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חֶדְוָה

ched.vah

joy

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Strong’s H2305Noun, feminine1 time in the Aramaic of the Hebrew Bible

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Translated as

joy1

In the text

Ezra 6:16בְּחֶדְוָה
Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חֶדְוָה n.f. joy;—abs. Ezr 6:16

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.