Words the Bible translates as beat out
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- raqaרָקַעto pound something flat, and so to stretch it out into a wide, thin surface.
- ḥavatחָבַטto beat with a hand-held stick so that what is wanted falls loose: olives off a tree, grain or seed out of the stalk
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