1 Chronicles 15:16:141 Chr.15.16.W14TAB
לְשִׂמְחָֽה׃
lesimkha
“to joy”
- Transliteration
- le-sim-KHA
- Extended
- leh-sihm-KHAA
- IPA
- /ləsimˈħaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to joy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-sim-KHA
- clause
mash-mi-IM le-ha-RIM-be-KOL le-sim-KHA
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID le-sa-RE hal-ve-YIM le-ha-a-MID et-a-khe-HEM ham-she-re-RIM bikh-LE-shir ne-va-LIM ve-khi-no-ROT u-me-tsil-TA-yim mash-mi-IM le-ha-RIM-be-KOL le-sim-KHA
Exegesis
The participle mashmiim {מַשְׁמִיעִים | mašmî‘îm} ‘making to be heard’ with the infinitive le-harim-be-qol {לְהָרִים־בְּקוֹל | lə-hārîm be-qōl} ‘to lift up with voice’ forms a purpose clause, concluding with le-simchah {לְשִׂמְחָה | lə-simḥâh} ‘for joy,’ and the Hiphil stem underscores deliberate liturgical expression.
Root and etymology
שׂ־מ־ח
“joy”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:16
David told the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers, the singers, with instruments of song—lyres, harps, and cymbals—so they would sound out, lifting their voices in joy .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Chronicles 15:16, so the Hebrew word לְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ (lesimkha) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.15.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.16.W14.S1) and character.