Exodus 20:21:3Exod.20.21.W3TAB
מֵרָחֹ֑ק
merakhok
“from afar”
- Transliteration
- me-ra-KHOK
- Extended
- meh-rah-KHOHK
- IPA
- /meː.raː.ˈħoːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- from afar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-ra-KHOK
- clause
va-ya-a-MOD ha-AM me-ra-KHOK
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD ha-AM me-ra-KHOK oo-mo-SHEH ni-GASH el-ha-a-ra-FEL a-sher-SHAM ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The following noun ha'am {הָעָם | hā-ʿām} ‘the people’ serves as subject, and the prepositional phrase merachok {מֵרָחֹק | mē-rā-ḥōq} ‘from afar’ functions adverbially to mark spatial separation.
Root and etymology
r-ḥ-qresh–chet–qof
“distance, remoteness”
In context — Exodus 20:21
The people stood at a distance , but Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 20:21, so the Hebrew word מֵרָחֹ֑ק (merakhok) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.20.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.21.W3.S1) and character.