שִׂמְּחָ֥/ם — 2 Chronicles 20:27 Hebrew Word Study

שִׂמְּחָ֥/ם

𐤔𐤌𐤇/𐤌

simecham

had made them rejoice

a primitive root; probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome; cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, [idiom] very.

H8055

2 Chronicles 20:27 · Word #13

Lexicon `H8055`

Lemma	שָׂמַח
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤔𐤌𐤇
Transliteration	sâmach
Strong's	H8055
In-context	had made them rejoice

Morphology `HVpp3ms/Sp3mp` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`V` — Verb — An action or state
Binyan	`p` — Piel — Intensive active
Conjugation	`p` — Perfect — Completed action
Person	`3` — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender	`m` — Masculine — Masculine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 `H8055-19`

he gladdened them

Root	שמח (ś-m-ḥ)
Core Meanings	joy, gladness, brightening, rejoicing, cheer
Semantic Range	to rejoice, be glad, become joyful; to cause joy, make merry, cheer, celebrate
Conceptual Significance	Joy in the Hebrew Bible is often portrayed as a divinely given state tied to salvation, covenant faithfulness, and communal worship. The causative use underscores YHWH or a leader as the source of restored gladness and communal renewal.
Morphological Notes	Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular verb with 3rd masculine plural pronominal suffix ("them"). The Piel stem expresses a causative/intensive action: to cause rejoicing.
Rendering Rationale	The root שמח conveys the idea of brightening or causing joy. In the Piel stem it carries an intensive/causative sense, "to make glad." The form is perfect 3rd masculine singular with a 3rd masculine plural suffix, hence "he gladdened them."

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root שמח (joy, gladness, brightening, rejoicing, cheer)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H8057-01`	besimechah	in rejoicing-gladness
`H8057-02`	besimechat	in the rejoicing of
`H8057-03`	bisemachot	in rejoicings
`H8055-02`	esemach	I will rejoice
`H8055-03`	esemechah	Let me rejoice
`H8056-01`	hasemechim	the rejoicing ones
`H8057-04`	hasimechah	the rejoicing
`H8057-05`	kesimechat	like the rejoicing-of
`H8057-06`	kesimechatekha	as your joy
`H8055-07`	kisemocha	as rejoicing
`H8055-08`	lisemocha	to be-glad
`H8055-09`	mesamechey	those causing-to-rejoice of
`H8055-10`	nisemechah	let us be glad with joy
`H8055-11`	samach	he rejoiced
`H8055-12`	samacheti	I rejoiced
`H8055-13`	samecha	a rejoicing one (masculine singular)
`H8056-02`	samecha	a rejoicing man
`H8055-14`	samechenu	Gladden us
`H8055-15`	samechu	they grew glad
`H8055-16`	semach	Rejoice, you (masculine singular)!
`H8057-08`	semachot	rejoicings
`H8056-03`	semechah	joy-filled (feminine singular)
`H8056-04`	semechey	rejoicing ones of
`H8056-05`	semechim	rejoicing men
`H8055-17`	simacheta	you have gladdened
`H8055-18`	simachetani	You have caused me to rejoice
`H8057-09`	simechah	glad rejoicing
`H8057-10`	simechat	gladness-of
`H8057-11`	simechatekhem	your rejoicing
`H8057-12`	simechati	my rejoicing-joy
`H8055-20`	simechi	Rejoice, you (feminine)!
`H8055-21`	simechu	Be glad—brighten up, you men!
`H8055-22`	simechukha	they have caused you to rejoice
`H8055-23`	simochahu	he caused him to rejoice
`H8055-24`	tisemach	may you rejoice (masculine singular)
`H8055-26`	tisemechi	you shall rejoice (O woman)
`H8055-28`	tshmchy	you (feminine singular) shall brighten with joy
`H8057-14`	ulesimechat	and for the gladness-of
`H8055-30`	usemachetem	and you all shall brighten with joy
`H8055-31`	usemachi	and be-glad, you (feminine singular)
`H8057-15`	uvesimechato	and in his rejoicing-gladness
`H8055-33`	vayesamach	and he caused to rejoice
`H8055-34`	vayisemach	and he rejoiced
`H8055-35`	vayisemachu	and they rejoiced
`H8055-36`	vayisemechu	and they rejoiced
`H8055-37`	veesemechah	and let me be glad
`H8055-39`	venisemechah	and let us rejoice
`H8055-41`	vesamacheta	and you shall be glad
`H8055-44`	vesamechu	and they rejoiced
`H8055-45`	vesimach	and he caused to rejoice
`H8055-46`	vesimachetim	and I will cause them to rejoice
`H8057-16`	vesimechah	rejoicing-joy
`H8057-17`	vesimechat	and the rejoicing-of
`H8055-47`	vesimechi	and rejoice, you (feminine singular)!
`H8055-48`	vesimechu	and you (masculine plural) rejoiced
`H8055-49`	veyisemach	and may he rejoice
`H8055-50`	veyisemachu	and they will brighten with joy
`H8055-51`	veyisemechu	and they will rejoice
`H8055-53`	yesamach	he causes to rejoice
`H8055-54`	yesamechenah	he makes her rejoice
`H8055-55`	yesamechu	they cause to rejoice
`H8055-56`	yisemach	he will rejoice
`H8055-58`	yisemechu	let them rejoice

