joyful
part of speech
adjective (joyful, more joyful, most joyful); adverb joyfully
meaning for a pupil
1) Very happy, or full of joy. tree →
2) Causing joy: «joyful news». tree →
3) (church) Used in hymns and prayers for happy praise of God: «Make a joyful noise to the Lord». tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories a joyful scene ends a sad journey: a joyful reunion, a joyful wedding. In church life Christmas and Easter are joyful festivals; Psalm 100 says «Make a joyful noise». Phrases: «joyful news», «a joyful occasion», «joyful singing».
examples
- Lo, let that night be desolate; let no joyful voice come therein. (Writings JOB.3.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD; it shall rejoice in His salvation. (Writings PSA.35.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- Who maketh the barren woman to dwell in her house as a joyful mother of children. (Writings PSA.113.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- The children gave a joyful shout when it snowed. tree →
- It was a joyful day when the puppy came home. tree →
- The church choir sang a joyful carol. tree →
- «Make a joyful noise unto the Lord.» tree →
- Everyone was joyful at the news. tree →
- The families had a joyful reunion at the airport. tree →
- Wherever they went they met with a joyful greeting. tree →
note
Spelled with one l at the end: joyful, not «joyfull». Noun: joy, joyfulness. Similar: happy, glad, cheerful, delighted.
In the corpora
- And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD; it shall rejoice in His salvation.
- My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth doth praise Thee with joyful lips;
- Happy is the people that know the joyful shout; they walk, O LORD, in the light of Thy countenance.
- Who maketh the barren woman to dwell in her house as a joyful mother of children.
- Let Israel rejoice in his Maker; let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «joyful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.