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Isaiah 54:1

“Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

רָנַןrânan · raw-nan'
H7442 · Hebrew
Definition
properly, to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. to shout (usually for joy)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
aloud for joy, cry out, be joyful (greatly, make to) rejoice, (cause to) shout (for joy), (cause to) sing (aloud, for joy, out), triumph.
Grammar
  • רָנִּ֥י — verb Qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular
Code HVqv2fs
Usage
Occurs 53 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 9:24Deuteronomy 32:431 Chronicles 16:33Job 29:13Job 38:7

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Verse 2

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.