# H8056 שָׂמֵחַ

שָׂמֵחַ (sâmêach), Strong’s H8056: blithe or gleeful KJV: (be) glad, joyful, (making) merry((-hearted), -ily), rejoice(-ing).. Occurs 19 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/H8056 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*sâmêach* — blithe or gleeful

KJV: (be) glad, joyful, (making) merry((-hearted), -ily), rejoice(-ing).

Derived from [שָׂמַח sâmach](https://besorah.bible/word/H8055) (probably to brighten up)

Occurs 19 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שָׂמֵחַ adj.verb. glad, joyful, merry

## Where it occurs
- [Deuteronomy 16:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/16?v=15) — You shall keep a feast to the LORD your God seven days in the place which the LORD chooses, because the LORD your God…
- [1 Kings 1:40](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=40) — All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook…
- [1 Kings 1:45](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=45) — Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon. They have come up from there rejoicing, so…
- [1 Kings 4:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/4?v=20) — Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
- [1 Kings 8:66](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/8?v=66) — On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad in their…
- [2 Kings 11:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/11?v=14) — and she looked, and behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the tradition was, with the captains and the shofars by…
- [Isaiah 24:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/24?v=7) — The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.
- [Psalms 35:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/35?v=26) — Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and…
- [Psalms 113:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/113?v=9) — He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!
- [Psalms 126:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/126?v=3) — The LORD has done great things for us, and we are glad.