{"def":{"short":"to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)","long":["to beat, stamp, beat out, spread out, stretch",["(Qal)",["to stamp, beat out","one who beats out (participle)"],"(Piel) to overlay, beat out (for plating)","(Pual) beaten out (participle)","(Hiphil) to make a spreading (of clouds)"]]},"deriv":"a primitive root","pronun":{"ipa":"rɔːˈk’ɑʕ","ipa_mod":"ʁɑːˈkɑʕ","sbl":"rāqaʿ","dic":"raw-KA","dic_mod":"ra-KA"}}