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title: רָעַן — be luxuriant · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָעַן (lemma:רָעַן), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be luxuriant. BDB 1906: vb. Paʿlel. grow luxuriant, fresh, green. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָעַן

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«רָעַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be luxuriant** — 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:רָעַן · **BDB:** רָעַן

### Glosses

it.will.grow.luxuriant (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be luxuriant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b8_5e2_5b7_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Paʿlel. grow luxuriant, fresh, green [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b8_5e2_5b7_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only Paʿlel. be or grow luxuriant, fresh, green;—Pf. 3 fs. רַעֲנָ֑נָה (De Hiob) Jb 15:32 (of branch, in fig.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (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 «רָעַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b8_5e2_5b7_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 15:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.32/)

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בְּֽלֹא־י֭וֹמוֹ תִּמָּלֵ֑א וְ֝כִפָּת֗וֹ לֹ֣א רַעֲנָֽנָה׃

*Word for word:* on not day his it.will.be.completed and his.palm branch not it.will.grow.luxuriant

*JPS 1917:* It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be leafy.

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