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רָקִיעַ — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: רָקִיעַ

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רָקִיעַ

rāqîaʿ

extended surface

רָקִיעַ n.m. extended surface, (solid) expanse

1. (flat) expanse

2. the vault of heaven, or ‘firmament,’ regarded by Hebrews as solid, and supporting ‘waters’ above it

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.