Joyful in Hebrew is שָׂמֵחַ (saméaẖ).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
שָׂמֵחַ
saméaẖ
adjective · masculine
In English
joyful
/ˈd͡ʒɔɪfl̩/
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for joyful as an adjective.
feeling or causing joy
- שָׂמֵחַשמחsaméaẖmasculineIn the Hebrew dictionary
This is more about the Hebrew word שָׂמֵחַ.
- Written with vowel points
- שָׂמֵחַ
- Written without vowel points
- שמח
- Said
- saméaẖ
- Feminine form
- שְׂמֵחָה
- Its meanings in English
- joyful, happy, glad, pleased, merry, joyous, cheerful
The Hebrew dictionary's page for שמח, with its synonyms and rhymes
These English words share a Hebrew word with joyful.
These words come before and after joyful in the list.
These are the questions people ask about joyful in Hebrew.
How do you say joyful in Hebrew?
joyful in Hebrew is שָׂמֵחַ, said saméaẖ. Without vowel points it is written שמח.
What else does שמח mean in English?
Besides joyful, שמח can mean happy, glad, pleased and merry, joyous, cheerful.
How is joyful pronounced in English?
joyful is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɔɪfl̩/.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry joyful 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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