the tradition was, with the captains and the shofars by…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/11?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 24:7",
      "text": "The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/24?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 35:26",
      "text": "Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/35?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 113:9",
      "text": "He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/113?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 126:3",
      "text": "The LORD has done great things for us, and we are glad.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/126?v=3"
    }
  ],
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  "credit": "Besorah (https://besorah.bible). Texts and word data are open; terms and licences:",
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  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
}