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title: קָרֵב — approaching · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָרֵב (7131), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: approaching. BDB 1906: adj.vb. approaching. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָרֵב

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«קָרֵב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **approaching** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 7131 · **BDB:** קָרֵב²

### Glosses

approaching (11); \[are\].approaching (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

approaching [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7131/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.vb. approaching [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7131/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.vb. approaching;—abs. ק׳ 1 S 17:41 +; pl. קְרִבִים Ez 40:46; 45:4;—approaching: as pred., הֹלֵךְ וְק׳ אֶל־דָּוִד 1 S 17:41, אַתֶּם קְרֵבִים לַמִּלְחָמָה Dt 20:3; abs. הָלוֹךְ וְק׳ 2 S 18:25; c. art. as subst., 1 K 5:7 (+ אֶל־שֻׁלְחָן), Nu 17:28(×2) (+ אֶל־מִשְׁכַּן י׳). c. art., approaching י׳, temple or tabern., for service, c. לְשָׁרֵת Ez 40:46 (+ אֶל־י׳), 45:4; abs. הַזָּר הַקּ׳ Nu 1:51; 3:10, 38; 18:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 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 «קָרֵב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7131/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 17:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.17.28/)

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כֹּ֣ל הַקָּרֵ֧ב ׀ הַקָּרֵ֛ב אֶל־מִשְׁכַּ֥ן יְהוָ֖ה יָמ֑וּת הַאִ֥ם תַּ֖מְנוּ לִגְוֺֽעַ׃ס

*Word for word:* every (the).\[person\] approaching (the).\[person\] approaching to the.tabernacle of.Yahweh he.will.die ? or will.we.complete to die

*JPS 1917:* Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of the LORD, is to die; shall we wholly perish?'

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[1 Samuel 17:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.41/)

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וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י הֹלֵ֥ךְ וְקָרֵ֖ב אֶל־דָּוִ֑ד וְהָאִ֛ישׁ נֹשֵׂ֥א הַצִּנָּ֖ה לְפָנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.came the Philistine coming and approaching to David and the man the.bearer of the.body.shield \[was\] before him

*JPS 1917:* And the Philistine came nearer and nearer unto David; and the man that bore the shield went before him.

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