{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H8057",
  "lemma": "שִׂמְחָה",
  "transliteration": "simchâh",
  "definition": "blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)",
  "kjv": "[idiom] exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).",
  "occurrences": 94,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H8056",
      "lemma": "שָׂמֵחַ",
      "transliteration": "sâmêach",
      "meaning": "blithe or gleeful",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H8056"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "שִׂמְחָה 93 n.f. joy, gladness, mirth"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 31:27",
      "text": "Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn’t tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 10:10",
      "text": "“Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/10?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 28:47",
      "text": "Because you didn’t serve the LORD your God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/28?v=47"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 16:23",
      "text": "The lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/16?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 18:6",
      "text": "As they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/18?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 6:12",
      "text": "King David was told, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that belongs to him, because of God’s ark.”…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/6?v=12"
    },
    {
      "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": "Isaiah 9:2",
      "text": "You have multiplied the nation. You have increased their joy. They rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/9?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 16:10",
      "text": "Gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there will be no singing, neither…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/16?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 22:13",
      "text": "and behold, there is joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating meat and drinking wine: “Let’s eat and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/22?v=13"
    }
  ],
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