רחוק

Hebrew

Root
ר־ח־ק (r-kh-q)
5 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -ok

Adjective

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

1. far, distant; remote

Derived terms

• לעיתים רחוקות / לְעִתִּים רְחוֹקוֹת (l'itím r'khokót, “seldom”)
• רָחוֹק מֵהָעַיִן, רָחוֹק מֵהַלֵּב (rakhók meha'áyin, rakhók mehalév)
• שְׁמוּעָה רְחוֹקָה (sh'mu'á r'khoká, “belated news of someone's having died”)
• הַתַּפּוּחַ לֹא נָפַל רָחוֹק מֵהָעֵץ (“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 • (rakhók)

1. far

Related terms

• הִרְחִיק (hirkhík, “to distance, move away; to expel, banish”)
• הַרְחֵק (harkhék, “(far) away”)
• הַרְחָקָה (harkhaká, “removal, expulsion, exclusion”)
• מֶרְחָק (merkhák, “distance”)
• ריחוק / רִחוּק (rikhúk, “remoteness”)

Anagrams

• רוקח