שמח

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
שׂ־מ־ח (s-m-kh)
2 terms

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

1. happy, glad, pleased
   • Tanach, Proverbs 15:13:

     לֵב שָׂמֵחַ יֵיטִב פָּנִים וּבְעַצְּבַת לֵב רוּחַ נְכֵאָה׃

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2. merry, joyous, cheerful

Derived terms

• חַג שָׂמֵחַ (khag saméakh)
• יום הולדת שמח / יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת שָׂמֵחַ (yom huledet sameakh)

Verb

שָׂמַח • (samákh) (pa'al construction)

1. (intransitive) 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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of שָׂמַח (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לשמוח / לִשְׂמֹחַ
		action noun		שִׂמְחָה
		passive participle		—
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

¹ Pronounced שָׂמַחְתֶּם and שָׂמַחְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Verb

שִׂמֵּחַ • (siméakh) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of שימח.

Anagrams

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