Analytic forms of $\frac{\sinh(2\pi/7)}{\sinh^{2}(3\pi/7)} - \frac{\sinh(\pi/7)}{\sinh^{2}(2\pi/7)} + \frac{\sinh(3\pi/7)}{\sinh^{2}(\pi/7)}$

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On page 183 of Berndt's Ramanujan's Notebooks Vol. 4, eq. 32.34 reads:

$$ \frac{\sin(2\pi/7)} {\sin^{2}(3\pi/7)} - \frac{\sin(\pi/7)}{\sin^{2}(2\pi/7)} + \frac{\sin(3\pi/7)} {\sin^{2}(\pi/7)} = 2\sqrt{7} $$

If the sines are replaced by hyperbolic sines

$$ \frac{\sinh(2\pi/7)} {\sinh^{2}(3\pi/7)} - \frac{\sinh(\pi/7)} {\sinh^{2}(2\pi/7)} + \frac{\sinh(3\pi/7)} {\sinh^{2}(\pi/7)} \approx 8.196723051395340184\ldots ? $$

Wolfram alpha believes this is a transcendental number.

Is there another analytic expression for it besides the stated one?