Lexical Definition

‎רָחַק‎ râchaq (raw-khak') to remove ^H:V
a primitive root

(a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, [idiom] refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).

• to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)

v
1) to be or become far, be or become distant, be removed, go far away
1a) (Qal) to be far, be distant
1b) (Piel) to send far away, extend
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to make or exhibit distance, be gone far
1c2) to remove, put far away
2) (Niphal) loose
v inf (as adv)
3) at a distance

See Greek: ἀνατρέπω · ἀπέχει · ἀπέχει · ἀπέχομαι · ἀπέχομαι · ἀπέχω · ἀπέχω · ἀπωθέομαι · ἀφαιρέω · ἀφίστημι · ἀφίστημι · ἐκδιώκω · ἐξωθέω · μακράν · μακράν · μακρόθεν · πόῤῥω · πόῤῥω · πόῤῥω · ποῤῥωτέρω · ποῤῥωτέρω · ποῤῥωτέρω

Extended Information

• v
• v inf (as adv)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רָחַק‎ verb be, or become, far, distant (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian especially adjective rû‡u, far; compare Arabic choice wine (i.e. from a distance) Frä¹⁵⁸; Ethiopic be far, Sabean ‎רחק‎ CIS^{iv, nos. 95, 98}; Aramaic ‎רְחֵיק‎, ‎רְחַק‎, and (often in derived species and derivatives) ); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Isa 59:9; Lam 1:16, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִרְחַק‎ Deut 12:21 +, etc.; Imperative feminine singular ‎רַחֲקִי‎ Isa 54:14, masculine plural ‎רַחֲקוּ‎ Ezek 11:15 < Perfect ‎רָֽחֲקוּ‎ Ra Hi Sm Co Toy Krae; Infinitive construct ‎רְחֹק‎ Ps 103:12; Eccl 3:5, ‎לְרָֽחֳקָה‎ Ezek 8:6 — be far, distant: with ‎מִן‎ person, of place Deut 12:21; Deut 14:24, of person, = neglect, abandon, Prov 19:7, especially in Psalms, of ‎׳‎‎י‎, Ps 22:12*; Ps 22:20* (‎מִן‎ person omitted), Ps 35:22; Ps 38:22*; Ps 71:12 of utter absence, or non-existence Lam 1:16, compare Isa 49:19 (absolute), subject justice Isa 59:9 (opposed to ‎הִשִּׂיג‎), compare vIsa 59:11 (|| ‎אַיִן‎), subject blessing Ps 109:17 subject ‎עֲצַת‎ ‎רְשָׁעִים‎ Job 21:16; Job 21:18 with ‎מֵעַל‎ person (‎׳‎‎י‎), of Israel (figurative) Jer 2:5, compare Ezek 44:10 = far from (land of) ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ezek 11:15 (see above; Krae insert ‎אֶרֶץ‎); with ‎מֵעַל‎ location Ezek 8:6 (of ‎׳‎‎י‎), ‎מִן‎ local (east from west) Ps 103:12 with ‎מִן‎ of thing (figurative): ‎תּוֺרָֽתְךָ‎ Ps 119:150 (opposed to ‎קרב‎); ‎מִיֶּשַׁע‎ Job 5:14, ‎מֵעשֶׁק‎ Isa 54:14, compare Prov 22:5 = wholly abstain from Exod 23:7 (E), so (‎מִן‎ infinitive) Eccl 3:5 absolute of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s righteousness, with reference to time Isa 46:13 (|| ‎אחר‎; opposed to ‎קרב‎). — ‎יִרְחַקחֹֿק‎ Mic 7:11 boundary shall become distant, i.e. territory be enlarged (? corrupt, compare We Now); ‎ירחק חֶבֶל הַכֶּסֶף‎ Kt Eccl 12:6 be removed ? Qr ‎יֵרָתֵק‎ be joined ? ᵐ5 ἀνατραπῇ, ᵑ9 rumpatur, compare ᵑ6, read probably ‎יִנָּתֵק‎ Pfannk Thes Ew De Siegf Buhl^Lex. Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎רִחַק‎ Isa 6:12, of ‎׳‎‎י‎, send far away, accusative of person; of people, ‎׳‎‎לִבּוֺ ר‎ Isa 29:13, with ‎מִן‎ of ‎׳‎‎י‎; 2 masculine singular ‎רִחַקְתָּ‎ Isa 26:15 thou hast far extended (with accusative) all the ends (boundaries) of the land; Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יְרַחֲקוּ אֶתוְֿנוּתָם‎ Ezek 43:9. Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הִרְחִיק‎ Job 19:13; Ps 103:12, 1 singular suffix ‎הִרְחַקְתִּים‎ Ezek 11:16, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎יַרְחִיקֶנָּה‎ Prov 22:15, 2 masculine singular ‎תַּרְחִיק‎ Job 22:23, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎הַרְחֵק‎ Prov 4:24 + 2 t., ‎הַרְחַ֑ק‎ Job 13:21, suffix ‎הַרְחִיקֵהוּ‎ Job 11:14 Infinitive absolute ‎הַרְחֵק‎ Gen 21:16 +, construct ‎הַרְחִיק‎ Jer 27:10, suffix ‎הַרְחִיקָם‎ Joel 4:6* —

1. direct causation make, or exhibit, distance, be gone far, subject person: Gen 44:4 (J), with ‎מִן‎ local Josh 8:4 (JE), Judg 18:22 followed by infinitive construct ‎לָלֶכֶת‎ ‎׳‎‎הַרְחֵק לֹא תַר‎ Exod 8:24* (J), compare Ps 55:8*, Infinitive absolute as adverb = at a distance Gen 21:16 (E), with ‎מִן‎ local Exod 33:7 (E), Josh 3:16 (J E; ‎׳‎‎הַר‎ ‎מְאֹד מִן‎, Qr; > Kt ‎ב‎ for ‎מן‎).

2. indirect causation remove, put far away, with accusative of person + ‎מֵעַל‎ of land Jer 27:10, compare Joel 4:6*, + ‎מֵעַל‎ person Job 19:13 and (accusative ‎הַצְּפוֺנִי‎) Joel 2:20, + ‎מִן‎ person Ps 88:9*; Ps 88:19* + ‎בַּגּוֺיִם‎ Ezek 11:16 with accusative ‎כַּף‎ + ‎מֵעַל‎ person Job 13:21, with accusative ‎דֶּרֶךְ‎ + id. Prov 5:8 with accusative of sin + ‎מִן‎ person Prov 4:24; Job 11:14 (‎מִן‎ person omitted); Prov 22:15; Prov 30:8; Ps 103:12 + ‎מִן‎ local Job 22:23.

‎רחק‎ (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew ‎רחק‎, ‎רָחוֺק‎).

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