noun masculine^{Joshua 3:4} distance (Lag^{BN 31}); — absolute רָחֹק Exodus 2:4 +, רָחוֺק Ezekiel 6:12 +; feminine singular רְחֹקָה Deuteronomy 30:11 +, רְחוֺקָה Joshua 9:6 +; masculine plural רְחֹקִים Deuteronomy 13:8 +, etc., feminine plural absolute רְחֹקוֺת Jeremiah 48:24 +, etc.; — often opposed to קָרוֺב:

1. adjective a. of space: distant, land Joshua 9:6,9 (+ מְאֹד), Deuteronomy 29:21; 1 Kings 8:41,46 2Chronicles 6:32,36; 2 Kings 20:14 = Isaiah 39:3, ׳אִיִּים ר Isaiah 66:19 #NAME? Psalm 65:6 (Che We read אִיִּם for יָם; Weir in Che גּוֺיִם; ᵑ0 makes ׳ר = distant ones, people); with מִן person, of peoples Joshua 9:22 (JE), Judges 18:7, persons Ezekiel 22:5; Nehemiah 4:13; Proverbs 15:29 (׳י, figurative), compare Jeremiah 12:2 (id.,), cities Deuteronomy 20:15, so (מִן local) Judges 18:28; absolute of people Joel 4:8, persons Isaiah 33:13; Isaiah 57:19; Jeremiah 25:26; Ezekiel 6:12; Zechariah 6:15; Proverbs 27:10; Daniel 9:7; Esther 9:20, cities Jeremiah 48:24, trees Psalm 56:1 (title; see יוֺנָה near the end, p. 401), of distant journey Numbers 9:10 (P); figurative, רָחוֺק predicate (indefinite) Ecclesiastes 7:24, of ׳יs מִצְוָה Deuteronomy 30:11; with מִן person (i.e. absent from, lacking to), of salvation Psalm 119:155, wisdom Ecclesiastes 7:23; of person with מִן of act or quality Isaiah 46:12; Psalm 22:2; of price, with מִן compare = far beyond Proverbs 31:10.

b. of time: לְעִתִּים רְחוֺקוֺת Ezekiel 12:27.

2. noun masculine always singular:

a. of space: distance Joshua 3:4 (D); elsewhere with preposition: (1) ׳מֵר from a distance, with verbs implying motion, physical or mental: look Genesis 24:4 (E) Genesis 37:18 (J) Job 2:12; Job 36:25; bring Deuteronomy 28:49; Isaiah 43:6; Isaiah 60:9, compare Jeremiah 46:27; come Isaiah 49:12; Isaiah 60:4; Habakkuk 1:8; hear Isaiah 49:1; smell Job 39:25; remember Jeremiah 51:50; probably also worship Exodus 24:1 (J); (2) ׳מֵר at a distance (מִן 1c) Exodus 2:4 (E), Exodus 20:18,21 (E; Gi Exodus 20:15; Exodus 20:18), 1 Samuel 26:13; 2 Kings 2:7; Isaiah 5:26; Isaiah 59:14; Psalm 38:12, compare ׳אֱלֹהֵי מֵר Jeremiah 23:23 a God afar off (on construct of. Ges^{§ 130a}; < read ׳אלהים ר Gie, compare ᵐ5); (3) ׳מֵר to a distance (מִן 1c) Isaiah 22:3; Isaiah 23:7; Proverbs 7:19; -4׳בְּר at a distance Psalm 10:1; ׳עַדרֿ to a distance Micah 4:3; also with two prepp.: (5) ׳לְמֵר from (מִן 9b), Job 36:3; Job 39:29; -6׳עַדמֵֿר (III. עַד

I. 1 a) to a distance Isaiah 57:9 + Nehemiah 12:43 van d. H. (עַד omitted by Baer Gi); even (7) ׳עַדלְֿמֵר (עַד III.) 2 Chronicles 26:15; Ezra 3:13.

b. of time, ׳מֵר long ago Isaiah 22:11, with noun = ancient, of long standing Isaiah 25:1; ׳לְמֵר long ago 2 Kings 19:25 = Isaiah 37:26; from afar 2 Samuel 7:19 = 1 Chronicles 17:17. **Psalm 139:2.

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