חָדָה
châdâh · H2302 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to be pleased/happy or glad/to make glad
A state in which humans feel happiness, or an action by which deities cause humans to feel happiness
ExamplesExodus 18:9 And Jethro rejoiced over all the goodness which the LORD had done for Israel, in rescuing them from the hand of the Egyptians.
Psalm 21:6 For You make him most blessed forever; You make him joyful with the joy of Your presence.
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to be entered
Read יחד
ExamplesJob 3:6 “As for that night, may darkness seize it; May it not rejoice among the days of the year; May it not come into the number of the months.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- יִתְרוֹJethro 1
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- וֹhim 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 4 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ טוֹבgood 1
- אֵתwith+ פָּנִיםface, presence, before 1
- בin/on/with+ יוֹםday, time 1
- בin/on/with+ שִׂמְחָהjoy 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אַלnot, do not 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- שָׂמַח sâmach · H8055 · to rejoice, to cause to rejoice
- Both denote rejoicing or gladness, overlapping directly within the field of joy.
- רָנַן rânan · H7442 · to shout, to shout for joy
- חָדָה (châdâh, H2302) means to make glad or to rejoice, and רָנַן (rânan, H7442) means to cry out, sing or shout for joy; both express joy, though רָנַן (rânan, H7442) emphasizes vocal, audible expression.
- עָדַן ʻâdan · H5727 · to enjoy oneself, to delight oneself, to revel
- חָדָה emphasizes outward rejoicing or being made glad (includes causative "make glad"); עָדַן focuses on reflexive delighting or taking pleasure in something.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Rejoice002001002022
- The verb expresses gladness or rejoicing, as Jethro "rejoiced" over all the good the LORD had done for Israel (Exodus 18:9), and in Job's wish that the night of his birth "not rejoice" among the days of the year (Job 3:6).
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2302. chadah II. [חָדָה] verb rejoice (Assyrian —adû DlPr 153; Aramaic , חֲדָא) — Qal…
II. [חָדָה] verb rejoice (Assyrian —adû DlPr 153; Aramaic , חֲדָא) —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּ֫חַדְּ Exo 18:9 (E), and Jethro rejoiced over (עַל of thing); jussive אַליִֿ֫חַדְּ Job 3:6 let it not rejoice among (בְּ) the days of the year, i.e. not take its place joyfully among them (figurative of day of Job's birth). — Klo proposes חָדוּבְּ֗֗֗ וְלֹא 1Sa 6:19 for וַיַּךְבְּ֗֗֗ compare also Dr
Pi`el Imperfect suffix (causative) בְשִׂמְחְה תְּחַדֵּהוּ Psa 21:7 thou makest him joyful (Che cheerest him) with gladness (|| בְרָכוֺת תְּשִׁיתֵהוּ).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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