רקע
râqa‛
raw-kah'
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)
KJV Usage: beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.
H7549 רקיע râqı̂ya‛רקיע
râqı̂ya‛
raw-kee'-ah
From H7554; properly an expanse, that is, the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky