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title: רַעֲנַן — flourishing · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: רַעֲנַן (lemma:רַעֲנַן), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: flourishing. BDB 1906: adj. flourishing. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רַעֲנַן

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«רַעֲנַן» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **flourishing** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:רַעֲנַן · **BDB:** רַעֲנַן

### Glosses

flourishing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flourishing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b7_5e2_5b2_5e0_5b7_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. flourishing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b7_5e2_5b2_5e0_5b7_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. flourishing (perhaps loan-word from BH רַעֲנָן luxuriant, √ רען);—fig. of pers. Dn 4:1 (cf. BH ψ 92:15).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רַעֲנַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b7_5e2_5b2_5e0_5b7_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.1/)

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אֲנָ֣ה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗ר שְׁלֵ֤ה הֲוֵית֙ בְּבֵיתִ֔י וְרַעְנַ֖ן בְּהֵיכְלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* I Nebuchadnezzar at.ease I.was in house my and flourishing in palace my

*JPS 1917:* I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace.

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