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It is often used in the context of creating something by hammering or spreading, such as metalwork or the expanse of the heavens. The term conveys the idea of expansion and formation through a deliberate and forceful action.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, metalworking was a significant craft, and the process of hammering metal into thin sheets was a common practice. This imagery is reflected in the use of "raqa" to describe the creation of the firmament in Genesis, where God spreads out the heavens like a canopy. The concept of "raqa" also aligns with the ancient understanding of the sky as a solid dome or expanse.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>beaten (1), hammered (2), plates (1), spread (3), spreading (1), stamp (1), stamped (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">רָקַע</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>beat, stamp, beat out, spread out</b></font> (Late Hebrew <em>id.</em>; Hiph`il, Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">רְקַע</font> Aph`el, both <em>spread out</em>, and derivatives; Syriac <img src="/bdbgif/bdb095507.gif"> <em>press down</em> (Luke 6:38 <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ6</font>), <em>spread out</em>, also <em>consolidate</em>; Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb095508.gif"> <em>patch, put on a patch, repair</em>, compare Christian-Palestinian Aramaic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb095509.gif"> <em>patch</em>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb095510.gif"> <em>swaddling-bands</em>, Schw<sup>Idioticon 90</sup>; Phoenician <font class="hebrew2">מרקע</font> <em>platter</em>, or <em>bowl</em>, of gold CIS<sup>i. 90, 1</sup>); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em>1singular suffix <font class="hebrew2">אֶרְקָעֵם</font> <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/22-43.htm">2 Samuel 22:43</a> <em>I will stamp them down</em> (probably gloss to <font class="hebrew2">אֲדִקֵּם</font> preceding, of. Bae<sup>Ps 18:43</sup>); <em>Imperative</em> <font class="hebrew2">רְקַע בְּדַגְלְךָ</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/6-11.htm">Ezekiel 6:11</a> <em>beat</em> (stamp) with thy foot, in token of contemptuous pleasure, compare Da ("" <font class="hebrew2">הַכֵּה בְכַמְּךָ</font>); so <em>Infinitive construct</em> suffix <font class="hebrew2">רַקְעֲךָ בְּרָ֑גֶל</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/25-6.htm">Ezekiel 25:6</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">מַחְאֲךָ יָד</font>); <em>Participle active</em> as substantive construct (Ges<sup>§ 65d</sup>) <font class="hebrew2">רֹקַע הָאָרֶץ</font> (i.e. <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">י</font>) <em>he that</em> (beateth out) <em>spreadeth out the earth</em> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/42-5.htm">Isaiah 42:5</a>, <font class="hebrew2">רֹקַע</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">הַא</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/44-24.htm">Isaiah 44:24</a>, <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">רוֺקַע הָא</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/136-6.htm">Psalm 136:6</a>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Pi`el</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em>3masculine singular suffix <font class="hebrew2">בַּזָּהָב יְרַקְּעֶנּוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40-19.htm">Isaiah 40:19</a> a goldsmith <em>with gold over-layeth it</em> (literally <em>beateth it out</em>3masculine plural <font class="hebrew2">וַיְרַקְּעוּ אֶתֿ</font> <font class="hebrew2">מַּחֵי הַזָּהָב</font> <a href="/interlinear/exodus/39-3.htm">Exodus 39:3</a> <em>they beat out the plates of gold</em>; suffix <font class="hebrew2">וַיְרִקְּעוּם צִמּוּי</font> <a href="/interlinear/numbers/17-4.htm">Numbers 17:4</a> <em>they beat them out as plating.</em> <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Pu`al</b></font> <em>Participle</em> <font class="hebrew2">כֶּסֶף מְרֻקָּ֑ע</font> <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/10-9.htm">Jeremiah 10:9</a> <em>silver beaten out.</em> <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Hiph`il</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em>2masculine singular <font class="hebrew2">תַּרְקִיעַ עִמּוֺ לִשְׁחָקִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/37-18.htm">Job 37:18</a> <em>canst thou make with</em> (= like) <em>him a spreading for clouds</em> (spread out clouds; cf, <font class="hebrew2">רָקִיעַ</font>)? <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>beat, make broad, spread abroad forth, over, out, into plates, stamp, stretch<p>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. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>אֶרְקָעֵֽם׃ ארקעם׃ וְרַקְעֲךָ֖ וַֽיְרַקְּע֖וּם וַֽיְרַקְּע֞וּ וּרְקַ֤ע וירקעו וירקעום ורקע ורקעך יְרַקְּעֶ֑נּוּ ירקענו לְרֹקַ֣ע לרקע מְרֻקָּ֞ע מרקע רֹקַ֥ע רקע תַּרְקִ֣יעַ תרקיע ’er·qā·‘êm ’erqā‘êm erkaEm lə·rō·qa‘ leroKa lərōqa‘ mə·ruq·qā‘ merukKa məruqqā‘ rō·qa‘ roKa rōqa‘ tar·qî·a‘ tarKia tarqîa‘ ū·rə·qa‘ ureKa ūrəqa‘ vayrakkeU vayrakkeUm verakaCha way·raq·qə·‘ū way·raq·qə·‘ūm wayraqqə‘ū wayraqqə‘ūm wə·raq·‘ă·ḵā wəraq‘ăḵā yə·raq·qə·‘en·nū yerakkeEnnu yəraqqə‘ennū<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/exodus/39-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 39:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/39.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> וַֽיְרַקְּע֞וּ </b> אֶת־ פַּחֵ֣י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/39.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Then they hammered</span> out gold sheets<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/39.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">And they did beat</span> the gold into<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/39-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">hammered</span> into sheets<p><b><a href="/text/numbers/16-39.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Numbers 16:39</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/numbers/16.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הִקְרִ֖יבוּ הַשְּׂרֻפִ֑ים <b> וַֽיְרַקְּע֖וּם </b> צִפּ֥וּי לַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/numbers/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> had offered, <span class="itali">and they hammered</span> them out as a plating<br><a href="/kjvs/numbers/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> had offered; <span class="itali">and they were made broad</span> [plates for] a covering<br><a href="/interlinear/numbers/16-39.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> had offered were burned <span class="itali">hammered</span> A plating the altar<p><b><a href="/text/2_samuel/22-43.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Samuel 22:43</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/22.