ריקע

ריקע / רִקֵּעַ • (rikéa') third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

1. to flatten, hammer out
   • Tanack, Exodus 39:3, with translation of the King James Version:

     ‏וַיְרַקְּעוּ אֶת־פַּחֵי הַזָּהָב וְקִצֵּץ פְּתִילִם לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּתוֹךְ הַתְּכֵלֶת וּבְתוֹךְ הָאַרְגָּמָן וּבְתוֹךְ תּוֹלַעַת הַשָּׁנִי וּבְתוֹךְ הַשֵּׁשׁ מַעֲשֵׂה חֹשֵׁב׃‎‎

     vay'rak'ú et-pakhéi hazaháv v'kitséts p'tilím la'asót b'tókh hat'khélet uv'tókh ha'argamán uv'tókh tolá'at hashaní uv'tókh hashésh ma'asé khoshév.

     And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut [it into] wires, to work [it] in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, [with] cunning work.

   • Tanack, Numbers 16:39, with translation of the King James Version:

     ‏וַיִּקַּח אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן אֵת מַחְתּוֹת הַנְּחֹשֶׁת אֲשֶׁר הִקְרִיבוּ הַשְּׂרֻפִים וַיְרַקְּעוּם צִפּוּי לַמִּזְבֵּחַ׃‎‎

     vayikákh el'azár hakohén et makhtót han'khóshet ashér hikrívu has'rufím vay'rak'úm tsipúi lamizbéakh.

     And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad [plates for] a covering of the altar: