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קָרַב

to approach

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H7126 Strong's Hebrew
qârab Transliteration
/kaw-rab'/ Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible 283 appearances

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קרב — transliterated qârab — is a Hebrew verb carrying the sense “to approach.” Its English rendering has broadened — “offer” classically, “present” (Berean Standard Bible) and “and” (unfoldingWord Literal Text) in modern versions; see the renderings breakdown. Spanning 263 verses in 27 books, it ranks among the common words of the Hebrew Bible. Its uses concentrate in Leviticus (35% of all occurrences). Read the stem: it spans 4 stems, including Qal and Niphal. See the sense tree, 263-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.

Gloss history

Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship

Strong's · 1890
approach
Modern gloss
to approach
Strong's 1890 agrees
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About this word

Strong's H7126 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.

These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →

263
distinct verses
The word appears in 263 distinct verses.
27 / 39
OT books
The word appears in 27 of 39 Old Testament books.
Genesis 12:11
first appearance
The earliest occurrence is in Genesis 12:11.
Malachi 3:5
last appearance
The latest occurrence is in Malachi 3:5.
#177
by frequency
Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 177 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).

View all 263 occurrences in the concordance →


Most concentrated in

By section of the Old Testament

  • Pentateuch 184 · 70%
  • Historical 30 · 11%
  • Wisdom 11 · 4%
  • Prophets 38 · 14%

By traditional corpus

Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 263 distinct verses.

  • Torah (Pentateuch) 184 verses · 70%
  • Prophets (Nevi'im) 62 verses · 24%
  • Writings (Ketuvim) 17 verses · 6%

How translations render this word

Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).

  • King James Version: Offer 15×, He shall offer 14×, He brought 12×
  • American Standard Version: He shall offer 17×, Ye shall offer 13×, Offer 12×
  • Berean Standard Bible: Present 23×, Approached 12×, You are to present 12×
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text: And 29×, He shall present 19×, Present 19×

King James Version Public Domain

Renders H7126 across 281 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Offer” 15×
  • “He shall offer” 14×
  • “He brought” 12×
  • “Ye shall offer” 12×
  • “Come near” 9×
  • “Brought” 8×
  • “Shall offer” 7×
  • “Thou shalt bring” 7×
  • “Shall bring” 6×
  • “Thou shalt offer” 6×
  • “Bring” 5×
  • “Offered” 5×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 96 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

American Standard Version Public Domain

Renders H7126 across 279 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “He shall offer” 17×
  • “Ye shall offer” 13×
  • “Offer” 12×
  • “Brought” 7×
  • “Shall offer” 7×
  • “He presented” 6×
  • “Thou shalt bring” 6×
  • “Bring” 5×
  • “He brought” 5×
  • “Offered” 5×
  • “Offereth” 5×
  • “Shall present” 5×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 114 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

Berean Standard Bible Public Domain

Renders H7126 across 276 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Present” 23×
  • “Approached” 12×
  • “You are to present” 12×
  • “Brought” 8×
  • “Come” 8×
  • “Presents” 8×
  • “Bring” 7×
  • “He is to present” 7×
  • “Come forward” 6×
  • “Draw near” 6×
  • “Drew near” 6×
  • “Offer” 5×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 103 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 4 further occurrences.

unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Renders H7126 across 359 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “And” 29×
  • “He shall present” 19×
  • “Present” 19×
  • “You shall present” 16×
  • “Come near” 13×
  • “Approach” 9×
  • “Draw near” 9×
  • “Presented” 9×
  • “Shall present” 9×
  • “He presented” 8×
  • “Approached” 7×
  • “You shall” 7×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 71 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.


21 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB

Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each.

What do BDB’s symbols mean?

BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:

Symbol Meaning
𝔊 the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX)
𝔙 the Vulgate (the Latin translation)
𝔖 the Syriac version (the Peshitta)
𝔗 the Targum (the Aramaic translation)
ψ the Psalms
√ root (the underlying root or stem)
‖ parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel)
† the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited

The 21 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.

