2 Chronicles 23:13:122 Chr.23.13.W12TAB
שָׂמֵ֗חַ
sameakh
“rejoicing”
- Transliteration
- sa-ME-akh
- Extended
- saa-MEH-akh
- IPA
- /saːˈmeːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- rejoicing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sa-ME-akh
- clause
va-te-RE ve-hin-NE ha-ME-lekh o-MED al-a-MU-do ba-ma-VO ve-ha-sa-RIM ve-ha-kha-tso-tse-ROT al-ha-ME-lekh ve-khol-AM ha-A-rets sa-ME-akh ve-to-KE-a ba-kha-tso-TSER-ot ve-ha-mesho-ra-RIM bikh-LE ha-SHIR u-mo-di-IM le-hal-LEL
- sentence
va-te-RE ve-hin-NE ha-ME-lekh o-MED al-a-MU-do ba-ma-VO ve-ha-sa-RIM ve-ha-kha-tso-tse-ROT al-ha-ME-lekh ve-khol-AM ha-A-rets sa-ME-akh ve-to-KE-a ba-kha-tso-TSER-ot ve-ha-mesho-ra-RIM bikh-LE ha-SHIR u-mo-di-IM le-hal-LEL va-tik-RA a-tal-YA-hu et-be-ga-DE-ha va-to-MER KE-sher KA-sher
Exegesis
The coordinated celebratory subjects vehasarim vehachatotserot {וְהַשָּׂרִים וְהַחֲצֹצְרוֹת֮ | wə-ha-sǎ-rîm wə-ḥa-ḥă-ṣot-sər-ōt} followed by sameach vetokea vehamshorerim {שָׂמֵ֗חַ וְתוֹקֵ֙עַ וְהַמְשׁוֹרֲרִים֙ | sǎ-mē-ʾaḥ wə-tō-qē-ʿ wə-ham-šō-rǎ-rîm} form a crescendo of communal praise.
Root and etymology
s-m-ḥ
“to rejoice, be glad”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:13
She looked and saw the king standing on his pillar at the entrance, accompanied by the officials and the trumpets. All the people of the land were celebrating and sounding trumpets, and the singers with instruments of song were proclaiming the praise. Then Athaliah tore her garments and exclaimed, “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 23:13, so the Hebrew word שָׂמֵ֗חַ (sameakh) 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 2 Chr.23.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.13.W12.S1) and character.