Genesis 1:6
And he is saying, elohim, he is becoming a pounded-expanse17 in the middle of the Dual-Waters, and he is becoming he-who-divides18 between dual-waters into dual-waters.
Footnote:
17 | Strong’s #7549, raqia. Beaten down, pounded, stamped surface. This does not have anything to with open space apart from a surface. It is inherently related to a surface. The root verb is raqa #7554 to to pound the earth, stamp, beat out. “And they are stamping [raqa] אֶת-sheets of the Gold…” Exodus 39:3 RBT “Thus is saying master Yahweh, strike in [against] your palm, and stamp [raqa] in [against] your foot…” Ezekiel 6:11 RBT “And I am beating them as the dust of the earth, as mire of the outsides, I am crushing them, I am stamping [raqa] them." 2 Sam. 22:43 RBT |