Lexical Definition

‎רָקַע‎ râqaʻ (raw-kah') to beat ^H:V
a primitive root

beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.

• to pound the earth (as a sign of passion)
• by analogy to expand (by hammering)
• by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)

1) to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out, stretch
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to stamp, beat out
1a2) one who beats out (participle)
1b) (Piel) to overlay, beat out (for plating)
1c) (Pual) beaten out (participle)
1d) (Hiphil) to make a spreading (of clouds)

See Greek: στερεόω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎רָקַע‎] verb beat, stamp, beat out, spread out (Late Hebrew id.; Hiph`il, Aramaic ‎רְקַע‎ Aph`el, both spread out, and derivatives; Syriac press down (Luke 6:38 ᵑ6), spread out, also consolidate; Arabic patch, put on a patch, repair, compare Christian-Palestinian Aramaic patch, swaddling-bands, Schw^{Idioticon 90}; Phoenician ‎מרקע‎ platter, or bowl, of gold CIS^{i. 90, 1}); —

Qal Imperfect 1 singular suffix ‎אֶרְקָעֵם‎ 2Sam 22:43 I will stamp them down (probably gloss to ‎אֲדִקֵּם‎ preceding, of. Bae^{Ps 18:43}); Imperative ‎רְקַע בְּדַגְלְךָ‎ Ezek 6:11 beat (stamp) with thy foot, in token of contemptuous pleasure, compare Da (|| ‎הַכֵּה בְכַפְּךָ‎); so Infinitive construct suffix ‎רַקְעֲךָ בְּרָ֑גֶל‎ Ezek 25:6 (|| ‎מַחְאֲךָ יָד‎); Participle active as substantive construct (Ges^{«GKC:65d»§ 65d}) ‎רֹקַע הָאָרֶץ‎ (i.e. ‎׳‎‎י‎) he that (beateth out) spreadeth out the earth Isa 42:5, ‎רֹקַע‎ ‎׳‎‎הַא‎ Isa 44:24, ‎׳‎‎רוֺקַע הָא‎ Ps 136:6. Pi`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎בַּזָּהָב יְרַקְּעֶנּוּ‎ Isa 40:19 a goldsmith with gold over-layeth it (literally beateth it out 3 masculine plural ‎וַיְרַקְּעוּ אֶתֿ‎ ‎פַּחֵי הַזָּהָב‎ Exod 39:3 they beat out the plates of gold; suffix ‎וַיְרִקְּעוּם צִפּוּי‎ Num 17:4* they beat them out as plating. Pu`al Participle ‎כֶּסֶף מְרֻקָּ֑ע‎ Jer 10:9 silver beaten out. Hiph`il Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תַּרְקִיעַ עִמּוֺ לִשְׁחָקִים‎ Job 37:18 canst thou make with (= like) him a spreading for clouds (spread out clouds; cf, ‎רָקִיעַ‎)?

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