Lexical Summary rachaq: to be or become far or distant Original Word: רָחַקTransliteration: rachaq Phonetic Spelling: (raw-khak') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to be or become far or distant Meaning: to be or become far or distant Strong's Concordance cast, drive, get, go, keep self, put, removeA primitive root; to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation) -- (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, X refrain, very, (be) a good way (off). Brown-Driver-Briggs H7368. rachaq 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 CISiv, nos. 95, 98; Aramaic רְחַק רְחֵיק,, and (often in derived species and derivatives) ); — Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ר Isaiah 59:9; Lamentations 1:16, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִרְחַק Deuteronomy 12:21 +, etc.; Imperative feminine singular רַחֲקִי Isaiah 54:14, masculine plural רַחֲקוּ Ezekiel 11:15 < Perfect רָֽחֲקוּ Ra Hi Sm Co Toy Krae; Infinitive construct רְחֹק Psalm 103:12; Ecclesiastes 3:5, לְרָֽחֳקָה Ezekiel 8:6; — be far, distant: with מִן person, of place Deuteronomy 12:21; 14:24, of person, = neglect, abandon, Proverbs 19:7, especially in Psalms, of ׳י, Psalm 22:12; 22:20 (מִן person omitted), 35:22; 38:22; 71:12; of utter absence, or non-existence Lamentations 1:16, compare Isaiah 49:19 (absolute), subject justice 59:9 (opposed to הִשִּׂיג), compare 59:11 ("" אַיִן), subject blessing Psalm 109:17; subject רְשָׁעִים עֲצַת Job 21:16, 18; with מֵעַל person (׳י), of Israel (figurative) Jeremiah 2:5, compare Ezekiel 44:10; = far from (land of) ׳י 11:15 (see above; Krae insert אֶרֶץ); with מֵעַל location 8:6 (of ׳י), מִן local (east from west) Psalm 103:12; with מִן of thing (figurative): תּוֺרָֽתְךָ 119:150 (opposed to קרב); מִיֶּשַׁע Job 5:14, מֵעשֶׁק Isaiah 54:14, compare Proverbs 22:5; = wholly abstain from Exodus 23:7 (E), so (מִן infinitive) Ecclesiastes 3:5; absolute of ׳יs righteousness, with reference to time Isaiah 46:13 ("" אחר; opposed to קרב). — יִרְחַקחֹֿק Micah 7:11 boundary shall become distant, i.e. territory be enlarged (? corrupt, compare We Now); הַכֶּסֶף חֶבֶל ירחק Kt Ecclesiastes 12:6 be removed ? Qr יֵרָתֵק be joined ? ᵐ5 ἀνατραπῇ, ᵑ9 rumpatur, compare ᵑ6, read probably יִנָּתֵק Pfannk Thes Ew De Siegf BuhlLex. Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular רִחַק Isaiah 6:12, of ׳י, send far away, accusative of person; of people, ר ׳לִבּוֺ 29:13, with מִן of ׳י; 2 masculine singular רִחַקְתָּ 26:15 thou hast far extended (with accusative) all the ends (boundaries) of the land; Imperfect3masculine plural אֶתוְֿנוּתָם יְרַחֲקוּ Ezekiel 43:9. Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הִרְחִיק Job 19:13; Psalm 103:12, 1singular suffix הִרְחַקְתִּים Ezekiel 11:16, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יַרְחִיקֶנָּה Proverbs 22:15, 2masculine singular תַּרְחִיק Job 22:23, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַרְחֵק Proverbs 4:24 2t., הַרְחַ֑ק Job 13:21, suffix הַרְחִיקֵהוּ 11:14; Infinitive absolute הַרְחֵק Genesis 21:16 +, construct הַרְחִיק Jeremiah 27:10, suffix הַרְחִיקָם Joel 4:6; — 1 direct causation make, or exhibit, distance, be gone far, subject person: Genesis 44:4 (J), with מִן local Joshua 8:4 (JE), Judges 18:22; followed by infinitive construct תַר לֹא ׳הַרְחֵק לָלֶכֶת Exodus 8:24 (J), compare Psalm 55:8, Infinitive absolute as adverb = at a distance Genesis 21:16 (E), with מִן local Exodus 33:7 (E), Joshua 3:16 (J E; מִן מְאֹד ׳הַר, Qr; > Kt ב for מן). 2 indirect causation remove, put far away, with accusative of person + מֵעַל of land Jeremiah 27:10, compare Joel 4:6, + מֵעַל person Job 19:13 and (accusative הַצְּפוֺנִי) Joel 2:20, + מִן person Psalm 88:9; Psalm 88:19; + בַּגּוֺיִם Ezekiel 11:16; with accusative כַּף + מֵעַל person Job 13:21, with accusative דֶּרֶךְ + id. Proverbs 5:8; with accusative of sin + מִן person 4:24; Job 11:14 (מִן person omitted); Proverbs 22:15; 30:8; Psalm 103:12; + מִן local Job 22:23. |