קָרַב qârab — to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
Translated in the KJV as approach, bring (forth, near), come (near, nigh), draw near, go, be at hand, join, be near, offer, present.
a primitive root; to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose.
qârab in each stem
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 51Sequential perfect (weqatal) 48Wayyiqtol 30Infinitive construct 18Perfect (qatal) 12Participle (active) 12Imperative 5Infinitive absolute 1
And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord.
And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 25Wayyiqtol 25Perfect (qatal) 13Imperative 12Infinitive construct 7Jussive 4Sequential perfect (weqatal) 4Cohortative 3
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
Pi'el
Perfect (qatal) 3Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Imperative 2
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
Niph'al
Perfect (qatal) 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come by households; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›