for יָם ; Weir in Che גֹּויִם ; MT makes ר׳ = distant ones , people); c. מִן pers ., of peoples Jos 9:22 (JE), Ju 18:7 , persons Ez 22:5 Ne 4:13 Pr 15:29 ( י׳ , fig. ), cf. Je 12:2 ( id. ), cities Dt 20:15 , so ( מִן loc .) Ju 18:28 ; abs. of people Jo 4:8 , persons Is 33:13 ; 57:19 Je 25:26 Ez 6:12 Zc 6:15 Pr 27:10 Dn 9:7 Est 9:2 0, cities Je 48:24 , tress ψ 56:1 (title; v. יוֹנָה ad fin ., p. 401), of distant journey Nu 9:10 ( P ); fig. , רָחֹוק pred. ( indef. ) Ec 7:24 , of י׳ ’s מִצְוָה Dt 30:1 1; c. מִן pers. (i.e. absent from, lacking to), of salvation ψ 119:155 , wisdom Ec 7:23 ; of pers. c. מִן of act or quality Is 46:12 ψ 22:2 ; of price, c. מִן comp. = far beyond Pr 31:1 0. b. of time: לְעִתִּים רְחֹוקֹות Ez 12:2 7. 2. n.m. always sing.: a. of space: distance Jos 3:4 ( D ); elsewhere c. prep.: (1) מֵר׳ from a distance , c. verbs implying motion, physial or mental: look Gn 22:4 ( E ) 37:18 ( J ) Jb 2:12 ; 36:25 ; bring Dt 28:49 Is 43:6 ; 60:9 , cf. Je 46:2 7; come Is 49:12 ; 60:4 Hb 1: 8; hear Is 49:1 ; smell Jb 39:25 ; remember Je 51:50 ; understand ψ 139:2 ; 139:2 transfer to b. also worship Ex 24:1
(
J
); (2)
מֵר׳
at a distance
(
מִן
1 c
)
Ex 2:4
(
E
),
20:18
,
21
(
E
,
Gi v
1
5,
18
),
1 S 26:13 2 K 2:7 Is 5:2
6;
59:14 Je 31:3
ψ 38:12
,
cf.
אֱלֹהֵי מֵר׳
Je 23:23
a God afar off
(on
cstr.
cf.
Ges
§ 130a;
<
read
אלהים ר׳
Gi
e,
cf.
Ö
); (3)
מֵר׳
to a distance
(
מִן
1 c
)
Is 22:3
;
23:7 Pr 7:1
9; (4)
בְּר׳
at a distance
ψ 10:1
;
עַד־ר׳
to a distance
Mi 4:
3; also
c.
two prepp.: (5)
לְמֵר׳
from
(
מִן
9 b
),
Jb 36:3
;
39:29
; (6)
עַד־מֵר׳
(
III.
עַד
I. 1 a
)
to a distance
Is 57:9
+
Ne 12:43
van d. H.
(
עַד
om. Baer
Gi
); even (7)
עַד־לְמֵר׳
(
עַד
III.)
2 Ch 26:15 Ezr 3:1
3.
b.
of time,
מֵר׳
long ago
Is 22:1
1,
c.
noun
=
ancient, of long standing
25:
1;
לְמֵר׳
long ago
2 K 19:25
=
Is 37:2
6;
from a far
2 S 7:19
=
1 Ch 17:1
7.
• מֶרְחָק S 4801 TWOT 2151c GK 5305 n.m. distant place, distance ;— abs. מ׳ Is 10:3 +, מֶרְחַק ψ 138:6 ; pl. מֶרְחַקִּים Zc 10: 9, מַר׳ Is 33:17 Je 8:1 9, cstr. מֶרְחַקֵּי־ Is 8: 9;— distant place, far country Is 8:9 Zc 10: 9; often c. צֶרֶץ : א׳ (ה)מֶרְחָק land of distance , distant land Is 13:5 ; 46:11 Je 4:1 6; 6:20 Pr 25:25 , so c. pl. א׳ מרחקים Je 8:1 9, land of distances , i.e. of wide extent, Is 33:17 ; מִמּ׳ from far Is 10: 3; 30:27 Je 5:15 Ez 23:40 Pr 31:1 4; fig. ψ 138:6 ; מִמּ׳ at a distance Je 31:1 0, to a distance Is 17:1 3.— בֵּית הַמּ׳ v. p. 112.
comp. compare, compares, comparative. D Deuteronomist in Dt., in other books Deuteronomic author or redactor. Gie F. Giessebrecht.