Raqia – רָקִ֖יעַ

Firmament:  רָקִ֖יעַ r

• רָקִ֖עַ ] to stamp with the feet.
• II. to stamp, tread down, 2 Sa. 22. 43.
• III. to stretch, spread out, expand.
• Pi. I. to beat into thin plates.
• II. to cover with metallic plates, Is. 40. 19.
• Pu. part. beaten or spread into plates, Je. 10. 9.
• Hiph. to stretch out, expand, Job 37. 18.
• רָקִ֖יעַ m. d. 3 a, the expanse. Vulg. firmamentum.
• m. pl. plates of metal. Nu. 17. 3.
• (for the people is spread abroad)
• pr. name of a town in Judea, 1 Ch. 2. 44.

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