Word Usage (158 occurrences of H8055)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Exodus 4:14	וְ/שָׂמַ֥ח	vesamach	he will be glad
Leviticus 23:40	וּ/שְׂמַחְתֶּ֗ם	usemachetem	and-you-shall-rejoice
Deuteronomy 12:7	וּ/שְׂמַחְתֶּ֗ם	usemachetem	and you shall rejoice
Deuteronomy 12:12	וּ/שְׂמַחְתֶּ֗ם	usemachetem	and you shall rejoice
Deuteronomy 12:18	וְ/שָׂמַחְתָּ֗	vesamacheta	you shall rejoice
Deuteronomy 14:26	וְ/שָׂמַחְתָּ֖	vesamacheta	and you shall rejoice
Deuteronomy 16:11	וְ/שָׂמַחְתָּ֞	vesamacheta	and you shall rejoice
Deuteronomy 16:14	וְ/שָׂמַחְתָּ֖	vesamacheta	and you shall rejoice
Deuteronomy 24:5	וְ/שִׂמַּ֖ח	vesimach	and cheer
Deuteronomy 26:11	וְ/שָׂמַחְתָּ֣	vesamacheta	and you shall rejoice
Deuteronomy 27:7	וְ/שָׂ֣מַחְתָּ֔	vesamacheta	and you shall rejoice
Deuteronomy 33:18	שְׂמַ֥ח	semach	Rejoice
Judges 9:13	הַֽ/מְשַׂמֵּ֥חַ	hamesamecha	which cheers
Judges 9:19	שִׂמְחוּ֙	simechu	rejoice
Judges 9:19	וְ/יִשְׂמַ֥ח	veyisemach	and-may-he-rejoice
Judges 19:3	וַ/יִּשְׂמַ֖ח	vayisemach	and rejoiced
1 Samuel 2:1	שָׂמַ֖חְתִּי	samacheti	I rejoice
1 Samuel 6:13	וַֽ/יִּשְׂמְח֖וּ	vayisemechu	and rejoiced
1 Samuel 11:9	וַ/יִּשְׂמָֽחוּ	vayisemachu	and they were glad
1 Samuel 11:15	וַ/יִּשְׂמַ֨ח	vayisemach	and rejoiced
1 Samuel 19:5	וַ/תִּשְׂמָ֑ח	vatisemach	and rejoiced
2 Samuel 1:20	תִּשְׂמַ֨חְנָה֙	tisemachenah	rejoice
1 Kings 5:21	וַ/יִּשְׂמַ֣ח	vayisemach	and he rejoiced
2 Kings 11:20	וַ/יִּשְׂמַ֥ח	vayisemach	and rejoiced
Isaiah 9:2	שָׂמְח֤וּ	samechu	they rejoiced
Isaiah 9:16	יִשְׂמַ֣ח	yisemach	will rejoice
Isaiah 14:8	שָׂמְח֥וּ	samechu	rejoice
Isaiah 14:29	תִּשְׂמְחִ֤י	tisemechi	rejoice
Isaiah 25:9	וְ/נִשְׂמְחָ֖ה	venisemechah	and rejoice
Isaiah 39:2	וַ/יִּשְׂמַ֣ח	vayisemach	and he rejoiced
Isaiah 56:7	וְ/שִׂמַּחְתִּי/ם֙	vesimachetim	and-I-will-make-joyful-them
Isaiah 65:13	יִשְׂמָ֖חוּ	yisemachu	will rejoice
Isaiah 66:10	שִׂמְח֧וּ	simechu	Rejoice
Jeremiah 20:15	שַׂמֵּ֖חַ	samecha	making glad
Jeremiah 20:15	שִׂמֳּחָֽ/הוּ	simochahu	him very glad
Jeremiah 31:13	תִּשְׂמַ֤ח	tisemach	will rejoice
Jeremiah 31:13	וְ/שִׂמַּחְתִּ֖י/ם	vesimachetim	and make them rejoice
