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קַרִיב‏ adj. near

near, nearby Com. in space Com. 4QEnastr b 7 iii:6 : רוח קדים גרבה די קריב לרוח גרי[בי‏ the north-east wind which is near the north wind. TgO Ex3:22 : וְתִשאַל אִיתְתָא מִשִיבַבתַה וֻמִקָרִיבַת בֵיתַה‏ the woman should borrow from her neighbor or a woman close to her house. in time Com. w. infinitive : on the verge of JLAtg, Qumran, Syr. GenApoc .12 : וכען קר֗י֗ב֗ה֗ י֗ד֗ך לממחה‏ . TgJ Ez7:7 : קָרִיב יוֹם אִתרְגוֹשָ‏ .

other, neighbor, companion JLAtg, CPA, Syr. TgJ Jer50:40 : כְמָא דְרַחֵיק יוי יָת סְדוֹם וְיָת עֲמֹרָה וְקָרִיבַהָא‏ as the Lord empied out Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbors.

relative Com. 4QpapTob ar6..11=03:15 : [ולא ]ב֗ר לה אחרן די י֗ר֗ת֗נ֗[ה] ו֗אח לה ק֗ר֗י֗ב֗‏ he has no son to inherit him nor a close brother. TgO Lev25:49 : מִקָרִיב בִסרֵיה‏ .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 505a; DJBA: 1042b; Jastrow: 1419; Levy Ch-W: 2:384; Tal Sam: 797; DNWSI: 1031; DJA: 78b; Cook,Qumran: 213;

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Derivatives:

mqryb (miqqarrīḇ) adv. recently

qrybw, qrybwtˀ (qarrīḇū, qarrīḇūṯā) n.f. nearness