Original: רָקַע

Transliteration: râqaʻ

Phonetic: raw-kah'

Short Definition: Beat

Original: רקע

Transliteration: râqa‛

Phonetic: raw-kah'

BDB Definition:

1. to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out, stretch
   1. (Qal)
      1. to stamp, beat out
      2. one who beats out (participle)
   2. (Piel) to overlay, beat out (for plating)
   3. (Pual) beaten out (participle)
   4. (Hiphil) to make a spreading (of clouds)

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 2217

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Cognate: H7549, H7555