Clap

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An emphatic expression of joy, "They clapped their hands ( nākhāh ), and said, Long live (the King James Version "God save") the king" ( 2 Kings 11:12 ); "Oh clap your hands ( tāḳa‛ ), all ye peoples" ( Psalm 47:1 ); or exultation ( ṣāphaḳ , Lamentations 2:15; māḥā ), Ezekiel 25:6; tāḳa‛ , Nahum 3:19 ); or repudiation ( ṣāphaḳ , Job 27:23; Job 34:37 ).

Figurative: māḥā' Psalm 98:8 Isaiah 55:12 Judges 5:20