King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H7554
Transliteration: raqa
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-kah')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out
Meaning: to pound the earth, to expand, to overlay
Word Summary
raqa: to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out
Original Word: רָקַעTransliteration: raqa
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-kah')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out
Meaning: to pound the earth, to expand, to overlay
Strong's Concordance
beat, make broad, spread abroad forth, over, out, into plates, stamp, stretchA 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7554. raqa
[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, SchwIdioticon 90; Phoenician מרקע platter, or bowl, of gold CISi. 90, 1); —
Qal Imperfect1singular suffix אֶרְקָעֵם 2 Samuel 22:43 I will stamp them down (probably gloss to אֲדִקֵּם preceding, of. BaePsalm 18:43); Imperative בְּדַגְלְךָ רְקַע Ezekiel 6:11 beat (stamp) with thy foot, in token of contemptuous pleasure, compare Da ("" בְכַמְּךָ הַכֵּה); so Infinitive construct suffix בְּרָ֑גֶל רַקְעֲךָ 25:6 ("" יָד מַחְאֲךָ); Participle active as substantive construct (Ges§ 65d) הָאָרֶץ רֹקַע (i.e. ׳י) he that (beateth out) spreadeth out the earth Isaiah 42:5, ׳הַא רֹקַע 44:24, הָא ׳רוֺקַע Psalm 136:6.
Pi`el Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יְרַקְּעֶנּוּ בַּזָּהָב Isaiah 40:19 a goldsmith with gold over-layeth it (literally beateth it out3masculine plural הַזָּהָב מַּחֵי אֶתֿ וַיְרַקְּעוּ Exodus 39:3 they beat out the plates of gold; suffix צִמּוּי וַיְרִקְּעוּם Numbers 17:4 they beat them out as plating.
Pu`al Participle מְרֻקָּ֑ע כֶּסֶף Jeremiah 10:9 silver beaten out.
Hiph`il Imperfect2masculine singular לִשְׁחָקִים עִמּוֺ תַּרְקִיעַ Job 37:18 canst thou make with (= like) him a spreading for clouds (spread out clouds; cf, רָקִיעַ)?