--- title: רָחַק — be far · The Tanakh dictionary description: רָחַק (7368), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 57 times: be far. BDB 1906: vb. 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[tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7368/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. be, or become, far, distant (NH = BH; Assyrian especially adj. rûḳu, far; cf. Arabic رَحِيقٌ choice wine (i.e. from a distance) Frä 158; Ethiopic ርሕቀ: be far, Sab. רחק CISiv, nos. 95, 98; Aramaic רְחֵיק, רְחַק, and (often in der. spec. and deriv.) ܪܚܶܩ );— Pf. 3 ms. ר׳ Is 59:9; La 1:16, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִרְחַק Dt 12:21 +, etc.; Imv. fs. רַחֲקִי Is 54:14, mpl. רַחֲקוּ Ez 11:15 רָֽחֲקוּ Ra Hi Sm Co Toy Krae; Inf. cstr. רְחֹק ψ 103:12 Ec 3:5, לְרָֽחֳקָה Ez 8:6;—be far, distant: c. מִן pers., of place Dt 12:21; 14:24, of pers., = neglect, abandon, Pr 19:7; Jb 30:10; in ψψ, of י׳, ψ 22:12, 20 (מִן pers. om), 35:22; 38:22; 71:12; of utter absence, or non-existence La 1:16, cf. Is 49:19 (abs.), subj. justice Is 59:9 (opp. הִשִּׂיג), cf. v 11 (‖ אַיִן), subj. blessing ψ 109:17; subj. עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים Jb 21:16; 22:18; c. מֵעַל pers. (י׳), of Isr. (fig.) Je 2:5, cf. Ez 44:10; = far from (land of) י׳ 11:15 (v. supr.; Krae ins. אֶרֶץ); c. מֵעַל loc. Ez 8:6 (of י׳), מִן loc. (E. from W.) ψ 103:12; c. מִן rei (fig.): תּוֹרָֽתְךָ 119:150 (opp. קרב); מִיֶּשַׁע Jb 5:4, מִעשֶׁק Is 54:14, cf. Pr 22:5; = wholly abstain from Ex 23:7 (E), so (מן inf.) Ec 3:5; abs. of י׳’s righteousness, with ref. to time Is 46:13 (‖ אחר; opp. קרב).—יִרְחַק־חֹק Mi 7:11 boundary shall become distant, i.e. territory be enlarged (? crpt., cf. We Now); ירחק חֶבֶל הַכֶּסֶף Kt Ec 12:6 be removed? Qr יֵרָתֵק be joined? 𝔊 ἀνατραπῇ, 𝔙 rumpatur, cf. 𝔖, read prob. יִנָּתֵק Pfannk Thes Ew De Siegf BuhlLex. Pf. 3 ms. רִחַק Is 6:12, of י׳, send far away, acc. pers.; of people, לִבּוֹ ר׳ 29:13, c. מִן of י׳; 2 ms. רִחַקְתָּ 26:15 thou hast far extended (c. acc.) all the ends (boundaries) of the land; Impf. 3 mpl. יְרַחֲקוּ אֶת־זְנוּתָם Ez 43:9. Pf. 3 ms. הִרִחִיק Jb 19:13 ψ 103:12, 1 s. sf. הִרְחַקְתִּים Ez 11:16, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יַרְהִיקֶנָּה Pr 22:15, 2 ms. תַּרְהִיק Jb 22:23, etc.; Imv. ms. הַרְהֵק Pr 4:24 + 2 times, הַרְחַ֑ק Jb 13:21, sf. הַרְחִיקֵהוּ 11:14; Inf. abs. הַרְחֵק Gn 21:16 +, cstr. הַרְחִיק Je 27:10, sf. הַרְחִיקָם Jo 4:6;— dir. caus. make, or exhibit, distance, be gone far, subj. pers.: Gn 44:4 (J), c. מִן loc. Jos 8:4 (JE), Ju 18:22; sq. inf. cstr. הַרְחֵק לֹא תַר׳ לָלֶכֶת Ex 8:24 (J), cf. ψ 55:8; Inf. abs. as adv. = at a distance Gn 21:16 (E), c. מִן loc. Ex 33:7 (E), Jos 3:16 (JE; הַר׳ מְאֹד מִן, Qr; \> Kt ב for מן). indir. caus. remove, put far away, c. acc. pers. + מֵעַל of land Je 27:10, cf. Jo 4:6, + מֵעַל pers. Jb 19:13 and (acc. הַצְּפוֹנִי) Jo 2:20, + מִן pers. ψ 88:9, 19; + בַּגּוֹיִם Ez 11:16; c. acc. כַּף + מֵעַל pers. Jb 13:21, c. acc. דֶּרֶךְ + id. Pr 5:8; c. acc. of sin + מִן pers. 4:24; Jb 11:14 (מִן pers. om.); Pr 22:15; 30:8 ψ 103:12; + מִן loc. Jb 22:23. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 55 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «רָחַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7368/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 119:150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.150/) קָ֭רְבוּ רֹדְפֵ֣י זִמָּ֑ה מִתּוֹרָתְךָ֥ רָחָֽקוּ׃ *Word for word:* they.draw.near \[those.who\].pursue (of).wickedness from law your they.are.distant *JPS 1917:* They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; they are far from Thy law. [Psalms 55:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.55.8/) הִ֭נֵּה אַרְחִ֣יק נְדֹ֑ד אָלִ֖ין בַּמִּדְבָּ֣ר סֶֽלָה׃ *Word for word:* here! I.want.to.be.far.away to.flee I.want.to.lodge in the wilderness Selah *JPS 1917:* Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. - ← previous: [רַחְצָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7367.md) - next →: [רָחֵק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7369.md) - ↑ back to [ר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1512-2.md)