2 Chronicles 28:4:72 Chr.28.4.W7TAB
רַעֲנָֽן׃
raanan
“green or flourishing”
- Transliteration
- ra-a-NAN
- Extended
- rah-ah-NAAN
- IPA
- /ra.ʕăˈnaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- green or flourishing
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
ve-TA-khat KAL-ETS ra-a-NAN
- sentence
va-ye-zab-BE-akh va-ye-kat-TER ba-ba-MOT ve-AL-ha-ge-va-OT ve-TA-khat KAL-ETS ra-a-NAN
Exegesis
It then presents a spatial triad—babamot {בַּבָּמוֹת | ba-bā-mōwṯ} ‘at the high places,’ ʿal-hagvaot {עַל־הַגְּבָע֑וֹת | ʿal-ha-ğə-ḇā-ʿōṯ} ‘upon the hills,’ and tachat kol ʿetz raanan {תַ֖חַת כָּל־עֵ֥ץ רַעֲנָֽן | ṯa-ḥat kāl-ʿêṣ ra-ăn-ān} ‘under every green tree’—which frames the full geographical scope. The construct chain kol ʿetz raanan fuses quantifier, noun, and adjective, and the repetition of piel verbs intensifies the portrayal of pervasive idolatrous worship.
Root and etymology
r-ʿ-nresh–ayin–nun
“to be fresh”
In context — 2 Chronicles 28:4
He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places , on the hills, and beneath every green tree .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 28:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 28:4, 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 2 Chr.28.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.4.W7.S1) and character.