hebrew #7554 - רָקַע raqa (to beat)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance beat, make broad, spread abroad forth, over, out, into plates, stamp, stretch A primitive root; to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal) -- beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch. Englishman's Concordance 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) Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 2217 Brown-Driver-Briggs [רָקַע] verbbeat, 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, SchwIdioticon 90; Phoenician מרקעplatter, or bowl, of gold CISi. 90, 1); — QalImperfect1singular suffix אֶרְקָעֵם2 Samuel 22:43I will stamp them down (probably gloss to אֲדִקֵּם preceding, of. BaePs 18:43); Imperativeרְקַע בְּדַגְלְךָEzekiel 6:11beat (stamp) with thy foot, in token of contemptuous pleasure, compare Da ("" הַכֵּה בְכַמְּךָ); so Infinitive construct suffix רַקְעֲךָ בְּרָ֑גֶלEzekiel 25:6 ("" מַחְאֲךָ יָד); Participle active as substantive construct (Ges§ 65d) רֹקַע הָאָרֶץ (i.e. ׳י) he that (beateth out) spreadeth out the earthIsaiah 42:5, רֹקַע׳הַאIsaiah 44:24, ׳רוֺקַע הָאPsalm 136:6. Pi`elImperfect3masculine singular suffix בַּזָּהָב יְרַקְּעֶנּוּIsaiah 40:19 a goldsmith with gold over-layeth it (literally beateth it out3masculine plural וַיְרַקְּעוּ אֶתֿמַּחֵי הַזָּהָבExodus 39:3they beat out the plates of gold; suffix וַיְרִקְּעוּם צִמּוּיNumbers 17:4they beat them out as plating. Pu`alParticipleכֶּסֶף מְרֻקָּ֑עJeremiah 10:9silver beaten out. Hiph`ilImperfect2masculine singular תַּרְקִיעַ עִמּוֺ לִשְׁחָקִיםJob 37:18canst thou make with (=like) him a spreading for clouds (spread out clouds; cf, רָקִיעַ)? Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 7554. רָקַע (raqa) — 11 OccurrencesExodus 39:3 Numbers 16:39 2 Samuel 22:43 Job 37:18 Psalm 136:6 Isaiah 40:19 Isaiah 42:5 Isaiah 44:24 Jeremiah 10:9 Ezekiel 6:11 Ezekiel 25:6 |