H7554

רָקַע

raqa` (raw-kah') v.
1. to pound the earth (as a sign of passion)
2. (by analogy) to expand (by hammering)
3. (by implication) to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)
[a primitive root]
KJV: beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.