Qal

  • Pf. 3 ms. ק׳ Gn 20:4 +; 3 fs. קָרֵ֑בָה Zp 3:2, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִקְרַב Gn 37:18 + etc.; Imv. ms. קְרַב 2 S 20:16 +, קָ֫רְבָה ψ 69:19; mpl. קִרְבוּ Ex 16:9; Inf. abs. קָרוֹב Ec 4:17 De Siegf Ol§ 249c Sta§ 642c Köi. 175; cstr. קְרֹב ψ 27:2; 32:9, לְקָרְבָה Ex 36:2, etc.;—approach: e.g. Genesis 20:4
  • 1.
    • a. c. אֶל pers. (27 times) Gn 37:18; Nu 18:4; Mal 3:5 (+ לַמִּשְׁפָּט), Jon 1:6 +; in kindness 1 K 2:7, of י׳ to help ψ 69:19; for war, battle, Ex 14:20; Ju 20:24; unto God †1 S 14:36 (+ הֲלוֹם), Zp 3:2, י׳ †Ez 44:15; Is 48:16; approach sexually, of man, †Gn 20:4; Is 8:3; Dt 22:14; Lv 18:6, 14, 19; (H) Ez 18:6; of woman †Lv 20:16 (אֶל of beast); ק׳ אֵלֶיךָ Is 65:5 = keep to thyself (‖ אַל־תִּגַּשׁ־בִּי); c. עַל pers., in hostility, ψ 27:2 (+ inf. purpose), so prob. מִקְרָב־לִי ψ 55:19 that none may approach me (ק׳ inf. cstr., so Che Bae Dr, > n. = battle). e.g. Genesis 37:18
    • b. אֶל loc. Ex 32:19; Dt 2:37; 20:10; Jos 8:5; Pr 5:8; אֶל rei Jos 3:3; Ez 42:14; 44:16; Lv 22:3; (H), Ex 36:2 + 5 times P; עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ 2 K 16:12; אֶל־הַמִּלְחָמָה Dt 20:2. e.g. Exodus 32:19
    • c. לִפְנֵי pers. (י׳) Ex 16:9; Lv 16:1 ψ 119:169 (of cry); before men Nu 9:6; Jos 17:4. e.g. Exodus 16:9
    • d. מוּל gent. Dt 2:19. e.g. Deuteronomy 2:19
    • e. ב loc. Ju 19:13 ψ 91:10 (of evil). e.g. Judges 19:13
    • f. ל loc. Jb 33:22; adv. loc. הֲלֹם Ex 3:5, הֵ֫נָּה Is 57:3 (cf. g, 2 S 20:16). e.g. Job 33:22
    • g. draw near for a purpose, c. Inf. 1 S 17:48; 2 S 15:5; Dt 25:11; Ex 12:48; Lv 21:17; Nu 17:5; Is 34:1; Ec 4:17, + (Inf. om.) Lv 21:18; c. וְ subord. 2 S 20:16 (+ עַד־הֵ֫נָּה); c. לַמִּשְׁפָּט Is 41:1 (cf. a. Mal 3:5); + Imv. Dt 5:24; Jos 10:24; Lv 10:4, + Impf. Jos 10:24; Lv 10:5. e.g. 1 Samuel 17:48
    • h. abs. (15 times) Jos 7:14(×3) (technically of approach to sanctuary, for trial by lot), Is 5:19 (of י׳’s counsel), 41:5 +, La 3:57 (of י׳, to help); וַתִּק׳ הַמִּלְחָמָה 1 K 20:29 i.e. the battle was joined; of calamities Ez 9:1, ק׳ קִצֵּנוּ La 4:18. e.g. Joshua 7:14
  • 2. of time, draw near, Gn 27:41; Dt 15:9; Ez 12:23; spec. ק׳ יְמֵי פ׳ לָמוּת Gn 47:29; Dt 31:14; 1 K 2:1. e.g. Genesis 27:41

