קָרַב
qa.rav (H7126G)
to present: come
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# קָרַב (qarav): Drawing Near and Presentation The Hebrew verb קָרַב (qarav) fundamentally means "to present" or "to come," encompassing the action of drawing near or bringing something forward. With 112 occurrences throughout the biblical text, this is a moderately common verb that appears across diverse contexts, suggesting its utility in describing both physical movement and relational approach. The dual semantic range—combining notions of approach and presentation—indicates that the verb often carries significance beyond mere proximity. When someone or something is "presented," there is typically an intentional act of bringing forward into a particular relational context. This makes qarav useful for describing encounters with others, offerings brought to a deity, or a subject's approach to authority. The frequency of occurrence suggests this verb was essential vocabulary for describing pivotal interactions and transactions in biblical narratives. Without access to specific usage examples from the lexicon data provided, the full scope of this word's nuances remains bounded by its basic definition. Nevertheless, the verb's consistent presence across 112 biblical passages indicates it was vital for conveying moments of approach, presentation, and formal encounter in ancient Hebrew literature.
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When he had come near to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.
Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, “Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?
Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
The time came near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don’t bury me in Egypt,
He said, “Don’t come close. Take off your sandals, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.”
When a stranger lives as a foreigner with you, and would like to keep the Passover to Yahweh, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it. He shall be as one who is born in the land; but no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.
When Pharaoh came near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were very afraid. The children of Israel cried out to Yahweh.
It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. There was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night. One didn’t come near the other all night.
Moses said to Aaron, “Tell all the congregation of the children of Israel, ‘Come close to Yahweh, for he has heard your murmurings.’ ”
If the thief isn’t found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out whether or not he has put his hand on his neighbor’s goods.
As soon as he came near to the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. Then Moses’ anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.
Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it.
When they went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
They brought what Moses commanded before the Tent of Meeting. All the congregation came near and stood before Yahweh.
Moses said to Aaron, “Draw near to the altar, and offer your sin offering, and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself, and for the people; and offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them, as Yahweh commanded.”
So Aaron came near to the altar, and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, “Draw near, carry your brothers from before the sanctuary out of the camp.”
So they came near, and carried them in their tunics out of the camp, as Moses had said.
Yahweh spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they came near before Yahweh, and died;
“ ‘None of you shall approach any close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.
“ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife. She is your aunt.
“ ‘You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
“ ‘If a woman approaches any animal and lies with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.
“Say to Aaron, ‘None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect may approach to offer the bread of his God.
For whatever man he is that has a defect, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity,
“Tell them, ‘If anyone of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things which the children of Israel make holy to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me. I am Yahweh.
The priest shall bring her near, and set her before Yahweh.
the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes. These are they who were over those who were counted;
There were certain men, who were unclean because of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day.
He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him.
Is it a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of Yahweh’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;
to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger who isn’t of the offspring of Aaron, would come near to burn incense before Yahweh, that he not be as Korah, and as his company; as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses.
They shall keep your commands and the duty of the whole Tent; only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they nor you.
They shall be joined to you and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent. A stranger shall not come near to you.
Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph came near. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses.
The heads of the fathers’ households of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spoke before Moses and before the princes, the heads of the fathers’ households of the children of Israel.
You came near to me, everyone of you, and said, “Let’s send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring back to us word of the way by which we must go up, and the cities to which we shall come.”
When you come near the border of the children of Ammon, don’t bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession, because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.”
Only to the land of the children of Ammon you didn’t come near: all the banks of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill country, and wherever Yahweh our God forbade us.
You came near and stood under the mountain. The mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
When you heard the voice out of the middle of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
Go near, and hear all that Yahweh our God shall say, and tell us all that Yahweh our God tells you; and we will hear it, and do it.”
Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,” and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.
It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,
When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.
accuses her of shameful things, gives her a bad name, and says, “I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn’t find in her the tokens of virginity;”
When men strive against each other, and the wife of one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts out her hand, and grabs him by his private parts,
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