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  #8055 שָׂמַח samach {saw-makh'}

 a primitive root; TWOT - 2268; v

—Hebrew Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)


 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

—Brown-Driver-Briggs (Old Testament Hebrew-English Lexicon)

A primitive root; probably to brighten up, that is, (figuratively) be (causatively make) blithe or gleesome:—cheer up, be (make) glad, (have make) joy (-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, X very.

—Strong's (Hebrew & Chaldee Dictionary of the Old Testament)

#8055.
שָׂמַח
samach (970a); a prim. root; rejoice, be glad:—
NASB - cheers(1), give them joy(1), give happiness(1), glad(53), gladden(1), gloated(1), happy(3), has...joy(1), joyful(1), made me glad(1), made you glad(1), make my glad(1), make the glad(2), make them joyful(1), make us glad(1), make glad(2), makes a glad(2), makes his glad(1), makes it glad(1), makes...glad(1), makes...merry(1), merry(1), pleased*(1), rejoice(48), rejoiced(17), rejoiced had given(1), rejoices(4), rejoicing(1), take pleasure(1), very happy(1).

—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries

 AV - rejoice 95, glad 45, joy 5, joyful 2, merry 2, misc 3; 152

cheereth
Judges 9:13.

glad
Exodus 4:14. 1 Samuel 11:9. 1 Chronicles 16:31. Job 22:19. Psalms 9:2; 14:7; 16:9; 32:11; 34:2; 35:27; 40:16; 45:8; 46:4; 53:6; 64:10; 67:4; 68:3; 69:32; 70:4; 90:14, 15; 92:4; 97:1, 8; 104:15, 34; 105:38; 107:30; 118:24; 119:74; 122:1. Proverbs 10:1; 12:25; 15:20; 23:25; 27:11. Isaiah 39:2. Jeremiah 20:15; 41:13; 50:11. Lamentations 4:21. Hosea 7:3. Jonah 4:6. Zephaniah 3:14. Zechariah 10:7.

joy
Psalms 21:1. Proverbs 17:21; 23:24. Isaiah 9:3, 17.

joyful
Ezra 6:22. Isaiah 56:7.

merry
Ecclesiastes 8:15.

rejoice
Leviticus 23:40. Deuteronomy 12:7, 12, 18; 14:26; 16:11, 14; 26:11; 27:7; 33:18. Judges 9:19, 19. 1 Samuel 2:1; 19:5. 2 Samuel 1:20. 1 Chronicles 16:10. 2 Chronicles 6:41; 20:27. Nehemiah 12:43. Job 21:12. Psalms 5:11; 30:1; 31:7; 33:21; 35:19, 24; 38:16; 48:11; 58:10; 63:11; 66:6; 85:6; 86:4; 89:42; 96:11; 97:12; 104:31; 105:3; 106:5; 107:42; 109:28; 149:2. Proverbs 5:18; 23:15; 24:17; 27:9; 29:2. Ecclesiastes 3:12, 22; 4:16; 5:19; 11:8, 9. Song of Songs 1:4. Isaiah 14:8, 29; 25:9; 65:13; 66:10. Jeremiah 31:13, 13. Lamentations 2:17. Ezekiel 7:12. Hosea 9:1. Joel 2:21, 23. Micah 7:8. Habakkuk 1:15. Zechariah 2:10; 4:10; 10:7.

rejoiced
Judges 19:3. 1 Samuel 6:13; 11:15. 1 Kings 5:7. 2 Kings 11:20. 1 Chronicles 29:9, 9. 2 Chronicles 15:15; 23:21; 24:10; 29:36; 30:25. Nehemiah 12:43, 43. Job 31:25, 29. Psalms 35:15. Ezekiel 25:6. Obadiah 1:12.