Niphal

  • Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְנִקְרַב אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִים Ex 22:7 he shall be brought unto God (at the sanctuary), also (abs., reflex.) 2 mpl. consec. וְנִקְרַבְתֶּם Jos 7:14 (cf. Qal 1 h). e.g. Exodus 22:7

Piel

  • Pf. 1 s. קֵרַבְתִּי Is 46:13; 3 pl. קֵרְבוּ Ho 7:6 (v. infr.), Ez 36:8; Impf. 2 ms. וּתְקָרֵב ψ 65:5; 1 s. sf. אֲקָֽרְבֶנּוּ Jb 31:37; Imv. ms. קָרַב Ez 37:17; mpl. קָֽרְבוּ Is 41:21;—cause to approach, bring near: e.g. Isaiah 46:13
  • 1. in space, acc. rei + אֶל Ez 37:17; = receive, acc. pers. Jb 31:37 (Thes Du; most approach majestically, march up to), acc. om. ψ 65:5; ק׳ רִיבְכֶם Is 41:21 bring on your suit! e.g. Ezekiel 37:17
  • 2. in time, ק׳ צִדְקָתִי Is 46:13 (of י׳), ק׳ לָבוֹא Ez 36:8 they have brought near to come, brought their coming near, it is at hand (cf. Hiph. Gn 12:11).—Ho 7:6 read בָּעַר for קֵרְבוּ (קִרְבּוֹ RSProph. iv, N. 19), cf. 𝔊 Now. e.g. Isaiah 46:13

Hiphil

  • Pf. 3 ms. הִקְרִיב Gn 12:11 +, -רִב Nu 7:19; 2 ms. וְהִקְרַבְתָּ֫ Ex 29:3 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יַקְרִיב Ez 44:27 +, -רִב 46:4; וַיַּקְרֵב Ju 3:17 +; 1 pl. וַנַּקְרֵב Nu 31:50, etc.; Imv. ms. הַקְרֵב Nu 3:6 +, etc.; Inf. abs. הַקְרֵב Lv 6:7; cstr. הַקְרִיב Ju 3:18 +, etc.; Pt. מַקְרִיב Lv 3:1 +, etc.;— e.g. Genesis 12:11
  • 1.
    • a. bring near, bring, present, c. acc. rei, Ju 5:25 (+ בְּסֵפֶל), cf. Ex 29:3 (+ בַּסָּל); tribute ψ 72:10; מִנְחָה Ju 3:17 (+ ל pers.), v 18; cf. (ל pers.) Mal 1:8; שָׂדֶה בְּשָׂדֶה יַק׳ Is 5:8 i.e. join, incorporate; pregn., c. מִן loc. 2 K 16:14 (v. RSSem i. 466 ff., 2nd ed. 486 ff.); acc. of case, affair, †Dt 1:17 (+ אֶל pers.), Nu 27:5 (+ לִפְנֵי י׳); c. acc. pers.: + אֶל pers. Nu 15:33; 25:6; Jos 8:23, + אֶל reflex. Ex 28:1, + אֶת (prep.) reflex. Nu 18:2; abs., of pers., make an approach Ex 14:10. e.g. Judges 5:25
    • b. of time, הִקְרִיב לָבוֹא Gn 12:11; תַּקְרִיב לָלֶדֶת Is 26:17; וַתַּקְרִיבִי יָמַיִךְ Ez 22:4. e.g. Genesis 12:11
  • 2. as term. techn. (c. 158 times), chiefly in Ez HP, bring near, of presenting, dedicating, or offering to י׳:
    • a. c. acc. pers., (1) Aaron and his sons, and Levites, sometimes c. אֶל, לְפְנֵי, pers. or loc., Ex 29:4, 8; 40:12, 14; Lv 3:6; 7:35; 8:6, 13, 24 Nu 8:9, 10; 16:5(×2), 9, 10, cf. (of prince, subj. י׳) Je 30:21; (2) for selection by let Jos 7:16, 17(×2), 18; 1 S 10:20, 21; (3) for ordeal of מֵי הַמָּרִים Nu 5:16. e.g. Exodus 29:4
    • b. usually (c. 142 times) c. acc. of offering, with or without further complement (אֶל, לִפְנֵי loc., לי׳, לְפְנֵי י׳; rarely אֶל, ל, of priest, etc.): (1) animal-offering Lv 3:7, 12; 8:18, 22 (all + סָמַךְ of offerer), Ex 29:10; Lv 1:15; 4:3, 14 +, etc.; (2) זֶבַח Lv 7:16; עֹלָה Nu 29:13, 36; אִשֶּׁה Lv 3:3, 14; 23:8, 25 +; †(3) blood Lv 1:5 (+ זָרַק), 7:33; 9:9; (4) מִנְחָה Lv 2:8; 6:7; 7:12; 23:16; Nu 5:25; 6:16; 15:9; לֶחֶם אֱלֹהָיו Lv 21:6, 8, 17, 21, etc.; (5) incense Nu 16:35, censer v 17; 17:3, 4; אֵשׁ זָרָה Lv 10:1 Nu 3:4; 26:61; (6) especially c. acc. cogn. קָרְבָּן Lv 1:2(×2), 14; 2:1, 4; 22:18 Nu 7:10, 11; 31:50 + (c. 33 times); (7) acc. om. 2 Ch 35:12. e.g. Leviticus 3:7
    • c. abs. make an offering Nu 7:2, 18. e.g. Numbers 7:2

Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.


Word origin

vb. come near, approach (NH approach, be offered; Assyrian ḳarâbu, approach; Arabic قَرِبَ, قَرُبَ be near, approach; so Ethiopic ቀርበ: Sab. קרב approach a woman (sexually, v. 1 a infr.), DHMHofmus. No. 6. 1. 2, but also gen. דֿ רחק וקרב he who is far and he who is near CISiv, no. 95, 7, 8 cf. SabDenkmNo. 12, 9, 10; Aramaic קְרֵב, ܩܪܶܒ, approach; also, = oblation, Sab. קרבן DHMZMG xxx (1876), 672 Arabic قُرْبَانٌ, Old Aramaic קרבן, 𝔗 קוּרְבָּנָא, Syriac ܩܽܘܪܒܳܢܳܐ; cf. Assyrian kurbannu (כ), DlHWB 351);—

— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.

Origin: a primitive root

Part of speech: Verb TWOT: 2065


Jastrow Dictionary

A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.

קָרֵב

  • (b. h.)
  • 1. to join, come near, be near; to be offered as קָרְבָּן. Zeb. VIII, 2 יִקְרַב לשם מי שהוא let it be offered in behalf of him to whom it may belong. Ib. 5 אם ק׳ … יִקְרְבוּ וכ׳ if one of the heads has been offered, let all of them be offered. Ib. 67ᵇ; Ḳinnim III, 3 חטאת קְרֵיבָה למעלה וכ׳ the sin-offering may have been offered on top and the burnt-offering beneath it. Men. VI, 1 הקומץ ק׳ … קְרֵבִים לעצמן the handful (of the priests’ meal-offering) is offered separately and the remainder separately; Y. Sot. III, 19ᵇ top קְרֵיבִין. Sifré Num. 29 קבע זמן לקריבים … למקריבים a time is fixed for the things to be offered (Lev. XXII, 27), and a time for those who offer (Num. VI, 10); a. fr. e.g. Leviticus 22:27
  • 2. to come before court; to sue, complain. Gen. R. s. 96 (ref. to ויקרבו, Gen. XLVII, 29) כאדם … ק׳ על וכ׳ as one says, that man has brought suit against his neighbor, v. קָבַל II; Yalk. ib. 156 קבל (corr. acc.). e.g. Genesis 47:29
    • 1. same, same, to come near. Ex. R. s. 20, beg. לא קי׳ אצל וכ׳ he had not come near Sarah.—Esp. to approach; to pray, intercede, mediate, conciliate. Y. Ber. IV, 8ᵇ top זה שעובר … בא וקָרֵב עשה קרבנינו וכ׳ we do not say to him who is to pass before the ark (v. תֵּיבָה), ‘come and pray’, but, ‘come, draw near’, (which means) ‘do our offerings’, ‘satisfy our needs’ &c.
    • 2. to bring near; to befriend, attract, invite. B. Kam. 24ᵃ ק׳ נגיחותיו if the ox did his gorings in near intervals (of less than three days). Eduy. VIII, 7 אין אליהו … לרחק ולְקָרֵב … המְקוֹרָבִין בזרוע וכ׳ Elijah shall come not to decide between clean and unclean, nor to expel (declare genealogically degraded) and to receive (reinstate), but to expel those who have been received by force, and to reinstate those who have been expelled by force. Ib. משפחת … וקֵרְבָהּ בן וכ׳ there was a family … which Ben-Zion expelled by force, and another which they received by force (Bab. ed. וקֵרְבוּהָ בני