Hebrew word study

רָקַעrâqaʻ — to pound the earth (as a sign of passion)

Pronounced “raw-kah'”

to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)

Translated in the King James as: beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.

Appears 11 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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