רָחַק râchaq — to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
Translated in the KJV as (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep, put, remove, be too, withdraw) far (away, off).
a primitive root; to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation).
râchaq in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 10Imperfect (yiqtol) 7Jussive 5Infinitive construct 3Imperative 2Wayyiqtol 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
If the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the Lord thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the Lord thy God hath blessed thee:
Hiph'il
Perfect (qatal) 7Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Imperative 5Infinitive absolute 4Infinitive construct 2Jussive 1
And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
And the Lord did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
Pi'el
Perfect (qatal) 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Jussive 1
And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›
