רָקִיעַ
rakiya
Biblical HebrewMeaningThe sky, the big open space above the Earth.
HistoryThis word first appears in the Bible, in the story of how the world was made. It comes from a root that means to spread something out by beating it, like a worker hammering a piece of metal to make it flat and wide. In the Bible, the sky was seen as a solid dome that was spread out over the Earth.
Example
The stars are shining in the sky.
