2 Kings 16:4:72 Kgs.16.4.W7TAB
רַעֲנָֽן׃
raanahn
“green or flourishing”
- Transliteration
- ra-a-NAHN
- 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-NAHN
- phraseyour reading level
KAL-ETS ra-a-NAHN
- clause
ve-TA-khat KAL-ETS ra-a-NAHN
- sentence
va-yezab-BE-akh va-ye-kat-TER ba-ba-MOT ve-AL-ha-ge-va-OT ve-TA-khat KAL-ETS ra-a-NAHN
Exegesis
The final clause vetachat kol-ets ra'anan {וְתַ֖חַת כָּל־עֵ֥ץ רַעֲנָֽן | wə-ta-ḥat kāl-ʼêṣ ra-ʻa-nān} ‘and under every green tree’ functions adverbially to underscore the pervasiveness of these idolatrous rites. The series of prepositions and repeated vav-consecutive forms emphasizes the extensive and systematic nature of Ahaz’s cultic activity.
Root and etymology
r-ʻ-nresh–ayin–nun
“to be fresh, green, luxuriant”
In context — 2 Kings 16:4
He also sacrificed and burned incense at the high places , on the hills , and beneath every green tree.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 16:4, so the Hebrew word רַעֲנָֽן׃ (raanahn) 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 Kgs.16.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.4.W7.S1) and character.