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qrb, qrbˀ (qrāḇ, qrāḇā) n.m. war, battle
war, battle
Common Aramaic
Dan 7:21↗ וְקַרְנָא דִכֵּן עָבְדָה קְרָב עִם־קַדִּישִׁין וְיָכְלָה לְהוֹן‏ : while that horn was battling with the holy ones and overcoming them ; GenApoc 21.25↗ כול אלן אזדמנו כחדא לקרב לעמקא די סדיא‏ ; STM Ps.83 text not cited ; VR 16:190(2)↗ אין את עביד קרבא עימן ונצח לן ٠٠٠ ואין אנן עבדין עימך קרבא ונצחין לך‏ : if you wage war with us and defeat us ... If we wage war with you and defeat you ; PTBQ 6.b:41[2]↗ אהן רומיי<ה> כד<ו> מיבאש לא נפיק לקרבא‏ : when the soldier is sick, he doesn't go out to battle ; CPA Sirach46:6↗ ܒܟܝܦܝ^ܐ^ ܡܢ ܒܪܕܐ ܐܪܥܫ ܩܪܒܐ‏ : he waged war with hailstones ; P Num31:27↗ ܥ݁ܒ̈ܕܝ ܩܪܒܐ ܕܢܦܩܘ ܒܚܝܠܐ‏ ; BT San 63b(49)↗ דעאני ליה למאריה בקרבא‏ : (the horse) responds to its master in battle ; GY 5:12↗ laiit ḏminẖ nirmia qraba : there is no one who might make war with him ; PJ Gen36:35↗ בסדרותיה עמהון קרבא‏ : when he made war with them
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Syr
Am7 217:19↗ ܩܪܒܐ ܕܙܢܝܘܬܐ‏ : the battle of fornication
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weaponry
Man
JohnBook 13:11↗ qašiša lbaš zaina uzuṭa qraba ˁtlabaš ... qal zainaiun uqal qrabaiun : the older one put on weaponry and the younger one dressed himself for battle ... the sound of their weapons and the sound of their battle-gear
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sdry qrbˀ : battle line, troops : see s.v. sdr, sdrˀ n.m.
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This word appears in late Akkadian as an Aramaism; see von Soden, Or. n.s. 37: 264.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1401[691]DJPA: 502aDJBA: 1038bJastrow: 1411Drower/Macuch: 415a, 356bPayne-Smith: 3726J. Payne-Smith: 517Levy Ch-W: 2:385DNWSI: 1030DJA: 78bQumran: 212

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