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To rattle

רָנָהStrong’s H7439

ranah (ra-nah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Ranah is the Hebrew word usually translated “it rattles”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.”
Job 39:23 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Qal) to rattle
How it's translated
  • it rattles 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Job 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    רָנָה ranah · to rattle

    (Qal) to rattle

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “rattle” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    RAT'TLE, verb intransitive

    1. To make a quick sharp noise rapidly repeated, by the collision of bodies not very sonorous.
    2. To speak eagerly and noisily; to utter words in a clattering manner.
    All definitions and other forms of “rattle”

      RAT'TLE, verb transitive

      1. To cause to make a rattling sound or a rapid succession of sharp sounds; as, to rattle a chain.
      2. To stun with noise; to drive with sharp sounds rapidly repeated.
      3. To scold; to rail at clamorously; as, to rattle off servants sharply.

      RAT'TLE, noun

      1. A rapid succession of sharp clattering sounds; as the rattle of a drum.
      2. A rapid succession of words sharply uttered; loud rapid talk; clamorous chiding.
      3. An instrument with which a clattering sound is made.
      4. A plant of the genus Pedicularis, louse-wort.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.