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title: רָזַן — be weighty · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָזַן (7336), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: be weighty. BDB 1906: vb. be weighty, judicious, commanding. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָזַן

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«רָזַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be weighty** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 7336 · **BDB:** רָזַן

### Glosses

rulers (5); O.rulers (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be weighty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7336/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be weighty, judicious, commanding [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7336/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be weighty, judicious, commanding (Arabic رَزُنَ be weighty, grave, firm of judgment; NH רֹווֵן = BH, so רוזנים Ecclus 44:4);—only Pt. pl. as subst., rulers, potentates, ‖ מְלָכִים: רֹזְנִים Ju 5:3; Hb 1:10, רוֹ׳ ψ 2:2 Pr 8:15 31:4, ‖ שֹׁפְטֵי אֶרֶץ Is 40:23.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָזַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7336/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 8:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.15/)

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בִּ֭י מְלָכִ֣ים יִמְלֹ֑כוּ וְ֝רוֹזְנִ֗ים יְחֹ֣קְקוּ צֶֽדֶק׃

*Word for word:* by me kings they.reign and rulers they.enact righteousness

*JPS 1917:* By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

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[Isaiah 40:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.23/)

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הַנּוֹתֵ֥ן רוֹזְנִ֖ים לְאָ֑יִן שֹׁ֥פְטֵי אֶ֖רֶץ כַּתֹּ֥הוּ עָשָֽׂה׃

*Word for word:* the.\[one who\].appoints rulers to nothing judges of.\[the\].earth like (the) nothingness he.makes

*JPS 1917:* That bringeth princes to nothing; He maketh the judges of the earth as a thing of nought.

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