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Lexicon :: Strong's H8055 - śāmaḥ

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שָׂמַח
Transliteration
śāmaḥ
Pronunciation
saw-makh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2268

Strong’s Definitions

שָׂמַח sâmach, saw-makh'; a primitive root; probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome:—cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, × very.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 152x

The KJV translates Strong's H8055 in the following manner: rejoice (95x), glad (45x), joy (5x), joyful (2x), merry (2x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 152x
The KJV translates Strong's H8055 in the following manner: rejoice (95x), glad (45x), joy (5x), joyful (2x), merry (2x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. to rejoice, be glad

    1. (Qal)

      1. to rejoice

      2. to rejoice (arrogantly), exult (at)

      3. to rejoice (religiously)

    2. (Piel) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad

    3. (Hiphil) to cause to rejoice, gladden, make glad

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂמַח sâmach, saw-makh'; a primitive root; probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome:—cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, × very.
STRONGS H8055: Abbreviations
שָׂמַח, שָׂמֵ֑ח 154 verb rejoice, be glad (Late Hebrew id.; compare perhaps Assyrian šamâḫu, flourish, Arabic bdb097001be high, proud; Punic proper name, feminine שמחת); —
Qal126 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שָׂמַח Psalm 16:9; וְשָׂמֵ֑חַ consecutive Proverbs 29:6; 3rd person feminine singular שָׂמֵ֑חָה Esther 8:15; 2nd person masculine singular וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֫ Deuteronomy 12:18 +; 3rd person masculine plural שָׂמֵ֑חוּ Nehemiah 12:43, etc.; Imperfect יִשְׂמַח Isaiah 9:16 +, 3rd person masculine plural יִשְׂמָ֑חוּ Isaiah 65:13; Psalm 69:33, 3rd person feminine plural תִּשְׂמַחְנָה 2 Samuel 1:20, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׂמַח Deuteronomy 33:18 +, feminine singular שִׂמְחִי Zephaniah 3:14 +, שְׂמָ֑חִי Joel 2:21, etc.; Infinitive construct שְׂמֹחַ Ezekiel 35:14 +, etc.; Participle see שָׂמֵחַ adjective; — + 24 times || גיל, less often || רָנַן, עָלַז, שִׂישׂ, etc.; —
1. in common life:
a. rejoice, with ב person or of thing take pleasure in Judges 9:19 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 33:18; Ecclesiastes 3:22 + 7 times + (probably) בְּכָליָֿמֵינוּ Psalm 90:14 (others ב temporal), compare Ecclesiastes 11:8; עַל person Isaiah 39:2 + || 2 Kings 20:13 (וישׂמח for MT וישׁמע Vrss modern), עַל of thing Jonah 4:6; 2 Chronicles 15:15; with temporal clause Jeremiah 41:13 + 6 times + (of heart) Proverbs 23:15, in one's heart Exodus 4:14 (J); with כִּי because Isaiah 14:29 + 3 times; with אֵת with Isaiah 66:10; with מִן person get pleasure from Proverbs 5:18; absolute 1 Samuel 11:9; Ecclesiastes 3:12; Proverbs 13:9 (figurative of prosperity; subject אוֺר; opposed to דָּעַךְ), + 8 times; with ל of thing at Job 21:12.
b. rejoice arrogantly, exult at, ל person, Micah 7:8; Isaiah 14:8; Obadiah 12; Psalm 35:19; Psalm 35:24; Psalm 38:17, with אֶלֿ of thing Ezekiel 25:6, ב of thing Job 31:29; Psalm 35:15; Proverbs 24:17; absolute Hosea 9:1 (+ אֶלגִּֿיל), 2 Samuel 1:20 + 3 times, + (said of righteous by Eliphaz) Job 22:19.
2.
a. rejoice religiously, with ב of thing 1 Samuel 2:1; Deuteronomy 12:7; Psalm 21:2 + 7 times; with בי׳, etc., Joel 2:23; Psalm 32:11 + 10 times Psalms + Psalm 9:3 (+ אֶעֶלְצָה בָ֑ךְ); with עַל of thing 2 Chronicles 29:36, עַל infinitive 1 Chronicles 29:9 a; with לְמַעַן of thing Psalm 48:12; with כִּי because Psalm 119:74; absolute Zechariah 2:14; Zechariah 4:10; Joel 2:21; 1 Chronicles 29:9b (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb), 1 Chronicles 16:31 (of heavens) = Psalm 96:11; Psalm 97:1 (isles) + 18 times (12 times Psalms), + (of heart) Zechariah 10:7a Psalm 16:9; 1 Chronicles 16:10, בְּכָללֵֿב Zephaniah 3:14 (compare Exodus 4:14 1a above); with לִפְנֵי י׳ Isaiah 9:2 and (of joyous feasting etc., at sanctuary) Leviticus 23:40 (H), Deuteronomy 12:12, 18; Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 27:7, compare Deuteronomy 14:26; 1 Samuel 11:15.
b. subject י׳, with עַל person Isaiah 9:16 (|| רחם; PerlesRÉJ xxxiv. 63 be gentle, Arabic bdb097002), ב of thing Psalm 104:31.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְשִׂמַּח consecutive Deuteronomy 24:5, suffix שִׁמְּחָהוּ Jeremiah 20:15, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְשַׂמַּח Psalm 104:15 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שַׂמֵּחַ Psalm 86:4, שַׂמַּח Proverbs 27:11, etc.; Infinitive absolute שַׂמֵּחַ Jeremiah 20:15; Participle מְשַׂמֵּחַ Judges 9:13, plural construct מְשַׂמְּחֵי Psalm 19:9; — cause to rejoice, gladden, with accusative of person (or equivalent), subject person Deuteronomy 24:5; Jeremiah 20:15 (+ Infinitive absolute), Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 27:11; Proverbs 29:3 (Hosea 7:3 see משׁח 2); especially subject י׳ (God) Jeremiah 31:13 (with מִן separ.) Isaiah 56:7; 2 Chronicles 20:27 (with מִן of source, see Qal 1 a), Ezra 6:22; Nehemiah 12:43 (+ accusative of congnate meaning with verb) Psalm 86:4; Psalm 90:15; Psalm 92:5 (ב instrumental), also, with ל person cause to exult at Psalm 30:2, id. with עַל person Lamentations 2:17; subject of thing Judges 9:13; Psalm 19:9; Psalm 45:9; Psalm 46:5; Psalm 104:15; Ecclesiastes 10:19; Proverbs 12:25; Proverbs 15:30; Proverbs 27:9.
̸Hiph. = Pi. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular הִשְׂמַחְתָּ Psalm 89:43 (subject י׳).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

