Job 22:18:7Job.22.18.W7TAB
רָ֣חֲקָה
rakhaka
“is far”
- Transliteration
- ra-kha-KA
- Extended
- raa-khah-KAA
- IPA
- /raːħăˈqaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- is far
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ra-kha-KA
- phraseyour reading level
ra-kha-KA MEN-ni
- clause
va-a-TSAT re-sha-IM ra-kha-KA MEN-ni
- sentence
ve-HU mil-LE va-TE-hem TOV va-a-TSAT re-sha-IM ra-kha-KA MEN-ni
Exegesis
The conjunctive vav in vaatsat {וַעֲצַ֥ת | wa-ʿaṣat} ‘and counsel’ introduces a second parallel clause, forming contrastive parallelism with rachaqqah meni {רָ֣חֲקָה מֶֽנִּי | rᵊḥaqqāh menî} ‘is far from me,’ underscoring moral separation. The perfect aspect of rachaqqah conveys ongoing distance, rendered “is far” in English. Coordinating conjunctions in English mirror the Hebrew clause boundary while preserving the adversative nuance.
In context — Job 22:18
Yet He filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
About this coordinate
Job 22:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Job 22:18, so the Hebrew word רָ֣חֲקָה (rakhaka) 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 Job.22.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.22.18.W7.S1) and character.