רחק

רִחֵק, רְחִיקch. sam(רחקto be distant, far, removed). Targ. Prov. 19:7. Targ. Ps. 103:12. Ib. 53:2. Targ. Job 21:16; a. fr. Af. אַרְחֵיק 1) to remove; to reject, loathe. Targ. Ps. 103:12. Targ. Ex. 33:7. Targ. Is. 6:12. Targ. Job 33:20 (Ms. Pa.); a. fr. 2) to be removed. Gitt.58a כמה מַרְחִיקְנָאוכ׳ how far am I (in my studies) from that place (the passage quoted)? Pa. רַחֵק, רָחֵיק to remove, keep off; to loathe, abominate; to make abominable. Targ. Job 11:14. Targ. Am. 6:3 מר׳ יום (ed. Lag. מיום, corr. acc.; h. text מנדים). Targ. Jer. 2:37 (h. text מאס). Targ. Deut. 7:26 (h. text תעב). Targ. Job 9:31; a. fr.Part. pass. מְרָחַק. Targ. Mal. 1:7 (h. text מגאל).Sabb.128b טמאה לא מְרַחֲקָא וולדא ואי מרחקאוכ׳ an unclean animal (after giving birth) does not keep its young off, and if it does, it does not allow them to come near again (stimulation of the maternal instinct does not avail, v. רָחַם). Snh.29a משום דמְרָחְקָא דעתיה (an enemy cannot be witness,) because his mind is estranged (hostile), opp. מקרבא; Yalk. Num. 788; a. e.V. מְרָחַק, מְרַחַקְתָּא.