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qryb (qarrīḇ) adj. near
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near, nearby
Common Aramaic
P Gn45:10↗ ܘܗܘ݂ܝܬ ܩܪܝܒ ܠܝ‏ ; BT Tan 23b(34)↗ איתתא קריבא הניתה טפי‏ : the benefit (received) from a woman is immediately usable [lit. much closer]
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in space
Common Aramaic
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 ; Lag(363) John4:5↗ ܩܪܝܒܐ ܠܚܩܠܐ ܗܕܐ ܕܝܗܒ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܠܝܘܣܝܦ ܒܪܗ‏ : near the field that Jacob had given his son Joseph ; OS JnCur4:5↗ ܫܟܝܡ܂ ܩܪܝܒܬ ܩܪܝܬܐ ܗܝ ܕܝܗܒ ܗܘܐ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܠܝܘܣܦ ܒܪܗ‏ : Shechem, near that field that Jacob had given his son, Joseph
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ܩܪܝܒ ܠ : to have to do with
Syr
TB 2:35.2↗ ܐܡܪܝܢ ܕܝܢ ܕܠܣܛܝܐ ܠܡ ܒܠܠܝܐ ܥ݁ܒܕ ܒܝܫ̈ܬܐ܂ ܘܡܢܐ ܩܪܝܒܐ ܗܕܐ ܠܠܠܝܐ‏ : they say that a robber does bad things at night, but what does this have to do with night?
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in time
Common Aramaic
Marqe 1.474↗ קריב את עמי בה פליאן רברבן‏ : you will soon see great wonders with him ; OS JnSin6:4↗ ܘܩܪܝܒ ܗܘܐ ܥܕܥܝܕܐ ܕܦܛܝܪ̈ܐ‏ : the feast of unleavened bread was near
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w. infinitive : on the verge of
JLAtg, Qumran, Syr
GenApoc .12↗ וכען קר̇י̇ב̇ה̇ י̇ד̇ך לממחה‏ ; TgJ Ez7:7↗ קָרִיב יוֹם אִתרְגוֹשָה‏ ; P Mk13:4↗ ܩܲܪܼܝܒ݂ܵܢ̈ ܗܵܠܸܝܢ ܟ݁ܽܠܗܸܝܢ ܠܡܸܫܬ݁ܲܠܵܡܘ݂‏ ; P Lk7:2↗ ܩܲܪܼܝܒ݂ ܗܼܘܵܐ ܠܲܡܡܵܬ݂‏ : he was on the verge of dying
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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 ; LAIS 2.1:22↗ ܝܟܠ ܕܝܐ݁ܕܘܢ ܠܩܪܝܒܗ ܥܠ ܟܘܠ ܡܩܡܐ‏ : he is not able to judge his fellow on every issue ; P Mt5:43↗ ܕ݁ܲܪܚܲܡ ܠܩܲܪܼܝܒ݂ܵܟ݂‏
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relative
Common Aramaic
PAT27:1.2↗ yhb wˀḥbr pn1 lpn2 qrybh : PN1 gave it to and made PN, his relative, a partner in ; 4QpapTob ar6..11=03:15↗ [ולא ]ב̇ר לה אחרן די י̇ר̇ת̇נ̇[ה] ו̇אח לה ק̇ר̇י̇ב̇‏ : he has no son to inherit him nor a close brother ; 5/6Hev 7..:23↗ וירת ורחיק וקריב‏ : a distant or close heir ; TgO Lev25:49↗ מִקָרִיב בִסרֵיה‏ ; EchRB[1]68(14)↗ אית לך קריב או רחים‏ : do you have a relative or a friend? ; P Lv21:2↗ ܒܩܪܝܒܗ ܕܩܪܝܒ ܠܗ܂ ܒܐܒܘܗܝ ܘܒܐܡܗ ܘܒܒܪܗ ܘܒܒܪܬܗ ܘܒܐܚܘܗܝ ܘܒܚܬܗ‏ ; ActsThom 251:17↗ ܐܢܬܬܐ ܚܕܐ ܕܩܪܝܒܗ ܕܡ݁ܠܟܐ݂‏ ; BT BM 67a(13)↗ זיל זבון לי ארעא מקריבאי‏ : go (and) buy a field for me from my relatives
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female relative or companion
Gal, Syr
PTKet 26.c:63[2]↗ איטפל בקריבתך‏ : take care of your female relatives
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OfA also spelled defectively; JLAtg קָרִיב ; CPA f.pl. ܩܘܪܝܒܢ
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1407[692]DJPA: 505aDJBA: 1042bJastrow: 1419Drower/Macuch: 402bPayne-Smith: 3727J. Payne-Smith: 519Levy Ch-W: 2:384Tal Sam: 797DNWSI: 1031DCPA[Schulthess]: 383[184]DJA: 78bQumran: 213

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