BDB7885 [H7350]

רָחֹק, רָחוֺק adjective distant, far, and noun masculine^{Josh 3:4} distance (Lag^{BN 31}); — absolute רָחֹק Exod 2:4 +, רָחוֺק Ezek 6:12 +; feminine singular רְחֹקָה Deut 30:11 +, רְחוֺקָה Josh 9:6 +; masculine plural רְחֹקִים Deut 13:8 +, etc., feminine plural absolute רְחֹקוֺת Jer 48:24 +, etc.; — often opposed to קָרוֺב:

1. adjective a. of space: distant, land Josh 9:6; Josh 9:9 (+ מְאֹד), Deut 29:21; 1Kgs 8:41; 1Kgs 8:46 = 2Chr 6:32; 2Chr 6:36; 2Kgs 20:14 = Isa 39:3, ׳אִיִּים ר Isa 66:19 + perhaps Ps 65:6 (Che We read אִיִּם for יָם; Weir in Che גּוֺיִם; ᵑ0 makes ׳ר = distant ones, people); with מִן person, of peoples Josh 9:22 (JE), Judg 18:7, persons Ezek 22:5; Neh 4:13; Prov 15:29 (׳י, figurative), compare Jer 12:2 (id.,), cities Deut 20:15, so (מִן local) Judg 18:28 absolute of people Joel 4:8, persons Isa 33:13; Isa 57:19; Jer 25:26; Ezek 6:12; Zech 6:15; Prov 27:10; Dan 9:7; Esth 9:20, cities Jer 48:24, trees Ps 56:1 (title; see יוֺנָה near the end, p. 401), of distant journey Num 9:10 (P); figurative, רָחוֺק predicate (indefinite) Eccl 7:24, of ׳י's מִצְוָה Deut 30:11 with מִן person (i.e. absent from, lacking to), of salvation Ps 119:155, wisdom Eccl 7:23 of person with מִן of act or quality Isa 46:12; Ps 22:2 of price, with מִן compare = far beyond Prov 31:10.
\ \ b. of time: לְעִתִּים רְחוֺקוֺת Ezek 12:27.

2. noun masculine always singular:
\ \ a. of space: distance Josh 3:4 (D); elsewhere with preposition: (1) ׳מֵר from a distance, with verbs implying motion, physical or mental: look Gen 24:4 (E) Gen 37:18 (J) Job 2:12; Job 36:25 bring Deut 28:49; Isa 43:6; Isa 60:9, compare Jer 46:27 come Isa 49:12; Isa 60:4; Hab 1:8 hear Isa 49:1 smell Job 39:25 remember Jer 51:50 probably also worship Exod 24:1 (J); (2) ׳מֵר at a distance (מִן 1 c) Exod 2:4 (E), Exod 20:18; Exod 20:21 (E; Gi vExod 20:15 vExod 20:18), 1Sam 26:13; 2Kgs 2:7; Isa 5:26; Isa 59:14; Ps 38:12, compare ׳אֱלֹהֵי מֵר Jer 23:23 a God afar off (on construct of. Ges^{«GKC:130a»§ 130a}; < read ׳אלהים ר Gie, compare ᵐ5); (3) ׳מֵר to a distance (מִן 1 c) Isa 22:3; Isa 23:7; Prov 7:19 (4) ׳בְּר at a distance Ps 10:1 ׳עַדרֿ to a distance Mic 4:3 also with two prepp.: (5) ׳לְמֵר from (מִן 9 b), Job 36:3; Job 39:29 (6) ׳עַדמֵֿר (III. עַד I. 1 a) to a distance Isa 57:9 + Neh 12:43 van d. H. (עַד omitted by Baer Gi); even (7) ׳עַדלְֿמֵר (עַד III.) 2Chr 26:15; Ezra 3:13.
\ \ b. of time, ׳מֵר long ago Isa 22:11, with noun = ancient, of long standing Isa 25:1 ׳לְמֵר long ago 2Kgs 19:25 = Isa 37:26 from afar 2Sam 7:19 = 1Chr 17:17.

**Ps 139:2.

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