רחוק

Hebrew

Root
ר־ח־ק (r-kh-q)

Etymology

Cognate with Tigre ርሑቕ (rəḥuḳʰ, “far”), Dahalik [script needed] (ruḥuq, “far”).

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /raːˈħoːq/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /rɔːˈħoːq/, [ʀɔˑˈħoː.oq]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /rɔˈħøɡ/, [rɔ(ː)ˈħøːɡ] (Sanaani), /rɔˈħeq/, [rɔ(ː)ˈħeːq] (Sharaabi)
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈχok/

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Adjective

רָחוֹק • (rakhók) (feminine רְחוֹקָה, masculine plural רְחוֹקִים, feminine plural רְחוֹקוֹת) [pattern: קָטוֹל]

1. 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)

1. far

Related terms

• הרחק
• הרחקה
• מרחק
• ריחוק / רִחוּק (“distance, remoteness”)

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