BDB8110 [H7549]

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 (Wkl^{Altor. Forsch. iv. 347}) Ezek 1:22; Ezek 1:23; Ezek 1:25(gloss ? compare Co Toy), vEzek 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 vGen 1:20 (all P).

**רְקִיעַ עֻזּוֺ Ps 150:1 (suffix reference to ׳י).

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