וב׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40); Tosef. ib. III, 4; Kidd. 71ᵃ. Eduy. l. c. לא לרחק ולא לקרב וכ׳ neither to expel nor to reinstate, but to make peace &c. Sabb. 31ᵃ קֵירְבָנוּ תחת וכ׳, v. עִנְוְתָנוּת. Ib. שקֵרַבְתַּנִי וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שהקרבתני) thou hast brought us near &c. Tanḥ. Tsav 8 (ref. to Ps. LXV, 5) אשרי מי שבחרו … קֵרְבוֹ blessed he whom the Lord has chosen, although he did not bring him near; Num. R. s. 3 הקריבו. Ib. ק׳ את עצמו he brought himself near (to God, through his own deeds); ib. יתרו קרבו הקב"ה the Lord brought Jethro near (caused him to be converted); Yalk. Ex. 379; a. fr.—Sifré Num. 94 (expl. לזרא, Num. XI, 20, cmp. זָר) שתהיו מרחיקים … מְקָרְבִים אותו you will keep it at a distance (loathe it) more than you have been inviting (wishing for) it; Lev. R. s. 48.—Part. pass. מְקוֹרָב; pl. מְקוֹרָבִין, v. supra. e.g. Psalms 65:5
    • 1. to bring near, receive. Y. Dem. II, 23ᵃ top מַקְרִיבִין לכנפים, v. כָּנָף. Num. R. l. c.; Sabb. l. c., v. supra; a. fr.
    • 2. to offer, sacrifice. Men. XIII, 10 יַקְרִיבֶנָּה במקדש he must offer it in the Temple (of Jerusalem), ואם הִקְרִיבָהּ וכ׳ but if he offered it in the Temple of Ḥonyo (in Egypt). Zeb. 67ᵇ ותַקְרִיבֶנָּה למעלה and let her offer it on top, (v. supra Kal); Kinn. III, 6 ויַקְרִיבֶנָּה וכ׳ Mish. (Bab. ed. ויקרבנה, corr. acc.) and he (the priest) must offer it &c. Ber. 6ᵇ כאילו ה׳ תודה as if he had offered a thank-offering. Ib. 17ᵃ as long as the Temple stood אדם חוטא ומַקְרִיב וכ׳ a man sinned and brought a sacrifice; ואין מקריבין וכ׳ yet only its fat and its blood were offered; כאילו הִקְרַבְתִּיו לפניך וכ׳ as if I had offered it (my fat and blood) on the altar before thee; a. v. fr.
    • to be offered. Y. Meg. I, 70ᶜ top ונִקְרְבוּ מהן וכ׳ and from their contributions was taken the wood for sacrifices; (Y. Taan. IV, 68ᵇ; Y. Shek. IV, beg. 47ᵈ וקרבו).
    • 1. to be brought near, be received. Num. R. s. 3 יש נבחר ונדחה ונ׳ וכ׳ some are chosen and repelled (disgraced) and received again &c. Sifra Tsav, Milluïm ידע משה שנ׳ אהרן Moses learned that Aaron was received again (in grace); Yalk. Lev. 515; a. fr.
    • 2. to be offered, sacrificed. Y. Taan. l. c. שלא יהא קרבן מִתְקָרֵב וכ׳ that none but their contributions should be offered first. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XXXI אותו האיל … ובא להִתְקָרֵב וכ׳ that ram … ran and came to offer himself as a sacrifice in place of Isaac &c.; Yalk. Gen. 101; a. e.
    • 3. to claim relationship. Deut. R. s. 2 אם קרובו עני … פלוני מתקרב לי if a man’s relative is poor, he makes himself the main person and him subordinate, saying, this man claims relationship to me; Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵇ (in mutilated text) ההן פלן מתקרב לן.

