Jastrow: רָחוֹק

רָחוֹק, רְחוֹקָה f. (b. h.; רָחַק) distant, removed. Snh. VI, 2 היה ר׳ מבית וכ׳ when the culprit arrived at a distance of about ten cubits from the place of execution. Ib. 3. Pes. IX, 1 מי … או בדרך ר׳ he who (on the fourteenth day of Nisan) was unclean or on a distant journey (Num. IX, 10). Ib. 2 לפיכך … מפני שרחוקה ודאי וכ׳ (Bab. ed. 93ᵇ רחוק) therefore is the Hé (of רחוקה, Num. l. c.) dotted, not that it necessarily be distant (that he be really far away), but that he be outside of the Temple court (and unable to enter in time); Y. ib. 36ᵈ ה"א … איש ר׳ ואין דרך ר׳ the Hé is dotted to intimate that the man is at a distance (רחוק), not that the way be far; a. fr.—שמועה ר׳, v. שְׁמוּעָה.—Pl. רְחוֹקִים, רְחוֹקִין; רְחוֹקוֹת. Sabb. 182ᵃ קרובים נעשו ר׳; Lev. R. s. 18, v. קָרוֹב. Sifré Num. 131, v. סָמַךְ; a. fr.