Brown-Driver-Briggs
רָקִיעַ noun masculine
Genesis 1:6 extended surface, (solid) expanse (as if beaten out; compare
Job 37:18); — absolute ׳ר
Ezekiel 1:22 +, construct ׳רְ
Genesis 1:14 +; — ᵐ5 στερέωμα, ᵑ9 firmamentum, compare Syriac below √above; —
1 (flat) expanse (as if of ice, compare כְּעֵין הַקֶּרַח), as base, support (WklAltor. Forsch. iv. 347)
Ezekiel 1:22,23,25(gloss ? compare Co Toy),
Ezekiel 1:26 (supporting ׳י's throne). Hence (Co
Ezekiel 1:22)
2 the vault of heaven, or 'firmament,' regarded by Hebrews as solid, and supporting 'waters' above it,
Genesis 1:6,7 (3 t. in verse);
Genesis 1:8 (called שָׁמַיַם; all P),
Psalm 19:2 ("" הַשָּׁמַיַם), ׳זֹהַר הָר
Daniel 12:3; also ׳ר הַשָּׁמִיִם
Genesis 1:14,15,17, ׳הַשּׁ ׳עַלמְּֿנֵי ר
Genesis 1:20 (all P). **רְקִיעַ עֻזּוֺ
Psalm 150:1 (suffix reference to ׳י).