ק־ר־בق ر ب

q-r-b “to come near, approach”

One root, two kinds of drawing near: qorbān, the offering 'brought near' to God (corban), and qərāḇ, the close encounter of battle, the krav of Krav Maga. Arabic qarīb 'near' and qurbān 'sacrifice' show the same pair.

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Words from this root 2

corbanBiblical Hebrew → Aramaic → Koine Greek → Late Latin → Middle English → English
Krav MagaProto-Semitic → Biblical Hebrew → Modern Hebrew → American English → English

Relatives outside the atlas

Biblical Hebrew	קָרוֹב	qārôḇ	“near; a relative”
Biblical Hebrew	קָרַב	qāraḇ	“to approach”
Biblical Hebrew	קֶרֶב	qereḇ	“midst, inner part”
Arabic	قَرِيب	qarīb	“near; a relative”
Arabic	قُرْبَان	qurbān	“sacrifice, offering”
Akkadian	qerēbu	qerēbu	“to be near”