ma.s.vo.s denotes celebratory gladness, whether experienced, withdrawn, or used to characterize a place.

The noun most often marks rejoicing or gladness in construct relationships: it can be joy associated with music, a people, a city, or a promised future, and it can be described as ceasing or departing. One occurrence is an infinitive construct in a clause about rejoicing with named persons.

1. Rejoicing as a condition or quality · dominant

   Construct forms occur in settings where gladness is attached to persons, places, or occasions. In Isaiah 24:8 the APB renders paired clauses in which the joy of tambourines and of the lyre ceases; in Lamentations 5:15 it renders the rejoicing of the heart as having ceased and dancing as turned to mourning. Absolute forms in Isaiah 32:13 and Isaiah 65:18 occur in descriptions of houses of joy and Jerusalem created as rejoicing.

   Isaiah 24:8Lamentations 5:15Isaiah 32:13Isaiah 65:18Isaiah 60:15Ezekiel 24:25
2. Rejoicing with others · rare

   In Isaiah 8:6 the form is parsed as a Qal infinitive construct in the clause about a people that rejects gently flowing waters and rejoices with Rezin and the son of Remaliah. The APB renders the clause with “rejoices with,”.

   Isaiah 8:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the relevant clauses with “joy,” “rejoicing,” and “rejoices,” including joy that “ceases” or “has departed.” These renderings confirm the verses' overall presentation rather than assigning each English word mechanically to the lemma.