בָּרַח bârach

Meaning

to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly

In the King James Version: chase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Jonah 1:10 Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
• Jonah 4:2 So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.