רָקַע
ra.qa
“to beat”
Definition
to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)
a primitive root;
- 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)
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Grammar & Morphology
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
רָקַע appears 10 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
I ground them as the dust of the earth;I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.
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To an idol that a craftsman castsand a metalworker overlays with goldand fits with silver chains?
Thus says the LORD,your Redeemer who formed you from the womb:“I am the LORD,who has made all things,who alone stretched out the heavens,who by Myself spread out the earth,
can you, like Him, spread out the skiesto reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?
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