From qarab; hostile encounter -- battle, war.
see HEBREW qarab
H7128. qerab
קְרָב noun [masculine] battle, war (hostile approach; Aramaism = קְרָב, compare LagBn 175); — abs ׳ק Zechariah 14:3 +; plural קְרָבוֺת Psalm 68:31; — "" מִלְחָמָח Job 38:23; Psalm 144:1; ק ׳יוֺם Zechariah 14:3; Psalm 78:9; ׳כְּלֵיק Ecclesiastes 9:18; his heart was war Psalm 55:22 (see 19 see √ Qal 1 a); plural 68:31 people that delight in battles; — 2 Samuel 17:11 read ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5 בְּקִרְבָּם Th Dr and most.