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Psalms 136:6

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Masoretic Text 1524

H7554 To him that stretched out לרקע

H776 the earth הארץ

H5921 above על

H4325 the waters המים

H3588 for כי

H5769 לעולם

H2617 his mercy חסדו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

him

that

stretched

H7554 out

the

H776 earth

H5921 above

the

H4325 waters

H3588 for

his

H2617 mercy

endureth

H3588 for

ever

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H7554

Hebrew: רָקַע

Transliteration: râqaʻ

Pronunciation: raw-kah'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {beat} make {broad} spread abroad ({forth} {over} {out} into {plates}) {stamp} stretch.

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)

1. to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out, stretch

a. (Qal)

1. to stamp, beat out

2. one who beats out (participle)

b. (Piel) to overlay, beat out (for plating)

c. (Pual) beaten out (participle)

d. (Hiphil) to make a spreading (of clouds)

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906