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title: קְרָב — battle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קְרָב (7128), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: battle. BDB 1906: battle, war Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קְרָב

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«קְרָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **battle** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** 7128 · **BDB:** קְרָב

### Glosses

battle (3); of.battle (3); \[which\].wars (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

battle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7128/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

battle, war Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7128/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] battle, war (hostile approach; Aramaism = ܩܪܰܒ, קְרָב, cf. LagBN 175);—abs. ק׳ Zc 14:3 +; pl. קְרָבוֹת ψ 68:31;—‖ מִלְחָמָה Jb 38:23 ψ 144:1; יוֹם ק׳ Zc 14:3 ψ 78:9; כְּלֵי ק׳ Ec 9:18; his heart was war ψ 55:22 (v 19 v. √ Qal 1 a); pl. ψ 68:31 peoples that delight in battles.—2 S 17:11 read בְּקִרְבָּם 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 Th Dr and most.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קְרָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7128/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 78:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.9/)

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בְּֽנֵי־אֶפְרַ֗יִם נוֹשְׁקֵ֥י רוֹמֵי־קָ֑שֶׁת הָ֝פְכ֗וּ בְּי֣וֹם קְרָֽב׃

*Word for word:* the.people of.Ephraim \[were\].equipped of.shooters of.a.bow they.turned.back on.\[the\] day of.battle

*JPS 1917:* The children of Ephraim were as archers handling the bow, that turned back in the day of battle.

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[Job 38:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.23/)

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אֲשֶׁר־חָשַׂ֥כְתִּי לְעֶת־צָ֑ר לְי֥וֹם קְ֝רָ֗ב וּמִלְחָמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* which I.have.kept.back for.\[the\] time of.distress for.\[the\] day of.battle and warfare

*JPS 1917:* Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

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