Jeremiah 41:13	וַ/יִּשְׂמָֽחוּ	vayisemachu	they rejoiced
Jeremiah 50:11	תשמחי	tshmchy	you rejoice
Jeremiah 50:11	תִשְׂמְחוּ֙	tisemechu	you rejoice
Ezekiel 7:12	יִשְׂמָ֔ח	yisemach	rejoice
Ezekiel 25:6	וַ/תִּשְׂמַ֤ח	vatisemach	and rejoiced
Ezekiel 35:14	כִּ/שְׂמֹ֨חַ֙	kisemocha	as it rejoices
Hosea 7:3	יְשַׂמְּחוּ	yesamechu	they make glad
Hosea 9:1	תִּשְׂמַ֨ח	tisemach	rejoice
Joel 2:21	וּ/שְׂמָ֔חִי	usemachi	and be glad
Joel 2:23	וְ/שִׂמְחוּ֙	vesimechu	and-rejoice
Amos 6:13	הַ/שְּׂמֵחִ֖ים	hasemechim	who rejoice
Obadiah 1:12	תִּשְׂמַ֥ח	tisemach	rejoice
Jonah 4:6	וַ/יִּשְׂמַ֥ח	vayisemach	and-was-glad
Micah 7:8	תִּשְׂמְחִ֤י	tisemechi	rejoice
Habakkuk 1:15	יִשְׂמַ֥ח	yisemach	he rejoices
Zephaniah 3:14	שִׂמְחִ֤י	simechi	be glad
Zechariah 2:14	וְ/שִׂמְחִ֖י	vesimechi	and rejoice
Zechariah 4:10	וְ/שָׂמְח֗וּ	vesamechu	and they shall rejoice
Zechariah 10:7	וְ/שָׂמַ֥ח	vesamach	and their heart will rejoice
Zechariah 10:7	וְ/שָׂמֵ֔חוּ	vesamechu	and be glad
Psalms 5:12	וְ/יִשְׂמְח֨וּ	veyisemechu	and-they-will-rejoice
Psalms 9:3	אֶשְׂמְחָ֣ה	esemechah	I will rejoice
Psalms 14:7	יִשְׂמַ֥ח	yisemach	will be glad
Psalms 16:9	שָׂמַ֣ח	samach	is glad
Psalms 19:9	מְשַׂמְּחֵי	mesamechey	rejoicing
Psalms 21:2	יִשְׂמַח	yisemach	will-rejoice
Psalms 30:2	שִׂמַּ֖חְתָּ	simacheta	you have made rejoice
Psalms 31:8	וְ/אֶשְׂמְחָ֗ה	veesemechah	and I will rejoice
Psalms 32:11	שִׂמְח֬וּ	simechu	be glad
Psalms 33:21	יִשְׂמַ֣ח	yisemach	rejoices
Psalms 34:3	וְ/יִשְׂמָֽחוּ	veyisemachu	and-let-rejoice
Psalms 35:15	שָׂמְח֪וּ	samechu	they rejoiced
Psalms 35:19	יִשְׂמְחוּ	yisemechu	rejoice
Psalms 35:24	יִשְׂמְחוּ	yisemechu	let them rejoice
Psalms 35:27	וְ/יִשְׂמְחוּ֮	veyisemechu	and let them be glad
Psalms 38:17	יִשְׂמְחוּ	yisemechu	they rejoice
Psalms 40:17	וְ/יִשְׂמְח֨וּ	veyisemechu	and let them be glad
Psalms 45:9	שִׂמְּחֽוּ/ךָ	simechukha	gladden-you
Psalms 46:5	יְשַׂמְּח֥וּ	yesamechu	make glad
Psalms 48:12	יִשְׂמַ֤ח	yisemach	let rejoice
Psalms 53:7	יִשְׂמַ֥ח	yisemach	will be glad
Psalms 58:11	יִשְׂמַ֣ח	yisemach	will rejoice
Psalms 63:12	יִשְׂמַ֪ח	yisemach	will rejoice
Psalms 64:11	יִשְׂמַ֬ח	yisemach	will rejoice
