קרוב I

קָרוֹבI m. (b. h.; קָרֵב) near; related, relative. Y.Ber.IX, 13a top (ref. to Deut. 4:7) ק׳ בכל מיני קריבות (God is) near in every way of nearness (at all times, in all places, in sympathy ). Snh.9a נמצא … ק׳וכ׳ if it appears that one of the witnesses is a near relative (of the defendant) or disqualified. Ib. b אדם ק׳ אצל עצמו ואיןוכ׳ every man is considered a relation to himself, and none can incriminate himself. Ib. 10a אדם ק׳ … ואינו ק׳ אצל ממונו a man cannot testify against himself, but he is not a relative to (disqualified to testify against) his property. Ib. III, 4 היה ק׳ ונתרחק if a person was a relation (by marriage, so as to be disqualified), and became a stranger again. B. Mets.39a שבוי … מורידין ק׳וכ׳ if a person has been carried off captive, they (the court) appoint a relative to manage his estate. Ib. ק׳ מחמת ק׳ an indirect relative (e. g. ones step-brothers step-brother); a. v. fr.Pl. קְרוֹבִים, קְרוֹבִין. Gitt.14b ק׳ למלכות connected with royalty, influential. Snh.III, 4 ואלו הן הק׳ the following are considered relatives (disqualified to act as judges or witnesses); a. fr.Sabb.152a ק׳ נעשו רחוקים near objects have become distant (my senses are dull from old age).Tanḥ. Bshall. 18 ועברה קרובים; Y.Taan.II, 66a top שהגיע לקרובין, v. קָרוּכִין.Fem. קְרוֹבָה. Y. Ber. l. c. ע״ז נראית ק׳ ואינהוכ׳ the idol is apparently near, but in fact distant. Esth. R. to III, 1 Haman reflected in his heart אם אסתר … קְרוֹבָתִי if Esther is a Jewess, she is my relative. Meg.14b חולדה קְרוֹבַתוכ׳ Huldah was a relative of Jeremiahs; a. fr.Pl. קְרוֹבוֹת. Gen. R. s. 18 נשא … מקְרוֹבוֹתָיווכ׳ if a man marries one of his relatives, of him it is said ‘bone of my bones (Gen. 2:23). Lev. R. s. 18 רחוקות נעשי ק׳ ק׳וכ׳ distant objects have become near (things that I could discern at a distance must be brought near me), near objects have become distant, v. supra; a. fr.