Genesis 21:16:5Gen.21.16.W5TAB
הַרְחֵק֙
harkhek
“far away”
- Transliteration
- har-KHEK
- Extended
- hahr-KHEHK
- IPA
- /har.ˈħeːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- far away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
har-KHEK
- clause
va-te-LEKH va-TE-shev LAH min-NE-ged har-KHEK ki-me-ta-kha-VEI KE-shet KI am-RA al-er-E be-MOT ha-YA-led
- sentence
va-te-LEKH va-TE-shev LAH min-NE-ged har-KHEK ki-me-ta-kha-VEI KE-shet KI am-RA al-er-E be-MOT ha-YA-led va-TE-shev min-NE-ged va-ti-SA et-ko-LAH vat-TEVK
Exegesis
The spatial expression mineged {מִנֶּגֶד | min-ne-ḡeḏ} ‘opposite’ combined with harcheq {הַרְחֵק | har-ḥêq} ‘at a distance’ and the simile kimtachavei qeshet {כִּמְטַחֲוֵי קֶשֶׁת | kim-ta-ḥă-wê qe-šeṯ} ‘like the range of a bow’ creates a vivid spatial frame.
Root and etymology
r-ḥ-qresh-chet-qof
“to be far, distant”
In context — Genesis 21:16
She went and sat down by herself, opposite, at a distance like the range of a bow, for she said, “Let me not see the death of the boy .” And she sat opposite and lifted her voice and wept.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 21:16, so the Hebrew word הַרְחֵק֙ (harkhek) 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 Gen.21.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.16.W5.S1) and character.