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Delight in Hebrew is שִׂמֵּחַ (siméakh).

Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.

שִׂמֵּחַ
siméakh
verb
In English

delight

/dəˈlaɪt/ /dɪˈlaɪt/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with D

These are the Hebrew words for delight as a verb.

to give pleasure to

  • שִׂמֵּחַשימחsiméakh

These words come before and after delight in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨delight⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨delight⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨delight⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨שִׂמֵּחַ⁩, said siméakh. Without vowel points it is written ⁨שימח⁩.

How is ⁨delight⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨delight⁩ is pronounced ⁨/dəˈlaɪt/, /dɪˈlaɪt/⁩.

The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry delight and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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