קְרֵב

  • 1. to be near, come near, touch. Targ. Num. XXVII, 1. Targ. Ex. XXXVI, 2. Targ. I Kings II, 1; a. fr.—Pesik. Zakhor, p. 24ᵇ קריב לגביה, v. בָּלַם II. Eduy. VIII, 4 דיִקְרַב במיתא he who touches a corpse; a. e.
  • 2. to intercede, protect. Y. Dem. I, 22ᵃ בני קרתי קוֹרְבִין לי (not קרתיה) fellow-citizens, protect me!; בני דודי קורבין לי (not דידי) children of my friend (the Lord), protect you me!; Y. Taan. III, 66ᶜ top בני דילי וכ׳ (corr. acc.).
  • 3. to complain, sue. Y. B. Bath. IX, beg. 16ᵈ אתון בנוי קַרְבוּן וכ׳ his sons came and complained before R. E. Ib. אתת וקְרֵיבָה וכ׳ she came and complained &c.
  • 4. to bring near; to offer, v. infra.
    • 1. to bring near; to offer. Targ. Gen. XLVIII, 9, sq. Ib. 13 (Y. ed. Vien. קְריב; h. text ויַּגֵּשׁ). Targ. Is. LVIII, 3 (h. text תִּנְגּשׁוֹּ!). Targ. O. Lev. I, 2 יְקָרֵיב (Y. יִקְרַב). Ib. 3 (Y. יַקְרִיב Af.). Ib. 14 (Y. also יַקְרִיב); a. fr.—Gitt. 56ᵃ סבור רבנן לקָרוּבֵיה the rabbis were of the opinion that it should be offered. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵈ top הוה … אתי למִיקָרְבָה וכ׳ (or למִיקְרְבָה) when a man came to offer, to the idol, an ox &c. Y. Snh. X, 29ᵇ מְקָרְבָא לגיחזי to bring Gehazi near (befriend him again). Num. R. s. 3 אלהכון מאן הוא בעי מְקָרֵיב does your God bring near him (grace) whomever he chooses to? B. Bath. 168ᵃ אפי׳ צורבא … לְקָרוּבֵיה even in the case of a young scholar whom it may be supposed his intended father-in-law likes to bring into his family; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְקָרַב; f. מְקָרְבָא, מְקָרְבָה; pl. מְקָרְבִין; מְקָרְבָן near, friendly. Sabb. 104ᵃ מ"ט שקר ק׳ מיליה אמת וכ׳ why are the letters of שקר (falsehood) near together (in the order of the alphabet), and those of אמת (truth) far apart? Snh. 29ᵃ מק׳ דעתיה he is friendly, v. רְחַק.—3) to intercede, lead in prayer. Midr. Till. to Ps. XIX חזיוה לחזנא דקָרֵיב וכ׳ they noticed that the officer of the synagogue led in prayer and said &c.
    • to bring near; to offer. Targ. Mal. II, 12; a. fr.—Gitt. l. c. אי מַקְרְבִין ליה (or מְקָרְבִין Pa.), v. קָרְבַּן. Ḥag. 8ᵇ האי דלא אַקְרְבִינְהוּ וכ׳ the reason why they did not offer them was &c.; a. fr.—Yeb. 39ᵇ איקרבת ית וכ׳ (read: אַקְרִיבַת) she brought before us (the court) such and such a person &c.
    • 1. to approach, come near. Targ. Y. Deut. XX, 3; O. ib. ed. Berl. (oth. ed. קריבין). Ib. XXV, 9; a. fr.—Keth. 56ᵃ משום אִיקָּרוּבֵי דעתא הוא והא אִיקָּרְבָא דעתא (when a man promises his bride an additional jointure,) it is in order that an attachment be formed; well, now, the attachment has been formed (and we have a right to assume that he wanted his bride to get that addition, even if he should die before the wedding).
    • 2. to claim relationship, v. preced.

