קֶרֶב

n.[m.] inward part, midst;—ק׳ abs. Ex 29:13 + (only 3); cstr. Gn 45:6 +; sf. קִרְבִּי Jos 9:7 +, 3 fpl. קִרְבֶּ֗נָה Gn 41:21, -בֶּ֔נָה v 21 (Ges§ 91 f. Köii.1, 488 N. 1), etc.; pl. only (sf.) קְרָבַי ψ 103:1;—usually c. prep. (בְּק׳ 143 times, מִקּ׳ 43 times);— inward part of human body, physical sense, בְּק׳ within one’s body Gn 25:22 (J), cf. 18:12 (J), 1 S 25:37; Je 23:9; Jb 20:14 (‖ בְּמֵעָיו), cf. Is 19:1 (of nation personif.); into his body ψ 109:18 (sim.); as seat of life (וַ)תָּשָׁב נֶפֶשׁ־הַיֶּלֶד עַל־קִרְבּוֹ 1 K 17:21, 22, cf. (of idol) Hb 2:19 (v. also 2). = belly, of kine אֶל־ק׳ Gn 41:21(×2). of city (בְּק׳ within it, מִקּ׳ etc.) Gn 18:24; Ju 18:7; Am 3:9 + 18 times cf. Is 25:11; בְּק׳ חוּצוֹת Is 5:25. of house ψ 101:2, 7; temple 48:10; בְּק׳ מוֹעֲדֶ֑ךָ 74:4. of land (earth) Gn 45:6; 48:16; Am 2:3; Is 5:8; 24:13 (‖ בְּתוֹךְ הָעַמִּים), + 10 times (בְּק׳, מִקּ׳). of a number of pers., בְּק׳ in the midst, among, מִקּ׳ from among: especially (1) people (96 times; 80 times as sg. coll., 15 times pl.), Am 7:8; Gn 24:3; Ex 23:25; Dt 31:17; Je 46:21; 1 S 4:3; Jos 7:12; Ju 10:16 +, בְּק׳ יִשׂ׳ Dt 17:20 +, בְּק׳ בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Am 7:10; בְּק׳ הַכְּנַעֲנִי †Ju 1:32, 33; 3:5, מִקּ׳ גּוֹי Dt 4:34, etc. (2) בְּק׳ (מִקּ׳) הַמַּחֲנֶה Jos 1:11 Nu 14:44 + 6 times †(3) בְּק׳ אֶחָיו Dt 18:2 1 S 16:13, and (מִקּ׳) Dt 17:15; 18:18. †(4) מִקּ׳ עַמֶּיהָ Ex 31:14 (ii. עַם). (5) בְּק׳ אֹיְבֶיךָ ψ 110:2, cf. (of wicked) 55:16; בְּק׳ חֲכָמִים Pr 15:31. (6) בְּק׳ אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁפֹּט ψ 82:1. (7) בְּק׳ הַמִּלְחָמָה 1 K 20:39 into the midst of the battle, the thick of the fight; בְּק׳ צָרָה ψ 138:7. †(8) of nations, בְּק׳ הַגּוֹיִם Dt 29:15, הָעַמִּים La 3:45, cf. Jos 24:17; Mi 5:6, 7. מִקּ׳ חוקך ψ 74:11 (Qr חֵיקְךָ) thy hand from within thy bosom, (anthrop. of י׳; v. I. כלה Pi. 2 c). of a period of time, בְּק׳ שָׁנִים Hb 3:2(×2). of inward part of man; as seat of thought and emotion: בְּק׳ 1 K 3:28; Je 4:14; 9:7; Pr 26:24 ψ 62:5; 94:19; ‖ בְּלֵב Pr 14:33, עַל־לֵב Je 31:33; seat of לֵב ψ 39:4; 55:5; 109:22; La 1:20; of רוּחַ Ez 11:19; 36:26, 27; Zc 12:1; Is 26:9 ψ 51:12, cf. Is 19:3, 14; בְּק׳ לִבִּי ψ 36:2 (read לִבּוֹ Vrss Hup Now Che Bae al.). as faculty of thought and emotion, subj. (no prep.) Is 16:11 (‖ מֵעַי), ψ 64:7 (‖ לֵב) 5:10; כָּל־קְרָבַי 103:1 (only here pl.; ‖ נַפְשִׁי).—49:12 read קִבְרָם 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗, or קְבָרִם, Ew Gr Ol Bi Che Bae al. (for קִרְבָּם). term. techn. in P of entrails of sacrifical animals (Di Lv 1:9 Dr-Wh Lv, pl. facing p. 4), Ex 12:9; 29:13, 17, 22; Lv 1:9, 13; 3:3(×2), 9(×2), 14(×2); 4:8(×2), 11; 7:3; 8:16, 21, 25; 9:14.