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Deuteronomy 16:11
“And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H8055 · Hebrew
- Definition
- probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, [idiom] very.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- שָׂמַחְתָּ֞ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 158 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 4:14Leviticus 23:40Deuteronomy 12:7Deuteronomy 12:12Deuteronomy 12:18
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׂמַח here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.