4:14; 4:14

Leviticus

23:40

Deuteronomy

12:7; 12:12; 12:18; 12:18; 14:26; 16:11; 24:5; 24:5; 27:7; 33:18; 33:18

Judges

9:13; 9:13; 9:19

1 Samuel

2:1; 11:9; 11:15

2 Samuel

1:20; 1:20

2 Kings

20:13

1 Chronicles

16:10; 16:31; 29:9; 29:9

2 Chronicles

15:15; 20:27; 29:36

Ezra

6:22

Nehemiah

12:43; 12:43

Esther

8:15

Job

21:12; 22:19; 31:29

Psalms

9:3; 16:9; 16:9; 19:9; 19:9; 21:2; 30:2; 32:11; 35:15; 35:19; 35:24; 38:17; 45:9; 46:5; 48:12; 69:33; 86:4; 86:4; 89:43; 90:14; 90:15; 92:5; 96:11; 97:1; 104:15; 104:15; 104:31; 119:74

Proverbs

5:18; 10:1; 12:25; 13:9; 15:20; 15:30; 23:15; 24:17; 27:9; 27:11; 27:11; 29:3; 29:6

Ecclesiastes

3:12; 3:22; 10:19; 11:8

Isaiah

9:2; 9:16; 9:16; 14:8; 14:29; 39:2; 56:7; 65:13; 66:10

Jeremiah

20:15; 20:15; 20:15; 31:13; 41:13

Lamentations

2:17

Ezekiel

25:6; 35:14

Hosea

7:3; 9:1

Joel

2:21; 2:21; 2:23

Obadiah

1:12

Jonah

4:6

Micah

7:8

Zephaniah

3:14; 3:14

Zechariah

4:10; 10:7

H8055

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Strong's Number H8055 matches the Hebrew שָׂמַח (śāmaḥ),
which occurs 158 times in 148 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Pro 23:24–Zec 10:7)

