שמחה

See also: שׂמחה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
שׂ־מ־ח (s-m-kh)

Compare Ugaritic 𐎌𐎎𐎃𐎚 (šmḫt, “joy”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

שִׂמְחָה • (simkhá) f (plural indefinite שְׂמָחוֹת, singular construct שִׂמְחַת־, plural construct שִׂמְחוֹת־) [pattern: קִטְלָה]

1. (A state of mind, an emotion): joy, happiness, glee.
   • Tanach, 1 Kings 1:40, with translation of the King James Version:

     וַיַּעֲלוּ כָל־הָעָם אַֽחֲרָיו וְהָעָם מְחַלְּלִים בַּחֲלִלִים וּשְׂמֵחִים שִׂמְחָה גְדוֹלָה וַתִּבָּקַע הָאָרֶץ בְּקוֹלָם׃

     And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.

2. Any behaviour that comes from that state of mind/emotion: a party, being pleased, etc.
   • Tanach, Ecclesiastes 7:4, with translation of the New International Version:

     לֵב חֲכָמִים בְּבֵית אֵבֶל וְלֵב כְּסִילִים בְּבֵית שִׂמְחָה׃

     The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

Declension

Declension of שִׂמְחָה

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	שִׂמְחָה	first	שִׂמְחָתִי		שִׂמְחָתֵנוּ
	definite	הַשִּׂמְחָה	second	שִׂמְחָתְךָ	שִׂמְחָתֵךְ	שִׂמְחַתְכֶם	שִׂמְחַתְכֶן
	construct	שִׂמְחַת־	third	שִׂמְחָתוֹ	שִׂמְחָתָהּ	שִׂמְחָתָם	שִׂמְחָתָן
plural	indefinite	שְׂמָחוֹת	first	שמחותיי / שִׂמְחוֹתַי		שִׂמְחוֹתֵינוּ
	definite	הַשְּׂמָחוֹת	second	שִׂמְחוֹתֶיךָ	שמחותייך / שִׂמְחוֹתַיִךְ	שִׂמְחוֹתֵיכֶם	שִׂמְחוֹתֵיכֶן
	construct	שִׂמְחוֹת־	third	שִׂמְחוֹתָיו	שִׂמְחוֹתֶיהָ	שִׂמְחוֹתָם	שִׂמְחוֹתָן

Derived terms

• עוֹכֵר שִׂמְחָה (okher simkha)
• שִׂמְחָה לְאֵיד (simkhá l'eid)
• שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה (simkhát torá)

Proper noun

שִׂמְחָה • (simkhá) m or f [pattern: קִטְלָה]

1. a male or female given name, equivalent to English Simcha

Verb

שמחה

1. (שָׂמְחָה, sam'khá) third-person feminine singular past (suffix conjugation) of שָׂמַח
2. (שְׂמֵחָה, s'mekhá) feminine singular present participle and present tense of שָׂמַח

See also

• ש־ מחה

Anagrams

• חמשה