What does שִׂמְחָה · פָּנִים mean in the Bible?
שִׂמְחָה · פָּנִים is a Hebrew phrase meaning "Rejoicing before the LORD — the covenant community's commanded celebratory posture at the chosen place".
Hebrew · H8057, H6440
שִׂמְחָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה
Blithesomeness or glee , (religious or festival) · the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ( before , etc.)
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שִׂמְחָה H8057 blithesomeness or glee , (religious or festival)
פָּנִים H6440 the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ( before , etc.)
What does שִׂמְחָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה (simchah lifney YHWH) mean in the Bible?
שִׂמְחָה · פָּנִים is a Hebrew phrase meaning "Rejoicing before the LORD — the covenant community's commanded celebratory posture at the chosen place".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H8057, H6440?
H8057, H6440 is connected to 2,221 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. Rejoicing before the LORD — the covenant community's commanded celebratory posture at the chosen place
Strong's H8057, H6440
Lexical occurrences 2,221 verses Source Gloss
Rejoicing before the LORD — the covenant community's commanded celebratory posture at the chosen place
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
שִׂמְחָה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה is built from this root:
Sources
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