The dome of heaven (גַּלְגַּל הָרָקִיעַ)
The dome of heaven (גַּלְגַּל הָרָקִיעַ)

The dome of heaven

The vault of the heavens” or “the dome of the sky.

("Seven stars, Hanachal Shatzam, the sun, Venus, a star, the moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the moon as if like the firmament, and that which touches the thickness of the firmament in the second part, and Jupiter in the third, and the sun in the fourth, and the star in the fifth, and Mars in the sixth, and Saturn in the seventh, and the stars with them, and there is a separation between each one as the thickness of the dome of heaven" - Pesiqta Zutarta (Lekach Tov) Genesis chapter 1)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גַּלְגַּל הָרָקִיעַ

Definition (Hebrew)

כִּפַּת הַשָּׁמַיִם.

("שִׁבְעָה כּוֹכָבִים, חנכ"ל שצ"מ, חַמָּה, נוּגָה, כּוֹכָב, לְבָנָה, שַׁבְּתַי, צֶדֶק, מַאְדִּים, הַלְּבָנָה כְּעֵין הָרָקִיעַ, וְהַנּוֹגֵעַ בְּעֹבִי הָרָקִיעַ בְּחֵלֶק שֵׁנִי, וְהַצֶּדֶק בַּשְּׁלִישִׁי, וְהַחַמָּה בָּרְבִיעִי, וְהַכּוֹכָב בַּחֲמִישִׁי, וְהַמַּאְדִּים בְּשִׁשִּׁי, וְשַׁבְתִּי בִּשְׁבִיעִי, וְהַכּוֹכָבִים עִמָּהֶם, וְיֵשׁ הֶפְרֵשׁ בֵּין כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד כְּעֹבִי גַּלְגַּל הָרָקִיעַ"-פְּסִיקְתָּא זוֹטְרָתָא (לֶקַח טוֹב) בְּרֵאשִׁית פֶּרֶק א)

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