Genesis 1:6
וַ יֹּאמֶר אֶלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּ תֹוךְ הַ מָּיִם וִ יהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָ מָיִם
And he is saying, elohim, he is becoming a stamped-space17 in the middle of the Dual-Waters, and he is becoming he-who-divides18 between dual-waters into dual-waters.
| 17 | Strong’s #7549, raqia. Beaten down, 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 beat, 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. |