Proverbs 17:22:2Prov.17.22.W2TAB
שָׂ֭מֵחַ
sameakh
“glad or joyful”
- Transliteration
- sa-ME-akh
- Extended
- saa-MEE-akh
- IPA
- /saːˈmeː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- glad or joyful
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
LEV sa-ME-akh yei-TIV ge-HA
- sentence
LEV sa-ME-akh yei-TIV ge-HA ve-RU-akh ne-KHE-a te-ya-BESH-ga-REM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the noun lev {לֵב | lēḇ} ‘heart’ followed by the attributive adjective sameaḥ {שָׂמֵחַ | sāmēaḥ} ‘rejoicing,’ forming an emotional-noun phrase.
Root and etymology
s-m-ḥshin–mem–ḥet
“to rejoice”
In context — Proverbs 17:22
A rejoicing heart does good like a healing , but a stricken spirit dries up the bone.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 17:22, so the Hebrew word שָׂ֭מֵחַ (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 Prov.17.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.22.W2.S1) and character.