Lexical Definition

‎קֶרֶב‎ qereb (keh'-reb) entrails: among ^H:N-M
from ‎קָרַב‎

[idiom] among, [idiom] before, bowels, [idiom] unto charge, [phrase] eat (up), [idiom] heart, [idiom] him, [idiom] in, inward ([idiom] -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, [phrase] out of, purtenance, [idiom] therein, [idiom] through, [idiom] within self.

• properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)

1) midst, among, inner part, middle
1a) inward part
1a1) physical sense
1a2) as seat of thought and emotion
1a3) as faculty of thought and emotion
1b) in the midst, among, from among (of a number of persons)
1c) entrails (of sacrificial animals)

See Greek: γαστήρ · διάνοια · ἐντυγχάνω · καρδία · κοιλία · μέσος · πάρειμι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קֶ֫רֶב‎₂₂₇ noun [masculine] inward part, midst; — ‎׳‎‎ק‎ absolute Exod 29:13 + (only 3); construct Gen 45:6 +; suffix ‎קִרְבִּי‎ Josh 9:7 +, 3 feminine plural ‎קִרְבֶֹּנָה‎ Gen 41:21, ‎בֶֹּנָה‎- vGen 41:21 (Ges^{«GKC:91i»§ 91i}. Kö^{ii.1488 N.I}), etc.; plural only (suffix) ‎קְרָבַי‎ Ps 103:1 — usually with preposition (‎׳‎‎בְּק‎ 143 t. ‎׳‎‎מִקּ‎ 43 t.); —

1.
a. inward part of human body, physical sense, ‎׳‎‎בְּק‎ within one's body Gen 25:22 (J), compare Gen 18:12 (J), 1Sam 25:37; Jer 23:9; Job 20:14 (|| ‎בְּמֵעָיו‎), compare Isa 19:1 (of nation personified) into his body Ps 109:18 (simile); as seat of life ‎(וַ)תָּשָׁב נֶפֶשׁהַֿיּלֶד עַלקִֿרְבּוֺ‎ 1Kgs 17:21; 1Kgs 17:22, compare (of idol) Hab 2:19 (see also

2.).
b. = belly, of kine ‎׳‎‎אֶלקֿ‎ Gen 41:21; Gen 14:21
c. of city (‎׳‎‎בְּק‎ within it, ‎׳‎‎מִקּ‎ etc.) Gen 18:24; Judg 18:7; Amos 3:9 + 18:t compare Isa 25:11 ‎חוּצוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּק‎ Isa 5:25. d of house Ps 101:2; Ps 101:7 temple Ps 48:10* ‎מוֺעֲ דֶ֑ךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּק‎ Ps 74:4.
e. of land (earth) Gen 45:6; Gen 48:16; Amos 2:3; Isa 5:8; Isa 24:13 (|| ‎בְּתוֺח הָעַמִּים‎), + 10 t. (‎׳‎‎בְּק‎ ‎׳‎‎מִקּ‎). feminine of a number of person, ‎׳‎‎כְּק‎ in the midst, among, ‎׳‎‎מִקּ‎ from among: especially (1) people (96 t.; 80 t. as singular collective, 15 t. plural Amos 7:8; Gen 24:3; Exod 23:25; Deut 31:17; Jer 46:21; 1Sam 4:3; Josh 7:12; Judg 10:16 +, ‎׳‎‎יִשׂ‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּק‎ Deut 17:10 +, ‎׳‎‎בְּק‎ ‎׳‎‎בֵּית יִשׂ‎ Amos 7:10 ‎הַכְּנַעֲנִי‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּק‎ Judg 1:32; Judg 1:33; Judg 3:5, ‎גּוֺי‎ ‎׳‎‎מִקּ‎ Deut 4:34 etc (2) ‎) הַמַּחֲנֶה‎‎׳‎‎(מִק‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּק‎ Josh 1:11; Num 14:44 6 t. (3) ‎אֶחָיו‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּק‎ Deut 18:2; 1Sam 16:13, and (‎׳‎‎מִק‎) Deut 17:15; Deut 18:18. (4) ‎עַמֶּיהָ‎ ‎׳‎‎מִקּ‎ Exod 31:14 (II.‎עַם‎) (5) ‎אֹיְכֶיךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּק‎ Ps 110:2 compare (of wicked) Ps 55:16* ‎חֲכָמִים‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּק‎ Prov 15:31. (6) ‎אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁפֹּט‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּק‎ Ps 82:1 (7) ‎הַמִּלְחָמָה‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּק‎ 1Kgs 20:39 into the midst of the battle, the thick of the fight; ‎צָרָה‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּק‎ Palam 1Kgs 138:7. (8) of nations, ‎הַגּוֺיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּק‎ Deut 29:15*, ‎הָעַמִּים‎ Lam 3:45, compare Josh 24:17; Mic 5:6*; Mic 5:7*.
g. ‎חוקך‎ ‎׳‎‎מִקּ‎ Ps 74:11 (Qr ‎חֵיקְךָ‎) thy hand from within thy bosom, (anthropomorphism of ‎׳‎‎י‎; see I ‎כלה‎ Pi`el 2 c).
h. of a period of time,‎שָׁנִים‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּק‎ Hab 3:2 (twice in verse)

2. of inward part of man;
a. as seat of thought and emotion : ‎׳‎‎בְּק‎ 1Kgs 3:28; Jer 4:14; Jer 9:7*; Prov 26:24; Ps 62:5*; Ps 94:19 || ‎בְלֵב‎ Prov 14:33, ‎עַללֵֿב‎ Jer 31:33 seat of ‎לֵב‎ Ps 39:4*; Ps 55:5*; Ps 109:22; Lam 1:20 of ‎רוּחַ‎ Ezek 11:19; Ezek 36:26; Ezek 36:27; Zech 12:1; Isa 26:6; Ps 51:12*, compare Isa 19:3; Isa 19:14 ‎לִבִּי‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּק‎ Ps 36:2* (read ‎לִבּוֺ‎ Vrss Hup Now Che Bae and others)
b. as faculty of thought and emotion, sujb. (no perp.) Isa 16:11 (|| ‎מֵעַי‎) Ps 64:7* (|| ‎לֵב‎) Ps 5:10* ‎כָּלקְֿרָבַי‎ Ps 103:1 (only here plural; || ‎נַפְשִׁי‎); — Ps 49:12* read ‎קִבְרָם‎ ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ7, or ‎קְבָרִם‎, Ew Gr Ol Bi Che Bae and others (for ‎קִרְבָּם‎)

3. technical term in P of entrails of sacrificial animals (Di Lev 1:9; Lev 1:13; Lev 3:3 (twice in verse); Lev 3:9 (twice in verse); Lev 3:14 (twice in verse); Lev 4:8 (twice in verse); Lev 4:11; Lev 7:3; Lev 8:16; Lev 8:21; Lev 8:25; Lev 9:14.

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