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title: מֶרְחָק — distant place · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶרְחָק (4801), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 18 times: distant place. BDB 1906: n.m. distant place, distance. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶרְחָק

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«מֶרְחָק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **distant place** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 18 times · **Key:** 4801 · **BDB:** מֶרְחָק²

### Glosses

a.distance (8); of.distance (4); \[the\].distant.places (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

distant place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4801/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. distant place, distance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4801/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. distant place, distance;—abs. מ׳ Is 10:3 +, מֶרְחַק ψ 138:6; pl. מֶרְחַקִּים Zc 10:9, מַר׳ Is 33:17; Je 8:19, cstr. מֶרְחַקֵּי־ Is 8:9;—distant place, far country Is 8:9 Zc 10:9; often c. צֶרֶץ: א׳ (ה)מֶרְחָק land of distance, distant land Is 13:5; 46:11; Je 4:16; 6:20; Pr 25:25, so c. pl. א׳ מרחקים Je 8:19, land of distances, i.e. of wide extent, Is 33:17; מִמּ׳ from far Is 10:3; 30:27 Je 5:15; Ez 23:40 Pr 31:14; fig. ψ 138:6; מִמּ׳ at a distance Je 31:10, to a distance Is 17:13.—בֵּית הַמּ׳ v. p. 112.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֶרְחָק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4801/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 31:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.14/)

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הָ֭יְתָה כָּאֳנִיּ֣וֹת סוֹחֵ֑ר מִ֝מֶּרְחָ֗ק תָּבִ֥יא לַחְמָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* she.is like.\[the\] ships of.a.trader from a.distance she.brings food her

*JPS 1917:* She is like the merchant-ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

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[Isaiah 33:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.33.17/)

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מֶ֥לֶךְ בְּיָפְי֖וֹ תֶּחֱזֶ֣ינָה עֵינֶ֑יךָ תִּרְאֶ֖ינָה אֶ֥רֶץ מַרְחַקִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* a.king in beauty his they.will.see eyes your they.will.see a.land of.distances

*JPS 1917:* Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty; they shall behold a land stretching afar.

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