קְרָב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7128

battle — used 9 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

battle tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קְרָב: 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)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: battle (3); of battle (3); [which] wars (1).

In the verses

Psalms 78:9 · tree →

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 · tree →

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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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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