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# רָקִיעַ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7549

**extended surface** — used 17 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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).\*

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: firmament (5); the firmament (5); expanse (4).

## In the verses

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

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;

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7549.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7549/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).