1 Kings 14:23:121 Kgs.14.23.W12TAB
רַעֲנָֽן׃
raanan
“green”
- Transliteration
- ra-a-NAN
- Extended
- rah-ah-NAHN
- IPA
- /ra.ʕăˈnaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- green
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ra-a-NAN
- phraseyour reading level
kal-ETS ra-a-NAN
- clause
AL kal-giv-A ge-vo-HA ve-TA-khat kal-ETS ra-a-NAN
- sentence
va-yiv-NU gam-HE-ma la-HEM ba-MOT u-mats-TSE-vot va-a-she-RIM AL kal-giv-A ge-vo-HA ve-TA-khat kal-ETS ra-a-NAN
Exegesis
The spatial phrases al kol-givʿah {עַל כָּל־גִּבְעָה | ʿal kol-giḇʿāh} ‘on every hill’ and vetachat kol-ets raʿanan {וְתַחַת כָּל־עֵץ רַעֲנָן | wə-taḥat kol-ʿeṣ raʿănān} ‘and under every green tree’ employ repeated prepositions to convey thorough pervasiveness. English rendering preserves this sequence and spatial scope to reflect the Hebrew’s emphatic breadth.
Root and etymology
r-ʿ-n
“be lush”
In context — 1 Kings 14:23
And they also built for themselves high places, pillars , and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 14:23, so the Hebrew word רַעֲנָֽן׃ (raanan) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.14.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.23.W12.S1) and character.