OS LkSin15:1 :ܘܡܟܣܐ ܘܚܛܝܐ ܡܬܩܪܒܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܠܘܬܗ ܕܢܫܡܥܘܢܗ : the tax collectors and sinners were approaching him in order to hear him See the entire entry for qrb vb. to approach, to be near