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śāmaḥ שָׂמַח ‘to rejoice’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

śāmaḥ v
1) to rejoice, be glad
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to rejoice
  1a2) to rejoice (arrogantly), exult (at)
  1a3) to rejoice (religiously)
 1b) (Piel) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad
 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad

Mentioned in Codex Leviticus 23:40 Deuteronomy 33:18, 14:26, 24:5, 12:12, 12:7, 12:18, 27:7, 16:11, 16:14 Judges 19:3, 9:19, 9:13 1 Samuel 2:1, 11:9, 11:15, 6:13, 19:5 2 Samuel 1:20 1 Kings 5:21 2 Kings 11:20 Isaiah 66:10, 9:16, 65:13, 39:2, 14:8, 14:29, 56:7, 25:9, 9:2 Jeremiah 50:11, 31:13, 41:13 Ezekiel 7:12, 25:6, 35:14 Hosea 9:1, 7:3 Joel 2:21, 2:23 Amos 6:13 Obadiah 1:12 Jonah 4:6 Habakkuk 1:15 Zephaniah 3:14 Zechariah 4:10, 10:7, 2:14 Psalms 86:4, 5:12, 40:17, 70:5, 45:9, 19:9, 97:1, 30:2, 35:19, 89:43, 35:24, 107:30, 46:5, 53:7, 63:12, 68:4, 69:33, 35:27, 38:17, 122:1, 104:15, 104:34, 35:15, 16:9, 67:5, 96:11, 31:8, 85:7, 109:28, 106:5, 33:21, 149:2, 90:14, 105:3, 48:12, 97:8, 14:7, 21:2, 32:11, 118:24, 119:74, 58:11, 104:31, 34:3, 64:11, 66:6, 97:12, 9:3, 92:5, 90:15, 105:38, 107:42 Proverbs 10:1, 15:20, 17:21, 23:24, 23:25, 29:3, 13:9, 24:17, 12:25, 29:6, 23:15, 29:2, 5:18, 15:30, 27:9 Job 3:22, 31:25, 31:29, 21:12, 22:19 Song of Songs 1:4 Lamentations 2:17 Ecclesiastes 3:22, 5:18, 8:15, 11:8, 4:16, 3:12, 11:9, 2:10, 10:19 Esther 8:15 Ezra 6:22 Nehemiah 12:43 1 Chronicles 16:10, 29:9 2 Chronicles 20:27, 6:41, 29:36, 23:13, 24:10, 23:21, 30:25, 15:15

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