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title: רָקַע — beat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָקַע (7554), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: beat. BDB 1906: vb. beat, stamp, beat out, spread out. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָקַע

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«רָקַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **beat** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 7554 · **BDB:** רָקַע

### Glosses

\[who\].beat.out (2); I (1); \[one.who\].beat.out (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

beat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7554/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. beat, stamp, beat out, spread out [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7554/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. beat, stamp, beat out, spread out (NH id.; Hiph., Aramaic רְקַע Aph., both spread out, and deriv.; Syriac ܪܩܰܥ press down (Lk 6:38 𝔊), spread out, also consolidate; Arabic رَقَعَ patch, put on a patch, repair, cf. Chr-Pal. ܡܪܩܥܐ patch, ܡܪܘܩܥܢܝܬܐ swaddling-bands, SchwallyIdiot. 90; Ph. מרקע platter, or bowl, of gold CISi. 90, 1);— Impf. 1 s. sf. אֶרְקָעֵם 2 S 22:43 I will stamp them down (prob. gloss to אֲדִקֵּם preceding, cf. Bae ψ 18:43); Imv. רְקַע בְּרַגְלְךָ Ez 6:11 beat (stamp) with thy foot, in token of contemptuous pleasure, cf. Da (‖ הַכֵּה בְכַפְּךָ); so Inf. cstr. sf. רַקְעֲךָ בְּרָ֑גֶל 25:6 (‖ מַחְאֲךָ יָד); Pt. act. as subst. cstr. (Ges§ 65d) רֹקַע הָאָרֶץ (i.e. י׳) he that (beateth out) spreadeth out the earth Is 42:5, רֹקַע הָא׳ 44:24, רוֹקַע הָא׳ ψ 136:6. Impf. 3 ms. sf. בַּזָּהָב יְרַקְּעֶנּוּ Is 40:19 a goldsmith with gold over-layeth it (lit. beateth it out); 3 mpl. וַיְרַקְּעוּ אֶת־ פַּחֵי הַזָּהָב Ex 39:3 they beat out the plates of gold; sf. וַיְרַקְּעוּם צִפּוּי Nu 17:4 they beat them out as plating. Pt. כֶּסֶף מְרֻקָּ֑ע Je 10:9 silver beaten out. Impf. 2 ms. תַּרְקִיעַ עִמּוֹ לִשְׁחָקִים Jb 37:18 canst thou make with (= like) him a spreading for clouds (spread out clouds; cf. רָקִיעַ)?

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָקַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7554/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 37:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.18/)

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תַּרְקִ֣יעַ עִ֭מּוֹ לִשְׁחָקִ֑ים חֲ֝זָקִ֗ים כִּרְאִ֥י מוּצָֽק׃

*Word for word:* will.you.beat.out? with him (to) clouds hard like a.mirror molten

*JPS 1917:* Canst thou with Him spread out the sky, which is strong as a molten mirror?

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[Psalms 136:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.136.6/)

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לְרֹקַ֣ע הָ֭אָרֶץ עַל־הַמָּ֑יִם כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* to \[one.who\].beat.out the earth on the waters (dm) \[is\] forever loyalty his.covenant

*JPS 1917:* To Him that spread forth the earth above the waters, for His mercy endureth for ever.

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