H7138. qarob

קָרוֺב קָרֹב,‎₇₈

adjective near; — absolute קָרֹב‎ Exodus 12:4 +, וֺב‎- 2 Samuel 19:48 +; plural קְרֹבִים‎ 1 Kings 8:59, קְרוֺבִים‎ Isaiah 33:13 +; feminine plural קְרֹבוֺת‎ Ezekiel 22:5, etc.; — near (often opposed to רָחוֺק‎) :

1 of city Genesis 19:20 (+ שָׁ֫מָּה לָנוּס‎), Jeremiah 48:24, ׳הַקּ‎ Deuteronomy 21:3 the nearest (+אֶל‎), compare (of elders) 21:6; of land 1 Kings 8:46 2 Chronicles 6:36; road Exodus 13:17; = contiguous, כֶּרֶם‎ 1 Kings 21:2 (+ בֵּיתִי אֵצֶל‎).

2 of person:

a. + אֶל‎ person Genesis 45:10; Deuteronomy 13:8; 22:2; Joshua 9:16; 1 Chronicles 12:41 (van d. H. v40); ׳הַקּ אֶל‎ Exodus 12:4 the nearest to; with suffix קְרֹבוֺ‎ 32:27, i.e. his neighbour.

b. absolute (opposed to or + רחוק‎, oft,= near and far, i.e. all without distinction), Ezekiel 6:12; Isaiah 57:19; Proverbs 27:10; plural Isaiah 33:13; Jeremiah 25:26; Daniel 9:7; Esther 9:20; Exodus 22:5; ׳ק‎ of distress, personified, Psalm 22:12.; — Ezekiel 23:5, 12 Co Berthol read קְרוּאִים‎ famous; Toy רַבִּים‎ (compare Jeremiah 39:13); Hpt in Toy Krae conjectures קְרוֺדִים‎ (Assyrian ‡urâ du, warrior).

c. of near relationship, + אֶל‎ person2 Sam Jeremiah 19:43; Leviticus 21:2-3, 25:25 (all H), Numbers 27:11 (P); ל‎ pers Nehemiah 13:4; Ruth 2:20; + מִן‎ compare 3:12; of intimacy, קְרֹנוֺ‎ Psalm 15:3 ("" רֵעֵהוּ‎), קְרוֺבַי‎ Job 19:14 ("" מְיֻדָּעַי‎) Psalm 38:12 ("" וְרֵעַי אֹהֲנַי‎); near, in office, Esther 1:14.

d. near to י קְרֹבוֺ ׳עַם‎ Psalm 148:14 (Ri Bae קְרכָו‎ the people of those near him).

e. near to ׳י‎ in ceremon function, with אֶל‎ Ezekiel 43:19, with ל‎ 42:13, suffix Leviticus 10:3.

f. of God (׳י‎), + אֶל‎ person Deuteronomy 4:7; 30:14; ל‎ pers Psalm 34:19; 145:18; abs Jeremiah 12:2; Isaiah 50:8; 55:6 Psalm 119:151; מִקָּרֹב אֱלֹהֵי‎ Jeremiah 23:23 a God from near by (opposed to ׳א מֵרָחוֺק‎ ); ׳ק‎ of י ׳צֶרֶק‎ Isaiah 51:5, י ׳יֶשַׁע‎ Psalm 85:10 (+ ל‎ of person); — שִׁמְךָ ׳ק‎ 75:2, read בְּשׁ ׳קֹרְאֵי‎ Dy Che Gr Dr, compare Bae ᵐ5‎ SyeVer Du.

g. of word, + אֶל‎ person Deuteronomy 30:14; prayer, + ׳אֶליֿ‎ 1 Kings 8:59.

3 of time : ׳ק אֵידָם יוֺם‎ Deuteronomy 32:35; especially of י ׳יוֺם‎ Zephaniah 1:7, 14 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 30:3 (perhaps del as ᵐ5‎ Co Krae), 30:3; Isaiah 13:6; Obadiah 15; Joel 1:15; 2:1; Joel 4:14, compare Ezekiel 7:7; + infinitive ׳ק לָבוֺא אֵירמֿוֺאָב‎ Jeremiah 48:16, compare Isaiah 13:22; 56:1; ק ׳מְחִתָּה‎ Proverbs 10:14 imminent ruin; מִקָּרוֺכ‎ Deuteronomy 32:17 recently, so Ezekiel 11:3 ᵑ6 ᵐ5‎ Co Siegf Berthol (for Mt בְּקָרוֺב‎) 7:8 soon; Job 20:5 of the briefest; — ק ׳אוֺר חשֶׁח מִמְּנֵי‎ 17:12 is dubious; Thes (my) light is near to (prope abest a, as Arabic , but not proven in Hebrew) darkness; Di light (they say) is near (breaking away) from darkness, will soon leave it behind; But מֶּןיֶֿחְשַׁךְ קְרוֺבָם אוֺר‎ the light of their intimate friend shall not (?)grow dark.