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title: רִנָּה — ringing cry · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רִנָּה (7440), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 33 times: ringing cry. BDB 1906: n.f. ringing cry. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רִנָּה

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«רִנָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ringing cry** — 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:** 33 times · **Key:** 7440 · **BDB:** רִנָּה

### Glosses

a.shout.of.joy (16); of.entreaty (8); of.a.shout.of.joy (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ringing cry [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7440/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. ringing cry [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7440/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. ringing cry;—abs. ר׳ Je 7:16 +; sf. רִנָּתִי ψ 17:1 +, רִנָּתָם Je 14:12 +;—ringing cry: in entreaty, supplication, to י׳, 1 K 8:28 = 2 Ch 6:19; Je 7:16; 11:14 ψ 17:1; 61:2; 88:3 (all + תְּפִלָּה), 106:44; 119:169; 142:7; Je 14:12. in proclamation 1 K 22:36. in joy, especially praise to י׳, + שִׂמְחָה Is 35:10; 51:11 (+ שָׂשׂוֹן); + תְּהִלָּה 2 Ch 20:22, + שָׂשׂוֹן ψ 105:43, + תּוֹדָה 107:22, + עלץ Pr 11:10; ‖ שְׂהוֹק ψ 126:2; opp. בְּכִי, etc. 30:6; 126:6, cf. v 5; קוֹל ר׳ Is 48:20 ψ 42:5 (+ תּוֹדָה), 47:2; 118:15 (+ יְשׁוּעָה); פָּצַח ר׳ Is 14:7; 44:23; 49:13; 54:1; 55:12; of י׳’s joy over Zion Zp 3:17;—בָּאֳנִיּוֹת רִנָּתָם Is 43:14 in the ships of their ringing cry, in which they exulted, but dub.; Hi Ew בַּאֲנִיּוֹת (bring down) into mourning their ר׳; cf. Kit-Di Du CheHpt. Marti.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 33 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רִנָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7440/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 126:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.126.5/)

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הַזֹּרְעִ֥ים בְּדִמְעָ֗ה בְּרִנָּ֥ה יִקְצֹֽרוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[those who\].sow with tear\[s\] with a.shout.of.joy they.will.reap

*JPS 1917:* They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

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[Isaiah 14:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.7/)

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נָ֥חָה שָׁקְטָ֖ה כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ פָּצְח֖וּ רִנָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* it.is.at.rest it.is.at.peace all the earth people.have.broken.forth a.shout.of.joy

*JPS 1917:* The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet; they break forth into singing.

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