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">חוּצ֥וֹת אֲדִקֵּ֖ם <b> אֶרְקָעֵֽם׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_samuel/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> I crushed <span class="itali">[and] stamped</span> them as the mire<br><a href="/kjvs/2_samuel/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the street, <span class="itali">[and] did spread them abroad.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/22-43.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the streets crushed <span class="itali">stamped</span><p><b><a href="/text/job/37-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 37:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/37.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> תַּרְקִ֣יעַ </b> עִ֭מּוֹ לִשְׁחָקִ֑ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/37.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Can you, with Him, spread</span> out the skies,<br><a href="/kjvs/job/37.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Hast thou with him spread out</span> the sky,<br><a href="/interlinear/job/37-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">spread</span> out the skies<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/136-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 136:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/136.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> לְרֹקַ֣ע </b> הָ֭אָרֶץ עַל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/136.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">To Him who spread</span> out the earth above<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/136.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">To him that stretched out</span> the earth<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/136-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">spread</span> the earth above<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/40-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 40:19</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְצֹרֵ֖ף בַּזָּהָ֣ב <b> יְרַקְּעֶ֑נּוּ </b> וּרְתֻק֥וֹת כֶּ֖סֶף</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/40.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> it, A goldsmith <span class="itali">plates</span> it with gold,<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/40.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and the goldsmith <span class="itali">spreadeth</span> it over with gold,<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> A goldsmith gold <span class="itali">plates</span> chains of silver<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/42-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 42:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/42.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ וְנ֣וֹטֵיהֶ֔ם <b> רֹקַ֥ע </b> הָאָ֖רֶץ וְצֶאֱצָאֶ֑יהָ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/42.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and stretched <span class="itali">them out, Who spread</span> out the earth<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/42.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and stretched them out; <span class="itali">he that spread forth</span> the earth,<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/42-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the heavens and stretched <span class="itali">spread</span> the earth offspring<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/44-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 44:24</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/44.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ לְבַדִּ֔י <b> רֹקַ֥ע </b> הָאָ֖רֶץ [מִי</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/44.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> by Myself <span class="itali">And spreading</span> out the earth<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/44.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the heavens <span class="itali">alone; that spreadeth abroad</span> the earth<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/44-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the heavens Myself <span class="itali">and spreading</span> the earth waste<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/10-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 10:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> כֶּ֣סֶף <b> מְרֻקָּ֞ע </b> מִתַּרְשִׁ֣ישׁ יוּבָ֗א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Beaten</span> silver is brought<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Silver <span class="itali">spread into plates</span> is brought<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/10-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> silver <span class="itali">Beaten</span> Tarshish is brought<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/6-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 6:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַכֵּ֨ה בְכַפְּךָ֜ <b> וּרְקַ֤ע </b> בְּרַגְלְךָ֙ וֶֽאֱמָר־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> your hand, <span class="itali">stamp</span> your foot<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with thine hand, <span class="itali">and stamp</span> with thy foot,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/6-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Clap your hand <span class="itali">stamp</span> your foot and say<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/25-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 25:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/25.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מַחְאֲךָ֣ יָ֔ד <b> וְרַקְעֲךָ֖ </b> בְּרָ֑גֶל וַתִּשְׂמַ֤ח</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/25.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> your hands <span class="itali">and stamped</span> your feet<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/25.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [thine] hands, <span class="itali">and stamped</span> with the feet,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/25-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> have clapped your hands <span class="itali">and stamped</span> your feet and rejoiced<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7554.htm">11 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7554.htm">Strong's Hebrew 7554<br>11 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/erkaem_7554.htm">’er·qā·‘êm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/leroka_7554.htm">lə·rō·qa‘ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/merukka_7554.htm">mə·ruq·qā‘ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/roka_7554.htm">rō·qa‘ — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/tarkia_7554.htm">tar·qî·a‘ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/ureka_7554.htm">ū·rə·qa‘ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vayrakkeu_7554.htm">way·raq·qə·‘ū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vayrakkeum_7554.htm">way·raq·qə·‘ūm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/verakacha_7554.htm">wə·raq·‘ă·ḵā — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yerakkeennu_7554.htm">yə·raq·qə·‘en·nū — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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