רַעֲנָן m. (b. h.; cmp. רְעִי II) moist, green, fresh. Midr. Till. to Ps. XCII בצרתם הם כזית ר׳ even when they are in distress, they are like a green olive tree (hopeful); Pirké d’R. El. ch. XIX; Yalk. Ps. 845. Midr. Till. to Ps. XVIII, 30 ברוש אחד ר׳ a green cypress tree; a. e.—Pl. רַעֲנַנִּים. Yalk. Jer. 296 אף העלים … היו ר׳ וכ׳ even the leaves which dropped from him (Abraham) were green, that is Ishmael.
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רַעֲנָן m. (b. h.; cmp. רְעִי II ) moist, green, fresh . Midr. Till. to Ps. XCII בצרתם הם כזית ר׳ even when they are in distress, they are like a…
References
- Jastrow, רְעִי III 1
- Midrash Tehillim 92:7
- Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 19:12
- Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 845:2
- Midrash Tehillim 18:23
- Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 296:3