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:24 - The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:25 - Let your father and mother be glad;
let her who bore you rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:17 - Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:9 - Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:11 - Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
that I may answer him who reproaches me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:2 - When the righteous increase, the people rejoice,
but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:3 - He who loves wisdom makes his father glad,
but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:6 - An evil man is ensnared in his transgression,
but a righteous man sings and rejoices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:12 - I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:22 - So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for that is his lot. Who can bring him to see what will be after him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16 - There was no end of all the people, all of whom he led. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19 - Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - And I commend joy, for man has nothing better under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:19 - Bread is made for laughter,
and wine gladdens life,
and money answers everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8 - So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:9 - Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:4 - Draw me after you; let us run.
The king has brought me into his chambers.

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We will exult and rejoice in you;
we will extol your love more than wine;
rightly do they love you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:3 - You have multiplied the nation;
you have increased its joy;
they rejoice before you
as with joy at the harvest,
as they are glad when they divide the spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17 - Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over their young men,
and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows;
for everyone is godless and an evildoer,
and every mouth speaks folly.[fn]
For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:8 - The cypresses rejoice at you,
the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you were laid low,
no woodcutter comes up against us.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you,
that the rod that struck you is broken,
for from the serpent’s root will come forth an adder,
and its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:9 - It will be said on that day,
“Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us.
This is the LORD; we have waited for him;
let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:2 - And Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. And he showed them his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his whole armory, all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:7 - these I will bring to my holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house shall be called a house of prayer
for all peoples.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:13 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
“Behold, my servants shall eat,
but you shall be hungry;
behold, my servants shall drink,
but you shall be thirsty;
behold, my servants shall rejoice,
but you shall be put to shame;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:10 - “Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her,
all you who love her;
rejoice with her in joy,
all you who mourn over her;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:15 - Cursed be the man who brought the news to my father,
“A son is born to you,”
making him very glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 - Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old shall be merry.
I will turn their mourning into joy;
I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:13 - And when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him, they rejoiced.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:11 - “Though you rejoice, though you exult,
O plunderers of my heritage,
though you frolic like a heifer in the pasture,
and neigh like stallions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17 - The LORD has done what he purposed;
he has carried out his word,
which he commanded long ago;
he has thrown down without pity;
he has made the enemy rejoice over you
and exalted the might of your foes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21 - Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,
you who dwell in the land of Uz;
but to you also the cup shall pass;
you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:12 - The time has come; the day has arrived. Let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all their multitude.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:6 - For thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the malice within your soul against the land of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:14 - Thus says the Lord GOD: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:3 - By their evil they make the king glad,
and the princes by their treachery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:1 - Rejoice not, O Israel!
Exult not like the peoples;
for you have played the whore, forsaking your God.
You have loved a prostitute’s wages
on all threshing floors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:21 - “Fear not, O land;
be glad and rejoice,
for the LORD has done great things!

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 - “Be glad, O children of Zion,
and rejoice in the LORD your God,
for he has given the early rain for your vindication;
he has poured down for you abundant rain,
the early and the latter rain, as before.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:13 - you who rejoice in Lo-debar,[fn]
who say, “Have we not by our own strength
captured Karnaim[fn] for ourselves?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:12 - But do not gloat over the day of your brother
in the day of his misfortune;
do not rejoice over the people of Judah
in the day of their ruin;
do not boast[fn]
in the day of distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:6 - Now the LORD God appointed a plant[fn] and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort.[fn] So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:8 - Rejoice not over me, O my enemy;
when I fall, I shall rise;
when I sit in darkness,
the LORD will be a light to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:15 - He[fn] brings all of them up with a hook;
he drags them out with his net;
he gathers them in his dragnet;
so he rejoices and is glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:14 - Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion;
shout, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:10 - Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:10 - For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. “These seven are the eyes of the LORD, which range through the whole earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:7 - Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior,
and their hearts shall be glad as with wine.
Their children shall see it and be glad;
their hearts shall rejoice in the LORD.

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