רחוק

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Hebrew

Root
ר־ח־ק (r-kh-q)

Etymology

Cognate with Tigre ርሑቕ (rəḥuḳʰ, “far”), Dahalik (ruḥuq, “far”).

Pronunciation

(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /raːˈħoːq/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /rɔːˈħoːq/,
(Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /rɔˈħøɡ/, (Sanaani), /rɔˈħeq/, (Sharaabi)
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈχok/
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Adjective

רָחוֹק • (rakhók) (feminine רְחוֹקָה, masculine plural רְחוֹקִים, feminine plural רְחוֹקוֹת)

far, distant; remote

Derived terms

לְעִתִּים רְחוֹקוֹת (le'itím rekhokót, “seldom”)
רָחוֹק מֵהָעַיִן, רָחוֹק מֵהַלֵּב (rakhók meha'ayín, rakhók mehalév)
שְׁמוּעָה רְחוֹקָה (shmuá rekhoká, “belated news of someone's having died”)
התפוח לא נפל רחוק מהעץ (“the apple does not fall far from the tree”)

References

H7350 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
“רחוק” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Adverb

רָחוֹק • (rakhok)

far

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