רָקַע (ra.qa) means “to beat” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: raw-kah' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
רָקַע · ra.qa · to beat
1) to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out, stretch 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stamp, beat out 1a2) one who beats out (participle) 1b) (Piel) to overlay, beat out (for plating) 1c) (Pual) beaten out (participle) 1d) (Hiphil) to make a spreading (of clouds)
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a primitive root; 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 glosses: beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| spread out | 2 |
| and he had them hammered out | 1 |
| and stomped | 1 |
| and trampled them | 1 |
| hammered | 1 |
| he spread out | 1 |
| overlays | 1 |
| stomp | 1 |
| they hammered out | 1 |
| who spread out | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| alone that spreadeth abroad | 1 |
| and stamp | 1 |
| and stamped | 1 |
| and they did beat | 1 |
| and they were made broad | 1 |
| did spread them abroad | 1 |
| hast thou with him spread out | 1 |
| he that spread forth | 1 |
| spread into plates | 1 |
| spreadeth | 1 |
| to him that stretched out | 1 |
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They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen—the work of a skilled craftsman.
Read word by wordSo Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 17.4
I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.
Read word by wordcan you, like Him, spread out the skies, as strong as a mirror of bronze?
Read word by wordHe spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever.
Read word by wordTo an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?
Read word by wordThis is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
Read word by wordThus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
Read word by wordHammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.
Read word by wordThis is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.
Read word by wordFor this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,
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