H7549

רָקִיעַ

ra.qi.aH:N-M

expanse

1) extended surface (solid), expanse, firmament 1a) expanse (flat as base, support) 1b) firmament (of vault of heaven supporting waters above) 1b1) considered by Hebrews as solid and supporting 'waters' above

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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).

14 occurrences

Genesis (7), Psalms (1), Ezekiel (5), Daniel (1)