Psalms 66:6	נִשְׂמְחָה	nisemechah	we rejoiced
Psalms 67:5	יִֽשְׂמְח֥וּ	yisemechu	let rejoice
Psalms 68:4	יִשְׂמְח֣וּ	yisemechu	will be glad
Psalms 69:33	יִשְׂמָ֑חוּ	yisemachu	will rejoice
Psalms 70:5	וְ/יִשְׂמְח֨וּ	veyisemechu	and rejoice
Psalms 85:7	יִשְׂמְחוּ	yisemechu	will rejoice
Psalms 86:4	שַׂ֭מֵּחַ	samecha	Make glad
Psalms 89:43	הִ֝שְׂמַ֗חְתָּ	hisemacheta	made rejoice
Psalms 90:14	וְ֝/נִשְׂמְחָ֗ה	venisemechah	and be glad
Psalms 90:15	שַׂ֭מְּחֵ/נוּ	samechenu	Make us glad
Psalms 92:5	שִׂמַּחְתַּ֣/נִי	simachetani	you have gladdened me
Psalms 96:11	יִשְׂמְח֣וּ	yisemechu	let rejoice
Psalms 97:1	יִ֝שְׂמְח֗וּ	yisemechu	let be glad
Psalms 97:8	וַ/תִּשְׂמַ֨ח	vatisemach	and was glad
Psalms 97:12	שִׂמְח֣וּ	simechu	Rejoice
Psalms 104:15	יְשַׂמַּ֬ח	yesamach	makes glad
Psalms 104:31	יִשְׂמַ֖ח	yisemach	rejoice
Psalms 104:34	אֶשְׂמַ֥ח	esemach	shall rejoice
Psalms 105:3	יִ֝שְׂמַ֗ח	yisemach	let be glad
Psalms 105:38	שָׂמַ֣ח	samach	was glad
Psalms 106:5	לִ֭/שְׂמֹחַ	lisemocha	that I may rejoice
Psalms 107:30	וַ/יִּשְׂמְח֥וּ	vayisemechu	Then they were glad
Psalms 107:42	וְ/יִשְׂמָ֑חוּ	veyisemachu	and rejoice
Psalms 109:28	יִשְׂמָֽח	yisemach	shall rejoice
Psalms 118:24	וְ/נִשְׂמְחָ֣ה	venisemechah	and be glad
Psalms 119:74	וְ/יִשְׂמָ֑חוּ	veyisemachu	and rejoice
Psalms 122:1	שָׂ֭מַחְתִּי	samacheti	I rejoiced
Psalms 149:2	יִשְׂמַ֣ח	yisemach	Let rejoice
Proverbs 5:18	וּ֝/שְׂמַ֗ח	usemach	and rejoice
Proverbs 10:1	יְשַׂמַּח	yesamach	makes glad
Proverbs 12:25	יְשַׂמְּחֶֽ/נָּה	yesamechenah	makes-it-glad
Proverbs 13:9	יִשְׂמָ֑ח	yisemach	rejoices
Proverbs 15:20	יְשַׂמַּח	yesamach	makes glad
Proverbs 15:30	יְשַׂמַּֽח	yesamach	gladdens
Proverbs 17:21	יִ֝שְׂמַ֗ח	yisemach	rejoices
Proverbs 23:15	יִשְׂמַ֖ח	yisemach	will rejoice
Proverbs 23:24	ו/ישמח	vyshmch	and will rejoice
Proverbs 23:24	יִשְׂמַח	yisemach	he will rejoice
Proverbs 23:24	בּֽ/וֹ	bo	in him
Proverbs 23:25	יִֽשְׂמַח	yisemach	let-him-rejoice
Proverbs 24:17	תִּשְׂמָ֑ח	tisemach	rejoice
Proverbs 27:9	יְשַׂמַּֽח	yesamach	makes-glad
Proverbs 27:11	וְ/שַׂמַּ֣ח	vesamach	and make glad
Proverbs 29:2	יִשְׂמַ֣ח	yisemach	rejoices
