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title: רַעֲנָן — luxuriant · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רַעֲנָן (7488), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: luxuriant. BDB 1906: adj. luxuriant, fresh. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רַעֲנָן

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«רַעֲנָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **luxuriant** — 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:** 19 times · **Key:** 7488 · **BDB:** רַעֲנָן

### Glosses

luxuriant (16); fresh (2); \[is\].luxuriant (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

luxuriant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7488/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. luxuriant, fresh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7488/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. luxuriant, fresh;—m. ר׳ Dt 12:2 +; f. רַעֲנָנָה Ct 1:16; mpl. רַעֲנַנִּים ψ 92:15;—luxuriant, of trees: בְּרוֹשׁ Ho 14:9, זַיִת ψ 52:10 (both sim.), Je 11:16 (fig.); sim. also, כְּאֶזְרָה ר׳ ψ 37:35 (but read כְּאֶרֶז הַלְּבָנוֹן 𝔊 and most); especially in phrase תַּחַת כָּל־עֵץ ר׳ place of idolatrous rites, Dt 12:2; 1 K 14:23; 2 K 16:4 = 2 Ch 28:4; 2 K 17:10; Je 2:20; 3:6, 13; Is 57:5; Ez 6:13; עַל־עֵץ ר׳ Je 17:2 (si vera l.); leaf v 8 (fig.); leafy couch Ct 1:16; fresh, oil ψ 92:11; fresh, flourishing, pers. (fig., as trees) v 15 (+ דְּשֵׁנִים).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רַעֲנָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7488/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 37:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.35/)

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רָ֭אִיתִי רָשָׁ֣ע עָרִ֑יץ וּ֝מִתְעָרֶ֗ה כְּאֶזְרָ֥ח רַעֲנָֽן׃

*Word for word:* I.have.seen a.wicked.\[person\] ruthless and spreading.himself like a.native.tree luxuriant

*JPS 1917:* I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a leafy tree in its native soil.

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[Psalms 92:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.92.15/)

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ע֭וֹד יְנוּב֣וּן בְּשֵׂיבָ֑ה דְּשֵׁנִ֖ים וְרַֽעֲנַנִּ֣ים יִהְיֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* still they will.bear.fruit in old.age fat and fresh they.will.be

*JPS 1917:* They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and richness;

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