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“A dome, overarching the Sky, keeping the ‘outer waters’ away from the inner world of creation and…having the appearance…of a sheet of beaten metal (See Genesis 1:15)” (orion.huji.ac.il) “Raqa means ‘to spread out.’ Raqia is translated as ‘firmament.’” (site where this information came from no longer exists)
