{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7549",
  "lemma": "רָקִיעַ",
  "transliteration": "râqîyaʻ",
  "definition": "properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky",
  "kjv": "firmament.",
  "occurrences": 17,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H7554",
      "lemma": "רָקַע",
      "transliteration": "râqaʻ",
      "meaning": "to pound the earth",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H7554"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "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"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:6",
      "text": "God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:7",
      "text": "God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:8",
      "text": "God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:14",
      "text": "God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:15",
      "text": "and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:17",
      "text": "God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:20",
      "text": "God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 1:22",
      "text": "Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like an awesome crystal to look at…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/1?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 1:23",
      "text": "Under the expanse, their wings were straight, one toward the other. Each one had two which covered on this side, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/1?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 1:25",
      "text": "There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads. When they stood, they let down their wings.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/1?v=25"
    }
  ],
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