Lexical Definition

‎רַעֲנָן‎ raʻănân (rah-an-awn') be fresh ^H:V
from an unused root meaning to be green

green, flourishing.

• verdant
• by analogy, new
• figuratively, prosperous

v
1) (Palel) to be or grow luxuriant or fresh or green
adj
2) luxuriant, fresh

Extended Information

• adj
• luxuriant, fresh
• Aramaic equivalent: ra.a.nan (‎ר‎ַ‎ע‎ֲ‎נ‎ַ‎ן‎ "luxuriant" רַעֲנַן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רַעֲנָן‎ adjective luxuriant, fresh; — masculine ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Deut 12:2 +; feminine ‎רַעֲנָנָה‎ Song 1:16 masculine plural ‎רַעֲנַנִּים‎ Ps 92:15* — luxuriant, of trees: ‎בְּרוֺשׁ‎ Hos 14:9*, ‎זַיִת‎ Ps 52:10* (both simile), Jer 11:16 (figurative); simile also, ‎׳‎‎כְּאֶזְרָח ר‎ Ps 37:35 (but read ‎כְּאֶרֶז הַלְּבָנוֺן‎ ᵐ5 ᵑ6 and most); especially in phrase ‎תַּחַת‎ ‎׳‎‎כָּלעֵֿץ ר‎ place of idolatrous rites, Deut 12:2; 1Kgs 14:23; 2Kgs 16:4 = 2Chr 28:4; 2Kgs 17:10; Jer 2:20; Jer 3:6; Jer 3:13; Isa 57:5; Ezek 6:13 ‎׳‎‎עַלעֵֿץ ר‎ Jer 17:2 (si vera lectio); leaf vJer 17:8 (figurative); leafy couch Song 1:16 fresh, oil Ps 92:11* fresh, flourishing, person (figurative, as trees) vPs 92:15* (+ ‎דְּשֵׁנִים‎).

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