Proverbs 29:3	יְשַׂמַּ֣ח	yesamach	makes glad
Proverbs 29:6	וְ/שָׂמֵֽחַ	vesamecha	and rejoices
Job 3:22	הַ/שְּׂמֵחִ֥ים	hasemechim	who rejoice
Job 21:12	וְ֝/יִשְׂמְח֗וּ	veyisemechu	and they rejoice
Job 22:19	וְ/יִשְׂמָ֑חוּ	veyisemachu	and rejoice
Job 31:25	אֶ֭שְׂמַח	esemach	I have rejoiced
Job 31:29	אֶ֭שְׂמַח	esemach	I-rejoiced
Song of Songs 1:4	וְ/נִשְׂמְחָה֙	venisemechah	and rejoice
Lamentations 2:17	וַ/יְשַׂמַּ֤ח	vayesamach	he has made rejoice
Lamentations 4:21	וְ/שִׂמְחִי֙	vesimechi	and-be-glad
Ecclesiastes 3:12	לִ/שְׂמ֔וֹחַ	lisemocha
Ecclesiastes 3:22	יִשְׂמַ֤ח	yisemach
Ecclesiastes 4:16	יִשְׂמְחוּ	yisemechu
Ecclesiastes 5:18	וְ/לִ/שְׂמֹ֖חַ	velisemocha
Ecclesiastes 8:15	וְ/לִ/שְׂמ֑וֹחַ	velisemocha
Ecclesiastes 10:19	יְשַׂמַּ֣ח	yesamach	makes merry
Ecclesiastes 11:8	יִשְׂמָ֑ח	yisemach	let him rejoice
Ecclesiastes 11:9	שְׂמַ֧ח	semach	Rejoice
Esther 8:15	וְ/שָׂמֵֽחָה	vesamechah	and was glad
Ezra 6:22	שִׂמְּחָ֣/ם	simecham	had made them joyful
Nehemiah 12:43	וַ/יִּשְׂמָ֗חוּ	vayisemachu	and they rejoiced
Nehemiah 12:43	שִׂמְּחָ/ם֙	simecham	had made them rejoice
Nehemiah 12:43	שָׂמֵ֑חוּ	samechu	rejoiced
1 Chronicles 16:10	יִשְׂמַ֕ח	yisemach	let rejoice
1 Chronicles 29:9	וַ/יִּשְׂמְח֤וּ	vayisemechu	and they rejoiced
1 Chronicles 29:9	שָׂמַ֖ח	samach	rejoiced
2 Chronicles 6:41	יִשְׂמְח֥וּ	yisemechu	let-them-rejoice
2 Chronicles 15:15	וַ/יִּשְׂמְח֨וּ	vayisemechu	and they rejoiced
2 Chronicles 20:27	שִׂמְּחָ֥/ם	simecham	had made them rejoice
2 Chronicles 23:21	וַ/יִּשְׂמְח֥וּ	vayisemechu	and rejoiced
2 Chronicles 24:10	וַ/יִּשְׂמְח֥וּ	vayisemechu	and they rejoiced
2 Chronicles 29:36	וַ/יִּשְׂמַ֤ח	vayisemach	And rejoiced
2 Chronicles 30:25	וַֽ/יִּשְׂמְח֣וּ	vayisemechu	and rejoiced

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Lexicon H8055

Morphology HVpp3ms/Sp3mp All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H8055-19

Words from Root שמח (joy, gladness, brightening, rejoicing, cheer)

Word Usage (158 occurrences of H8055)

Lexicon `H8055`

Morphology `HVpp3ms/Sp3mp` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H8055-19`