חָדָהchâdâh
rejoice
Pronunciation: khaw-daw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2302
Meanings
Qal: rejoiced, let it not rejoice (Exodus 18:9; Job 3:6; 1 Samuel 6:19)
Pi`el: thou makest him joyful, cheerest him (Psalms 21:7)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 18:9 Jethro was delighted when he heard about all the good things the Lord had done for Israel as he rescued them from the hand of the Egyptians.
- Job 3:6 Let that night be blotted off the calendar, never again to be counted among the days of the year, never again to appear among the months.
- Psalms 21:6 You have endowed him with eternal blessings and given him the joy of your presence.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).