קֶרֶב

  • preced.)
  • 1. inside, intestine.—Du. קְרָבַיִם, קְרָבַיִים; constr. קִרְבֵּי, קִירְ׳. Num. R. s. 7 (ref. to Num. XIV, 11 בקרבו) אטר אעשה עמו … בקרבו כמה … עשיתי בקִרְבֵּיהֶן וכ׳ it does not read, ‘which I do with them’, but ‘which I do within them’:… how many signs and wonders have I done in their intestines (that the manna was entirely resorbed in their bowels) &c. (with ref. to קֶרֶב Lev. VIII, 21). Tam. IV, 2. Ḥull. 16ᵇ קירבי דגים entrails of fish. Y. Sabb. II, 4ᵈ ק׳ דגים כל זמן וכ׳ the fat of fish entrails (used as oil) has no bad odor as long as it burns. B. Mets. 60ᵇ, v. נָפַח; a. fr.—Ned. 54ᵇ ק׳ לאו בשר וכ׳ entrails are no meat and he who eats them is no man; Y. ib. VII, beg. 40ᵇ קרבייא (ch. form). Ber. 10ᵃ; a. fr. e.g. Numbers 14:11
  • 2. innermost; בְּקֶרֶב within. Pesik. R. s. 13 בְּקִרְבַּנוּ, v. רָחַשׁ; a. e.

קָרֵב ²

  • m., v. קָרֵיב

קְרָב

  • preced. wds.) hostile contact, attack, war. Y. Sot. VIII, 21ᶜ top רומי לק׳ the Roman (Latin) language is adapted for military affairs; Y. Meg. I, 71ᵇ bot.; Esth. R. to I, 22. Sabb. 59ᵃ בשעה שבורח מן הק׳ וכ׳ when he flees from the battle, he puts it on &c.; a. e.

קְרָב ²

  • Targ. II Sam. XXI, 15. Targ. Ps. XXVII, 3. Ib. XXXV, 1; a. fr.—Ib. קְרַבְתִּי, v. קְרָבוּ.—Tosef. Sot. XIII, 5, v. נְגַח; Y. ib. IX, 24ᵇ; Bab. ib. 33ᵃ. Lev. R. s. 22 דעבד ק׳ עם וכ׳ who wages war with a king &c. Gitt. 56ᵃ ניפוק … ק׳ בהדייהו let us go out and offer them (the Romans) battle; a. fr.—Pl. קְרָבִין, קְרָבַיָּא. Targ. Num. XXI, 14. Targ. I Chr. XXVIII, 3; a. e.

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Forms in the corpus

The 204 distinct written forms H7126 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.

