שמח
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
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שׂ־מ־ח (s-m-kh) |
From Proto-Semitic [Term?]. Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎌𐎎𐎃 (šmḫ, “to be glad, rejoice”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]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
Derived terms
[edit]- חַג שָׂמֵחַ (khag saméakh)
- יום הולדת שמח / יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת שָׂמֵחַ (yom huledet sameakh)
Verb
[edit]שָׂמַח • (samákh) (pa'al construction)
- to be happy, glad, joyous, cheerful, merry
- Tanach, Nehemiah 12:43, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיִּזְבְּחוּ בַיּוֹם־הַהוּא זְבָחִים גְּדוֹלִים וַיִּשְׂמָחוּ כִּי הָאֱלֹהִים שִׂמְּחָם שִׂמְחָה גְדוֹלָה וְגַם הַנָּשִׁים וְהַיְלָדִים שָׂמֵחוּ וַתִּשָּׁמַע שִׂמְחַת יְרוּשָׁלִַם מֵרָחוֹק׃
- 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.
wayyizbəḥū ḇayyōm-hahū zəḇāḥīm gəḏōlīm wayyiśmā́ḥū kī hāʾĕlōhīm śimməḥām śimḥā ḡəḏōlā wəḡam hannāšīm wəhayəlāḏīm śāmḗḥū wattiššāmaʿ śimḥaṯ yərūšāláyim mērāḥōq. - 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.
- 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.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of שָׂמַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
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finite forms | singular | plural | |||
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 | שְׂמַח | שִׂמְחִי | שִׂמְחוּ | שְׂמַחְנָה2 | |
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Verb
[edit]שִׂמֵּחַ • (siméakh) (pi'el construction)