"שמח" meaning in Hebrew

See שמח in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-שמח.wav Forms: שָׂמֵחַ [canonical], saméakh [romanization], שְׂמֵחָה [feminine], שְׂמֵחִים [masculine, plural], שְׂמֵחוֹת [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Root שׂ־מ־ח (s-m-kh) From Proto-Semitic [Term?]. Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎌𐎎𐎃 (šmḫ, “to be glad, rejoice”). Etymology templates: {{HE root|שׂמח}} Root שׂ־מ־ח (s-m-kh), {{inh|he|sem-pro|}} Proto-Semitic [Term?], {{cog|uga|𐎌𐎎𐎃|t=to be glad, rejoice}} Ugaritic 𐎌𐎎𐎃 (šmḫ, “to be glad, rejoice”)
  1. happy, glad, pleased
    Sense id: en-שמח-he-adj-IxNj0wGA
  2. merry, joyous, cheerful
    Sense id: en-שמח-he-adj-QtE0qtka
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: חַג שָׂמֵחַ (khag saméakh), יום הולדת שמח (yom huledet sameakh), יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת שָׂמֵחַ (yom huledet sameakh)

Verb

Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-שמח.wav
Etymology: Root שׂ־מ־ח (s-m-kh) From Proto-Semitic [Term?]. Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎌𐎎𐎃 (šmḫ, “to be glad, rejoice”). Etymology templates: {{HE root|שׂמח}} Root שׂ־מ־ח (s-m-kh), {{inh|he|sem-pro|}} Proto-Semitic [Term?], {{cog|uga|𐎌𐎎𐎃|t=to be glad, rejoice}} Ugaritic 𐎌𐎎𐎃 (šmḫ, “to be glad, rejoice”) Head templates: {{he-verb|pa|tr=samákh|wv=שָׂמַח}} שָׂמַח • (samákh) (pa'al construction) Inflection templates: {{he-conj|pa|שׂמח|noun=שִׂמְחָה|pp=-|pres_short=+}} Forms: שָׂמַח [canonical], samákh [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], שָׂמַחְתִּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], שָׂמַחְנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], שָׂמַחְתָּ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], שָׂמַחְתְּ [feminine, past, second-person, singular], שְׂמַחְתֶּם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], שְׂמַחְתֶּן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], שָׂמַח [masculine, past, singular, third-person], שָׂמְחָה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], שָׂמְחוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], שָׂמֵחַ [masculine, present, singular], שְׂמֵחָה [feminine, present, singular], שְׂמֵחִים [masculine, plural, present], שְׂמֵחוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אֶשְׂמַח [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נִשְׂמַח [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תִּשְׂמַח [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תִּשְׂמְחִי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תִּשְׂמְחוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תִּשְׂמַחְנָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יִשְׂמַח [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תִּשְׂמַח [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יִשְׂמְחוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תִּשְׂמַחְנָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], שְׂמַח [imperative, masculine, singular], שִׂמְחִי [feminine, imperative, singular], שִׂמְחוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], שְׂמַחְנָה [feminine, imperative, plural]
  1. to be happy, glad, joyous, cheerful, merry Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-שמח-he-verb-o-q3eqqL

Verb

Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-שמח.wav Forms: שִׂמֵּחַ [canonical], siméakh [romanization]
Etymology: Root שׂ־מ־ח (s-m-kh) From Proto-Semitic [Term?]. Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎌𐎎𐎃 (šmḫ, “to be glad, rejoice”). Etymology templates: {{HE root|שׂמח}} Root שׂ־מ־ח (s-m-kh), {{inh|he|sem-pro|}} Proto-Semitic [Term?], {{cog|uga|𐎌𐎎𐎃|t=to be glad, rejoice}} Ugaritic 𐎌𐎎𐎃 (šmḫ, “to be glad, rejoice”) Head templates: {{he-verb|pi|tr=siméakh|wv=שִׂמֵּחַ}} שִׂמֵּחַ • (siméakh) (pi'el construction)
  1. defective spelling of שימח. Tags: alt-of, construction-pi'el, misspelling Alternative form of: שימח
    Sense id: en-שמח-he-verb-Dk9P2rOu Categories (other): Hebrew defective spellings, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant target parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׂ־מ־ח, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 13 8 13 67 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant target parameters: 12 9 12 67 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 12 9 12 67 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׂ־מ־ח: 23 16 22 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 8 22 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 6 18 61
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          "english": "And they offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women also and the children rejoiced; so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.",
          "ref": "Tanach, Nehemiah [[s:he:T35b12#יב_מג|12:43]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "vayizb'khú vayom-hahú z'vakhím g'dolím vayismákhu kí ha'elohím sim'khám simkhá g'dolá v'gám hanashím v'hay'ladím samékhu vatishamá' simkhát y'rushaláyim merakhók.\nwayyizbəḥū ḇayyōm-hahū zəḇāḥīm gəḏōlīm wayyiśmā́ḥū kī hāʾĕlōhīm śimməḥām śimḥā ḡəḏōlā wəḡam hannāšīm wəhayəlāḏīm śāmḗḥū wattiššāmaʿ śimḥaṯ yərūšāláyim mērāḥōq.",
          "text": "וַיִּזְבְּחוּ בַיּוֹם־הַהוּא זְבָחִים גְּדוֹלִים וַיִּשְׂמָחוּ כִּי הָאֱלֹהִים שִׂמְּחָם שִׂמְחָה גְדוֹלָה וְגַם הַנָּשִׁים וְהַיְלָדִים שָׂמֵחוּ וַתִּשָּׁמַע שִׂמְחַת יְרוּשָׁלִַם מֵרָחוֹק׃",
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  "word": "שמח"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Hebrew dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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