STRONGS NUMBER H7442


Word Summary
ranan: to give a ringing cry
Original Word: רָנַן
Transliteration: ranan
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-nan')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to give a ringing cry
Meaning: to give a ringing cry
Strong's Concordance
aloud for joy, cry out, be joyful greatly, make to rejoice, cause to shout for joy

A primitive root; properly, to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. To shout (usually for joy) -- aloud for joy, cry out, be joyful (greatly, make to) rejoice, (cause to) shout (for joy), (cause to) sing (aloud, for joy, out), triumph.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7442. ranan

[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 מִיָּ֑יִן מִתְרוֺנֵן כְּגִבּוֺרPsalm 78:65 like a hero overcome by wine (compare "" va); AV RV De Che and others shout (√רנן‎), compare ᵑ7‎; so Hup-Now, with alternate conjecture מִתְעוֺרֵר‎, and this sense more suitable (compare LuzzIl Pentateuco iii (1874), 162 (Leviticus 21:7) Perles79). — Proverbs 29:6 see רוץ רנן,‎.

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 Imperfect3masculine singular יָרוּן‎ (Ges§ 67q) Proverbs 29:6 (but read perhaps יָרוּץ‎, Pinsk Toy, see רוּץ

2); 3 feminine singular תָּרֹןIsaiah 35:6; 3masculine plural יָרֹ֫נוּ24:14 +, ׳וַיָּרLeviticus 9:24; 3feminine plural תָּרֹ֫נָּהProverbs 1:20; 8:3; Imperative feminine singular רָנִּיIsaiah 54:1 +, רֹ֫נִּי12:6; masculine plural רָנּוּJeremiah 31:7 +; Infinitive construct בְּרָןֿJob 38:7; — give a ringing cry:

1 in joy, exultation, "" צָהַלJeremiah 31:7 (׳ר שִׂמְחָה‎), Isaiah 12:6; 24:14 ("" קוֺל נָשָׂא‎) 54:1 (+רִנָּהמָּצַךְ‎); "" הֵרִיעַZephaniah 3:14 (+עלז שׂמח,‎), Isaiah 44:23; Job 38:7; "" שָׂמַח‎ Zechariah 2:14; Psalm 35:27; Proverbs 29:6 (see above); "" גִּילIsaiah 49:13 (+רִנָּה הֵרִים‎), "" צָוַח42:11; opposed to צָעַק‎ (cry in distress) 65:14 (מִן‎ of cause); Leviticus 9:24; Isaiah 35:6 (subject לָשׁוֺן‎). — 61:7 is corrupt; read perhaps וָרֹקand spitting, Klo CheHpt.

2 in distress, Lamentations 2:19.

3 cry aloud, in summons, exhortation (of wisdom) Proverbs 1:20 ("" קוֺל נָתַן‎), 8:3.

Pi`el Perfect3plural consecutive וְרִנְּנוּJeremiah 31:12; 51:48; Imperfect3feminine singular חְרַנֵּןPsalm 51:16, 3masculine plural יְרַנְּנוּ84:3 +, יְרַנֵּ֑נוּ5:12 +; 3 feminine plural חְרַנֵּ֫נָּה71:23 (van d. H. תְּרַנֵּנָה‎), etc.; Imperative masculine plural רַנְּנוּIsaiah 52:9 +; Infinitive absolute רַנֵּןPsalm 132:16, construct id. Isaiah 35:2; — give a ringing cry, in joy, exultation, especially in praise to ׳י‎, Jeremiah 31:12; 51:48; Isaiah 26:19; 35:2 (+גִּילַת‎, see גִּילָה‎), 52:8 ("" קוֺל נָשָׂא‎) 52:9 (+מָּצַח‎); elsewhere only Psalms: Psalm 5:12 ("" עָלַץ שָׂמַח,‎), 67:5; 90:14; 92:5 (with ב‎ of thing; all "" ׳שׂ‎ alone); 149:5 ("" עָלַז‎); 98:4 ("" הֵרִיעַ‎; +זִמֵּר מָּצַח,‎), 132:9; 145:7, יְרַנֵּ֑נוּ רַנֵּן132:16; with accusative of theme 51:16; 59:17 ("" שִׁיר‎); ׳בי33:1; ב‎ of thing 20:6; 63:8; 89:13; with ׳לי95:1 ("" הֵרִיעַ‎), אֶלאֵֿל84:3, י ׳(מִ)לפני96:12 ("" עָלַז‎) = 1 Chronicles 16:33 ("" עָלַץ‎), Psalm 98:8; subject שְׂכָּתַיִם71:23 ("" זִמֵּר‎).

Pu`al Imperfect3masculine singular impersonal יְרֻנָּן לֹאIsaiah 16:10 no ringing cry shall be given ("" יְרֹעַ֑ע‎).

Hiph`il Imperfect cause to ring out for joy, 1 singular אַרְנִן אַלְמָנָה לֵבJob 29:13; 2masculine singular ׳מוֺצָאֵ תַּרְנִין וָעֶרֶב בֹקֶרPsalm 65:9; Imperative masculine plural הַרְנִינוּring out a cry of joy 32:11 ("" גיל שׂמח,‎), ׳לי81:2 ("" הריע‎); with accusative of theme, עַמּוֺDeuteronomy 32:43 (see Dr; compare Pi`el). —

Hithpo`1el Psalm 78:65 compare רון‎.