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מְרַחַּק‏ adj. unclean; distant

unclean, abominable JLAtg, PTA, LJLA. TgO Lev19:7 : וְאִם אִתאְכָלָא יִתאְכֵיל בְיוֹמָא תְלִיתָאָה מְרַחַק הוּא לָא יְהֵי לְרַעְוָא‏ should it in fact be eaten on the third day then it is unclean and will not be acceptable. TN Deut12:31 : ארום כל דמרחק קדם ייי די סני ורחיק עבדו לטעוותהון‏ because everything which is abominable before the Lord, which he hates, they have done to their idols. PJ Lev19:23 : תלת שנין יהי לכון מרחק‏ it will be unclean for you for three years. discarded as too unclean (?) JLAtg. TgJ Is64:5 : וַהְוֵינָא כִמסָאַב כוּלַנָא וֻכִלבוּש מְרַחַק כָל זָכְוָתַנָא‏ we were all like something unclean and like discarded clothing all our meritorious acts.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 329a; DJBA: 706a; Jastrow: 841; Levy Ch-W: 2:69;

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