שמח

Hebrew

Root
שׂ־מ־ח (s-m-kh)
2 terms

From Proto-Semitic [Term?]. Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎌𐎎𐎃 (šmḫ, “to be glad, rejoice”).

שָׂמֵחַ • (saméakh) (feminine שְׂמֵחָה, masculine plural שְׂמֵחִים, feminine plural שְׂמֵחוֹת)

happy, glad, pleased
- Tanach, Proverbs 15:13:
  לֵב שָׂמֵחַ יֵיטִב פָּנִים וּבְעַצְּבַת לֵב רוּחַ נְכֵאָה׃
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
merry, joyous, cheerful

שָׂמַח • (samákh) (pa'al construction)

Conjugation of **שָׂמַח** (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לשמוח / לִשְׂמֹחַ
		action noun		שִׂמְחָה
		passive participle		—

finite forms		m	f	m	f
past	first	שָׂמַחְתִּי		שָׂמַחְנוּ
	second	שָׂמַחְתָּ	שָׂמַחְתְּ	שְׂמַחְתֶּם¹	שְׂמַחְתֶּן¹
	third	שָׂמַח	שָׂמְחָה	שָׂמְחוּ
present		שָׂמֵחַ	שְׂמֵחָה	שְׂמֵחִים	שְׂמֵחוֹת
future	first	אֶשְׂמַח		נִשְׂמַח
	second	תִּשְׂמַח	תִּשְׂמְחִי	תִּשְׂמְחוּ	תִּשְׂמַחְנָה²
	third	יִשְׂמַח	תִּשְׂמַח	יִשְׂמְחוּ	תִּשְׂמַחְנָה²
imperative	positive	שְׂמַח	שִׂמְחִי	שִׂמְחוּ	שְׂמַחְנָה²
imperative	negative	אַל + Second person future tense

¹ Commonly pronounced שָׂמַחְתֶּם and שָׂמַחְתֶּן in Modern Hebrew (by analogy with other past forms).
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

שִׂמֵּחַ • (siméakh) (pi'el construction)