קֶרֶב

1.
\ \ a. inward part of human body, physical sense, ׳בְּק within one's body 1 Mos 25,22 (J), compare 1 Mos 18,12 (J), 1 Sam 25,37; Jer 23,9; Job 20,14 (|| בְּמֵעָיו), compare Es 19,1 (of nation personified) into his body Sl 109,18 (simile); as seat of life (וַ)תָּשָׁב נֶפֶשׁהַֿיּלֶד עַלקִֿרְבּוֺ 1 Kong 17,21; 1 Kong 17,22, compare (of idol) Hab 2,19 (see also

2.).
\ \ b. = belly, of kine ׳אֶלקֿ 1 Mos 41,21; 1 Mos 14,21
\ \ c. of city (׳בְּק within it, ׳מִקּ etc.) 1 Mos 18,24; Dom 18,7; Amos 3,9 + 18:t compare Es 25,11 חוּצוֺת ׳בְּק Es 5,25. d of house Sl 101,2; Sl 101,7 temple Sl 48,10 מוֺעֲ דֶ֑ךָ ׳בְּק Sl 74,4.
\ \ e. of land (earth) 1 Mos 45,6; 1 Mos 48,16; Amos 2,3; Es 5,8; Es 24,13 (|| בְּתוֺח הָעַמִּים), + 10 t. (׳בְּק ׳מִקּ). feminine 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; 1 Mos 24,3; 2 Mos 23,25; 5 Mos 31,17; Jer 46,21; 1 Sam 4,3; Jos 7,12; Dom 10,16 +, ׳יִשׂ ׳בְּק 5 Mos 17,10 +, ׳בְּק ׳בֵּית יִשׂ Amos 7,10 הַכְּנַעֲנִי ׳בְּק Dom 1,32; Dom 1,33; Dom 3,5, גּוֺי ׳מִקּ 5 Mos 4,34 etc (2) ) הַמַּחֲנֶה׳(מִק ׳בְּק Jos 1,11; 4 Mos 14,44 6 t. (3) אֶחָיו ׳בְּק 5 Mos 18,2; 1 Sam 16,13, and (׳מִק) 5 Mos 17,15; 5 Mos 18,18. (4) עַמֶּיהָ ׳מִקּ 2 Mos 31,14 (II.עַם) (5) אֹיְכֶיךָ ׳בְּק Sl 110,2 compare (of wicked) Sl 55,16 חֲכָמִים ׳בְּק Ord 15,31. (6) אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁפֹּט ׳בְּק Sl 82,1 (7) הַמִּלְחָמָה ׳בְּק 1 Kong 20,39 into the midst of the battle, the thick of the fight; צָרָה ׳בְּק Palam 1 Kong 138,7. (8) of nations, הַגּוֺיִם ׳בְּק 5 Mos 29,15, הָעַמִּים Klg 3,45, compare Jos 24,17; Mik 5,6; Mik 5,7.
\ \ g. חוקך ׳מִקּ Sl 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,שָׁנִים ׳בְּק Hab 3,2 (twice in verse)

2. of inward part of man;
\ \ a. as seat of thought and emotion : ׳בְּק 1 Kong 3,28; Jer 4,14; Jer 9,7; Ord 26,24; Sl 62,5; Sl 94,19 || בְלֵב Ord 14,33, עַללֵֿב Jer 31,33 seat of לֵב Sl 39,4; Sl 55,5; Sl 109,22; Klg 1,20 of רוּחַ Ezk 11,19; Ezk 36,26; Ezk 36,27; Zak 12,1; Es 26,6; Sl 51,12, compare Es 19,3; Es 19,14 לִבִּי ׳בְּק Sl 36,2 (read לִבּוֺ Vrss Hup Now Che Bae and others)
\ \ b. as faculty of thought and emotion, sujb. (no perp.) Es 16,11 (|| מֵעַי) Sl 64,7 (|| לֵב) Sl 5,10 כָּלקְֿרָבַי Sl 103,1 (only here plural; || נַפְשִׁי); — Sl 49,12 read קִבְרָם ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ7, or קְבָרִם, Ew Gr Ol Bi Che Bae and others (for קִרְבָּם)

3. technical term in P of entrails of sacrificial animals (Di 3 Mos 1,9; 3 Mos 1,13; 3 Mos 3,3 (twice in verse); 3 Mos 3,9 (twice in verse); 3 Mos 3,14 (twice in verse); 3 Mos 4,8 (twice in verse); 3 Mos 4,11; 3 Mos 7,3; 3 Mos 8,16; 3 Mos 8,21; 3 Mos 8,25; 3 Mos 9,14.