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# שָׂשׂוֹן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8342

**exultation** — used 22 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

exultation [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8342/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׂשׂוֹן: n.m. exultation, rejoicing [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8342/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 51:3 exultation, rejoicing;—abs. שׂ׳ ψ 45:8 +, שָׂשׂן Est 8:16; cstr. שְׂשׂוֹן (Sta § 296 e) ψ 51:14; 119:111;—exultation, joy (especially in י׳’s favour), Jo 1:12; Is 12:3 ψ 51:14; 105:43; 119:111; שֶׁמֶן שׂ׳ (i.e. with which guests were anointed; fig.) ψ 45:8; Is 61:3 (opp. אֵבֶל); שֵׁם שׂ׳ Je 33:9 (‖ תְּהִלָּה; on text v. Gie AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 115); elsewhere ‖ שִׂמְחָה: Je 7:34; 15:16; 16:9; 25:10; 33:11; Is 22:13 (only here condemned as reckless, wanton), 35:10; 51:3, 11 Zc 8:19 ψ 51:10; Est 8:16, 17; ‖ שָׂמַח Je 31:13 (opp. אֵבֶל).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: joy (13); of joy (7); \[are\] the joy (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 51:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.51.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.51.10/#tree)

תַּ֭שְׁמִיעֵנִי שָׂשׂ֣וֹן וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה תָּ֝גֵ֗לְנָה עֲצָמ֥וֹת דִּכִּֽיתָ׃

*Word for word:* you will.make.me.hear joy and gladness let.them.rejoice \[the\].bones \[which\].you.have.crushed

*JPS 1917:* Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which Thou hast crushed may rejoice.

[Isaiah 12:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.12.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.12.3/#tree)

וּשְׁאַבְתֶּם־מַ֖יִם בְּשָׂשׂ֑וֹן מִמַּעַיְנֵ֖י הַיְשׁוּעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.draw water with joy from the.springs of.(the) salvation

*JPS 1917:* Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8342.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8342/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).