רִחֵק, רְחֵיק ch. same Targ. Prov. XIX, 7. Targ. Ps. CIII, 12. Ib. LIII, 2. Targ. Job XXI, 16; a. fr.
    Af. - אַרְחֵיק 1) to remove; to reject, loathe. Targ. Ps. CIII, 12. Targ. Ex. XXXIII, 7. Targ. Is. VI, 12. Targ. Job XXXIII, 20 (Ms. Pa.); a. fr. —2) to be removed. Gitt. 58ᵃ כמה מַרְחִיקְנָא וכ׳ how far am I (in my studies) from that place (the passage quoted)?
    Pa. - רַחֵק, רָחֵיק to remove, keep off; to loathe, abominate; to make abominable. Targ. Job XI, 14. Targ. Am. VI, 3 מר׳ יום (ed. Lag. מיום, corr. acc.; h. text מנדים). Targ. Jer. II, 37 (h. text מאס). Targ. Deut. VII, 26 (h. text תעב). Targ. Job IX, 31; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְרָחַק. Targ. Mal. I, 7 (h. text מגאל).—Sabb. 128ᵇ טמאה לא מְרַחֲקָא וולדא ואי מרחקא וכ׳ an unclean animal (after giving birth) does not keep its young off, and if it does, it does not allow them to come near again (stimulation of the maternal instinct does not avail, v. רָחַם). Snh. 29ᵃ משום דמְרָחֲקָא דעתיה (an enemy cannot be witness,) because his mind is estranged (hostile), opp. מקרבא; Yalk. Num. 788; a. e.—V. מְרָחַק, מְרַחַקְתָּא.