{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7554",
  "lemma": "רָקַע",
  "transliteration": "râqaʻ",
  "definition": "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": "beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.",
  "occurrences": 11,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[רָקַע] vb. beat, stamp, beat out, spread out",
    "Qal I will stamp them down",
    "Pi. a goldsmith with gold overlayeth it",
    "Pu. silver beaten out.",
    "Hiph. canst thou make with (= like) him a spreading for clouds"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 39:3",
      "text": "They beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in with the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/39?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 17:4",
      "text": "Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which those who were burned had offered; and they beat them out for a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/17?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 22:43",
      "text": "Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=43"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 40:19",
      "text": "A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/40?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 42:5",
      "text": "God the LORD, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/42?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 44:24",
      "text": "The LORD, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb says: “I am the LORD, who makes all things; who alone…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/44?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 10:9",
      "text": "There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the engraver and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/10?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 6:11",
      "text": "“The Lord GOD says: ‘Strike with your hand, and stamp with your foot, and say, “Alas!”, because of all the evil…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/6?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 25:6",
      "text": "For the Lord GOD says: “Because you have clapped your hands, stamped with the feet, and rejoiced with all the contempt…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/25?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 136:6",
      "text": "to him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his loving kindness endures forever;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/136?v=6"
    }
  ],
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