7368. rachaq
Lexical Summary
rachaq: to be or become far or distant
Original Word: רָחַק
Transliteration: 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, remove

A 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

רָחַקverb 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 ׳רIsaiah 59:9; Lamentations 1:16, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִרְחַקDeuteronomy 12:21 +, etc.; Imperative feminine singular רַחֲקִיIsaiah 54:14, masculine plural רַחֲקוּEzekiel 11:15 < Perfect רָֽחֲקוּ‎ Ra Hi Sm Co Toy Krae; Infinitive construct רְחֹקPsalm 103:12; Ecclesiastes 3:5, לְרָֽחֳקָהEzekiel 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 עֲצַתJob 21:16, 18; with מֵעַל‎ person (׳י‎), of Israel (figurative) Jeremiah 2:5, compare Ezekiel 44:10; = far from (land of) ׳י11:15 (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): תּוֺרָֽתְךָ119:150 (opposed to קרב‎); מִיֶּשַׁעJob 5:14, מֵעשֶׁקIsaiah 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). — יִרְחַקחֹֿקMicah 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 יֵרָתֵקbe joined ? ᵐ5ἀνατραπῇ, ᵑ9rumpatur, compare ᵑ6‎, read probably יִנָּתֵק‎ Pfannk Thes Ew De Siegf BuhlLex.

Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular רִחַקIsaiah 6:12, of ׳י‎, send far away, accusative of person; of people, ר ׳לִבּוֺ29:13, with מִן‎ of ׳י‎; 2 masculine singular רִחַקְתָּ26:15 thou hast far extended (with accusative) all the ends (boundaries) of the land; Imperfect3masculine plural אֶתוְֿנוּתָם יְרַחֲקוּEzekiel 43:9.

Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הִרְחִיקJob 19:13; Psalm 103:12, 1singular suffix הִרְחַקְתִּיםEzekiel 11:16, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יַרְחִיקֶנָּהProverbs 22:15, 2masculine singular תַּרְחִיקJob 22:23, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַרְחֵקProverbs 4:24 2t., הַרְחַ֑קJob 13:21, suffix הַרְחִיקֵהוּ11:14; Infinitive absolute הַרְחֵקGenesis 21:16 +, construct הַרְחִיקJeremiah 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 לָלֶכֶתExodus 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; + בַּגּוֺיִםEzekiel 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.








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