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רָקִיעַ noun masculine Gen 1:6 extended surface, (solid) expanse (as if beaten out; compare Job 37:18 ); — absolute ׳ ר Ezek 1:22 +, construct ׳ רְ Gen 1:14 +; — ᵐ5 στερέωμα, ᵑ9 firmamentum, compare Syriac below √above; —
1. (flat) expanse (as if of ice, compare כְּעֵין הַקֶּרַח),
as base, support (WklAltor. Forsch. iv. 347) Ezek 1:22; Ezek 1:23; Ezek 1:25(gloss ?
compare Co Toy), Ezek 1:26 (supporting ׳
י's throne). Hence (Co
Ezek 1:22
)
2. the vault of heaven, or 'firmament,' regarded by Hebrews as solid, and supporting 'waters' above
it, Gen 1:6; Gen 1:7 (3 t. in verse);
Gen 1:8 (called
שָׁמַיַם; all
P
), Ps 19:2
(|| הַשָּׁמַיַם), ׳
זֹהַר הָר
Dan 12:3 also
׳
ר
הַשָּׁמִיִם
Gen 1:14; Gen 1:15; Gen 1:17, ׳
הַשּׁ
׳
עַלפְּֿנֵי ר Gen 1:20 (all
P
).
רְקִיעַ עֻזּוֺ
Ps 150:1
(suffix reference to ׳
י).