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title: רָקִיעַ — extended surface · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָקִיעַ (7549), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: extended surface. BDB 1906: n.m. extended surface expanse. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָקִיעַ

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«רָקִיעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **extended surface** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 17 times · **Key:** 7549 · **BDB:** רָקִיעַ

### Glosses

firmament (5); the.firmament (5); expanse (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

extended surface [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7549/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. extended surface expanse [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7549/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 1:6 extended surface, (solid) expanse (as if beaten out; cf. Jb 37:18);—abs. ר׳ Ez 1:22 +, cstr. רְ׳ Gn 1:14 +;—𝔊 στερέωμα, 𝔙 firmamentum, cf. Syriac sub √ supr.;— (flat) expanse (as if of ice, cf. כְּעֵין הַקֶרַח), as base, support (WklAltor. Forsch. iv. 347) Ez 1:22, 23, 25 (gloss? cf. Co Toy), v 26 (supporting י׳’sthrone) 10:1. Hence (Co Ez 1:22) the vault of heaven, or ‘firmament,’ regarded by Hebrews as solid, and supporting ‘waters’ above it, Gn 1:6, 7(×3), 8 (called שָׁמַיִם; all P), ψ 19:2 (‖ הַשָּׁמַיִם), זֹהַר הָר׳ Dn 12:3; also הַשָּׁמַיִם ר׳ Gn 1:14, 15, 17, עַל־פְּנֵי ר׳ הַשּׁ׳ v 20 (all P).\*

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָקִיעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7549/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 19:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.19.2/)

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הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם מְֽסַפְּרִ֥ים כְּבֽוֹד־אֵ֑ל וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָ֝דָ֗יו מַגִּ֥יד הָרָקִֽיעַ׃

*Word for word:* the heavens \[are\].recounting the.glory of.God and the.work his.hands his \[is\].telling the firmament

*JPS 1917:* The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth His handiwork;

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[Psalms 150:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.150.1/)

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הַ֥לְלוּ יָ֨הּ ׀ הַֽלְלוּ־אֵ֥ל בְּקָדְשׁ֑וֹ הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּ בִּרְקִ֥יעַ עֻזּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* praise Yahweh praise God in sanctuary his praise him in the.firmament his.strength his

*JPS 1917:* Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in the firmament of His power.

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