Form Parsing Example Uses
וְ/הִקְרַבְתֶּ֨ם Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural Leviticus 23:36 6
וְ/הִקְרִ֥יב Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Leviticus 3:7 5
יִקְרַ֣ב Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Genesis 37:18 4
הַ/קָּרֵ֖ב Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Numbers 1:51 4
וְ/הִקְרִ֣יב Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Leviticus 1:14 4
וְ/הִקְרִ֨יב Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Leviticus 1:13 4
וַ/יַּקְרֵב֙ Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Joshua 7:17 4
תַּקְרִ֥יב Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Leviticus 2:13 4
וְ/הִקְרִ֤יב Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Leviticus 3:14 3
וְ/הִקְרַבְתֶּ֥ם Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural Leviticus 23:8 3
וַ/יַּקְרֵ֞ב Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 1 Samuel 10:21 3
וַ/יַּקְרֵ֥ב Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Joshua 7:16 3
יִקְרְב֥וּ Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural Ezekiel 44:15 3
יַקְרִ֖יב Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Ezekiel 44:27 3
יַקְרִ֥יב Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Leviticus 1:2 3
יַקְרִ֧יבוּ Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural Leviticus 27:9 3
לְ/הַקְרִ֖יב Verb, Hiphil, Infinitive Construct Judges 3:18 3
לְ/הַקְרִ֥יב Verb, Hiphil, Infinitive Construct Ezekiel 44:15 3
תַּקְרִ֥יבוּ Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural Leviticus 2:12 3
קָרְב֖וּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Isaiah 41:5 2
תִּקְרַ֣ב Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular Joshua 7:14 2
הִקְרִ֖יב Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Genesis 12:11 2
הַ/מַּקְרִ֞יב Verb, Hiphil, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Leviticus 7:29 2
הַ/מַּקְרִ֥יב Verb, Hiphil, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Leviticus 7:9 2
הַקְרֵ֣ב Verb, Hiphil, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Exodus 28:1 2
וְ/הִקְרִ֛יב Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Leviticus 5:8 2
וְ/הִקְרַבְתָּ֙ Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Exodus 29:10 2
וְ/הִקְרַבְתָּ֥ Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Exodus 29:3 2
וַ/יִּקְרַ֥ב Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 2 Kings 16:12 2
וַ/יַּקְרִ֣יבוּ Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural Numbers 7:10 2
וַ/יַּקְרֵ֕ב Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Leviticus 8:18 2
וַ/יַּקְרֵ֣ב Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 1 Samuel 10:20 2
וַ/תִּקְרְב֣וּ/ן Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural Deuteronomy 1:22 2
וַ/תִּקְרַ֣ב Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular Esther 5:2 2
וַֽ/יִּקְרְב֞וּ Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural Numbers 9:6 2
וַֽ/יִּקְרְבוּ֙ Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural Leviticus 9:5 2
יִקְרַ֥ב Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Numbers 18:4 2
יַקְרִ֣יב Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Leviticus 1:3 2
יַקְרִ֤יב Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Leviticus 22:18 2
יַקְרִ֥יבוּ Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural Leviticus 22:18 2
יַקְרִיבֶֽ/נּוּ Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Leviticus 1:10 2
קְרַ֣ב Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 2 Samuel 20:16 2
קְרַ֤ב Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Deuteronomy 5:27 2
קָרְב֣וּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Deuteronomy 31:14 2
קָרַ֥ב Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Exodus 14:20 2
תִּקְרַ֤ב Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular Leviticus 20:16 2
תַּקְרִ֑יב Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Exodus 29:8 2
תַּקְרִ֖יבוּ Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural Leviticus 1:2 2
תַּקְרִ֛יב Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Ezekiel 43:22 2
אֲקָרֲבֶֽ/נּוּ Verb, Piel, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular Job 31:37 1
בְּ/הַקְרִ֨יבְ/כֶ֜ם Verb, Hiphil, Infinitive Construct Numbers 28:26 1
בְּ/הַקְרִֽיבְ/כֶ֤ם Verb, Hiphil, Infinitive Construct Ezekiel 44:7 1
בְּ/הַקְרִיבָ֥/ם Verb, Hiphil, Infinitive Construct Numbers 26:61 1
בְּ/קָרְבָתָ֥/ם Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct Leviticus 16:1 1
בְּֽ/הַקְרִבָ/ם֩ Verb, Hiphil, Infinitive Construct Numbers 3:4 1
בִּ/קְרָב Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct 2 Samuel 15:5 1
בִּ/קְרֹ֤ב Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct Psalms 27:2 1
הִקְרִ֑יב Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Exodus 14:10 1
הִקְרִ֔יב Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Leviticus 7:8 1
הִקְרִ֖יבוּ Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Numbers 16:39 1

The 60 most common forms are shown; 144 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.


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