From qarab; properly, the nearest part, i.e. The center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition) -- X among, X before, bowels, X unto charge, + eat (up), X heart, X him, X in, inward (X -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, + out of, purtenance, X therein, X through, X within self.
see HEBREW qarab
H7130. qereb
קֶ֫רֶב227 noun [masculine] inward part, midst; — ׳ק absolute Exodus 29:13 + (only 3); construct Genesis 45:6 +; suffix קִרְבִּי Joshua 9:7 +, 3 feminine plural קִרְבֶֹּנָה Genesis 41:21, בֶֹּנָה- 41:21 (Ges§ 91i. Köii.1488 N.I), etc.; plural only (suffix) קְרָבַי Psalm 103:1; — usually with preposition (׳בְּק143t. ׳מִקּ43t.); —
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a. inward part of human body, physical sense, ׳בְּק within one's body Genesis 25:22 (J), compare 18:12 (J), 1 Samuel 25:37; Jeremiah 23:9; Job 20:14 ("" בְּמֵעָיו), compare Isaiah 19:1 (of nation personified) into his body Psalm 109:18 (simile); as seat of life עַלקִֿרְבּוֺ נֶפֶשׁהַֿיּלֶד (וַ)תָּשָׁב 1 Kings 17:21-22, compare (of idol) Habakkuk 2:19 (see also 2).
b. = belly, of kine ׳אֶלקֿ Genesis 41:21; 14:21
c. of city (׳בְּק within it, ׳מִקּ etc.) Genesis 18:24; Judges 18:7; Amos 3:9 + 18:t compare Isaiah 25:11 ׳בְּק חוּצוֺת 5:25.
d of house Psalm 101:2; 101:7; temple 48:10; ׳בְּק דֶ֑ךָ מוֺעֲ 74:4.
e. of land (earth) Genesis 45:6; 48:16; Amos 2:3; Isaiah 5:8; 24:13 ("" הָעַמִּים בְּתוֺח), + 10 t. (׳מִקּ ׳בְּק).
f. 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; Genesis 24:3; Exodus 23:25; Deuteronomy 31:17; Jeremiah 46:21; 1 Samuel 4:3; Joshua 7:12; Judges 10:16 +, ׳בְּק ׳יִשׂ Deuteronomy 17:10 +, יִשׂ ׳בֵּית ׳בְּק Amos 7:10 ׳בְּק הַכְּנַעֲנִי Judges 1:32-33, 3:5, ׳מִקּ גּוֺי Deuteronomy 4:34 etc (2) ׳בְּק הַמַּחֲנֶה׳(מִק ) Joshua 1:11; Numbers 14:44 6t. (3) ׳בְּק אֶחָיו Deuteronomy 18:2; 1 Samuel 16:13, and (׳מִק) Deuteronomy 17:15; 18:18. (4) ׳מִקּ עַמֶּיהָ Exodus 31:14 (II.עַם) (5) ׳בְּק אֹיְכֶיךָ Psalm 110:2 compare (of wicked) 55:16 ׳בְּק חֲכָמִים Proverbs 15:31. (6) ׳בְּק יִשְׁמֹּט אֱלֹהִים Psalm 82:1 -7׳בְּק הַמִּלְחָמָה 1 Kings 20:39 into the midst of the battle, the thick of the fight; ׳בְּק צָרָה Palam 1Ki 138:7. (8) of nations, ׳בְּק הַגּוֺיִם Deuteronomy 29:15, הָעַמִּים Lamentations 3:45, compare Joshua 24:17; Micah 5:6; 5:7.
g. ׳מִקּ חוקך Psalm 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,׳בְּק שָׁנִים Habakkuk 3:2 (twice in verse)
2 of inward part of man;
a. as seat of thought and emotion : ׳בְּק 1 Kings 3:28; Jeremiah 4:14; 9:7; Proverbs 26:24; Psalm 62:5; 94:19; "" בְלֵב Proverbs 14:33, עַללֵֿב Jeremiah 31:33; seat of לֵב Psalm 39:4; 55:5; 109:22; Lamentations 1:20; of רוּחַ Ezekiel 11:19; 36:26-27, Zechariah 12:1; Isaiah 26:6; Psalm 51:12, compare Isaiah 19:3, 14; ׳בְּק לִבִּי Psalm 36:2 (read לִבּוֺ Vrss Hup Now Che Bae and others)
b. as faculty of thought and emotion, sujb. (no perp.) Isaiah 16:11 ("" מֵעַי) Psalm 64:7 ("" לֵב) 5:10; כָּלקְֿרָבַי 103:1 (only here plural; "" נַפְשִׁי); — 49:12 read ᵑ7 ᵑ6 ᵐ5 קִבְרָם, or קְבָרִם, Ew Gr Ol Bi Che Bae and others (for קִרְבָּם)
3 technical term in P of entrails of sacrificial animals (Di Leviticus 1:9, 13; 3:3 (twice in verse); 3:9 (twice in verse); 3:14 (twice in verse); 4:8 (twice in verse); 4:11; 7:3; 8:16, 21, 25; 9:14.