- קורבה
- קוֹרְבָהf. (קָרַב) nearness, approach, contact. Sabb.13a ק׳ של גילוי עריות sexual contact; שום ק׳ בעלמא any bodily contact whatsoever; Ab. Zar.17a Ms. M. (ed. קְרֵיבָה); Yalk. Lev. 589 קריבה.B. Bath.23b ק׳ דאורייתא that in doubtful cases we are guided by what is nearest is a Biblical rule (derived from Deut. 21:3).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.