קְרָב

«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.

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

Glosses

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

Meaning (OSHB)

battle tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

battle, war Qal tree →

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.

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Psalms 78:9

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.

Job 38:23

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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