Lexical Definition

‎רָנַן‎ rânan (raw-nan') to overcome ^H:V
a primitive root

aloud for joy, cry out, be joyful (greatly, make to) rejoice, (cause to) shout (for joy), (cause to) sing (aloud, for joy, out), triumph.

• properly, to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. to shout (usually for joy)

1) to overcome
1a) (Hithpolel) to be overcome
2) to cry out, shout for joy, give a ringing cry
2a) (Qal)
2a1) to give a ringing cry (in joy, exaltation, distress)
2a2) to cry aloud (in summons, exhortation of wisdom)
2b) (Piel) to give a ringing cry (in joy, exultation, praise
2c) (Pual) ringing cry, singing out (passive)
2d) (Hiphil) to cause to ring or sing out (for joy)
2e) (Hithpolel) rejoicing (participle)

See Greek: ἀγαλλιάω · ἐξίστημι · εὐλογέω · εὐφροσύνη · καυχάομαι · ὑμνέω · ὑψόω · χαίρω · χαρά

Extended Information

• Also means: ran.nen (‎ר‎ַ‎נ‎ֵּ‎ן‎ "to sing" רַנֵּן)

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Also see: רוּץ | רוּעַ

[‎רוּן‎] verb overcome (compare Arabic (), with or person, overcome, e.g. of wine); — assumed in Hebrew by Thes (after ᵐ5) and most modern to explain Hithpo`el Participle ‎כְּגִבּוֺר מִתְרוֺנֵן מִיָּ֑יִן‎ Ps 78:65 like a hero overcome by wine (compare || v^a); AV RV De Che and others shout (√‎רנן‎), compare ᵑ7; so Hup-Now, with alternate conjecture ‎מִתְעוֺרֵר‎, and this sense more suitable (compare Luzz^{Il Pentateuco iii (1874), 162 (Lev 21:7)} Perles⁷⁹). — Prov 29:6 see ‎רנן‎, ‎רוץ‎.

Also see: רוּץ

‎רָנַן‎] verb give a ringing cry (onomatopoetic? compare Arabic cry aloud, also twang (of bowstring); Late Hebrew Pi`el murmur, complain, compare Jewish-Aramaic (not ᵑ7) ); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָרוּן‎ (Ges^{«GKC:67q»§ 67q}) Prov 29:6 (but read perhaps ‎יָרוּץ‎, Pinsk Toy, see ‎רוּץ‎ 2); 3 feminine singular ‎תָּרֹן‎ Isa 35:6 3 masculine plural ‎יָרֹ֫נוּ‎ Isa 24:14 +, ‎׳‎‎וַיָּר‎ Lev 9:24 3 feminine plural ‎תָּרֹ֫נָּה‎ Prov 1:20; Prov 8:3 Imperative feminine singular ‎רָנִּי‎ Isa 54:1 +, ‎רֹ֫נִּי‎ Isa 12:6 masculine plural ‎רָנּוּ‎ Jer 31:7 +; Infinitive construct ‎בְּרָןֿ‎ Job 38:7 — give a ringing cry:

1. in joy, exultation, || ‎צָהַל‎ Jer 31:7 (‎שִׂמְחָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎), Isa 12:6; Isa 24:14 (|| ‎נָשָׂא קוֺל‎) Isa 54:1 (+‎רִנָּהפָּצַךְ‎); || ‎הֵרִיעַ‎ Zeph 3:14 (+‎שׂמח‎, ‎עלז‎), Isa 44:23; Job 38:7 || ‎שָׂמַח‎ Zech 2:14*; Ps 35:27; Prov 29:6 (see above); || ‎גִּיל‎ Isa 49:13 (+‎הֵרִים רִנָּה‎), || ‎צָוַח‎ Isa 42:11 opposed to ‎צָעַק‎ (cry in distress) Isa 65:14 (‎מִן‎ of cause); Lev 9:24; Isa 35:6 (subject ‎לָשׁוֺן‎). — Isa 61:7 is corrupt; read perhaps ‎וָרֹק‎ and spitting, Klo Che^Hpt.

2. in distress, Lam 2:19.

3. cry aloud, in summons, exhortation (of wisdom) Prov 1:20 (|| ‎נָתַן קוֺל‎), Prov 8:3. Pi`el Perfect 3 plural consecutive ‎וְרִנְּנוּ‎ Jer 31:12; Jer 51:48 Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎חְרַנֵּן‎ Ps 51:16*, 3 masculine plural ‎יְרַנְּנוּ‎ Ps 84:3* +, ‎יְרַנֵּ֑נוּ‎ Ps 5:12* +; 3 feminine plural ‎חְרַנֵּ֫נָּה‎ Ps 71:23 (van d. H. ‎תְּרַנֵּנָה‎), etc.; Imperative masculine plural ‎רַנְּנוּ‎ Isa 52:9 +; Infinitive absolute ‎רַנֵּן‎ Ps 132:16, construct id. Isa 35:2 — give a ringing cry, in joy, exultation, especially in praise to ‎׳‎‎י‎, Jer 31:12; Jer 51:48; Isa 26:19; Isa 35:2 (+‎גִּילַת‎, see ‎גִּילָה‎), Isa 52:8 (|| ‎נָשָׂא קוֺל‎) vIsa 52:9 (+‎פָּצַח‎); elsewhere only Psalms: Ps 5:12* (|| ‎שָׂמַח‎, ‎עָלַץ‎), Ps 67:5*; Ps 90:14; Ps 92:5* (with ‎ב‎ of thing; all || ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ alone); Ps 149:5 (|| ‎עָלַז‎); Ps 98:4 (|| ‎הֵרִיעַ‎; +‎פָּצַח‎, ‎זִמֵּר‎), Ps 132:9; Ps 145:7, ‎רַנֵּן יְרַנֵּ֑נוּ‎ Ps 132:16 with accusative of theme Ps 51:16*; Ps 59:17* (|| ‎שִׁיר‎); ‎׳‎‎בי‎ Ps 33:1 ‎ב‎ of thing Ps 20:6*; Ps 63:8*; Ps 89:13* with ‎׳‎‎לי‎ Ps 95:1 (|| ‎הֵרִיעַ‎), ‎אֶלאֵֿל‎ Ps 84:3*, ‎׳‎‎(מִ)לפני י‎ Ps 96:12 (|| ‎עָלַז‎) = 1Chr 16:33 (|| ‎עָלַץ‎), Ps 98:8 subject ‎שְׂכָּתַיִם‎ Ps 71:23 (|| ‎זִמֵּר‎). Pu`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular impersonal ‎לֹא יְרֻנָּן‎ Isa 16:10 no ringing cry shall be given (|| ‎יְרֹעַ֑ע‎). Hiph`il Imperfect cause to ring out for joy, 1 singular ‎לֵב אַלְמָנָה אַרְנִן‎ Job 29:13 2 masculine singular ‎בֹקֶר וָעֶרֶב תַּרְנִין‎ ‎׳‎‎מוֺצָאֵ‎ Ps 65:9* Imperative masculine plural ‎הַרְנִינוּ‎ ring out a cry of joy Ps 32:11 (|| ‎שׂמח‎, ‎גיל‎), ‎׳‎‎לי‎ Ps 81:2* (|| ‎הריע‎); with accusative of theme, ‎עַמּוֺ‎ Deut 32:43 (see Dr; compare Pi`el). —

Hithpo`1el Ps 78:65 compare ‎רון‎.

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