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בִּין, בּוּן(b. h.; √בה, v. בוא) to pierce, split, penetrate; whence, to discern, understand; v. Hif. Polel בֹּונֵן (cmp. בֵּין) to cause to penetrate, to saturate. SifraVayikra, Ndab., Par. 12, ch. XIV (ref. to Lev. 2:13) יכול תְּבֹונֵּהוּ from bammelaḥ I might judge, ‘thon must thoroughly saturate it, ת״ל תמלח therefore it says, ‘timlaḥ (thou shalt strew). Men.21a (quoting Sifra l. c.) מאי תבונהו what does the word tbonnehu mean? Said R. b. U. ה״ק יכול יִתְבֹּונֶנּוּ כתבן (taking ת as radical, as if imperat. of a verb תבן, denom. of תֶּבֶן) it means, I might suppose, he must mix it up like straw in clay (v. infra). Said A. to him א״ה יתבוננו מיבעי ליה if so, then it ought to read (in the Sifra) yithbonennu (third person). But said A. (taking it fr. בנה) יכול יעשנו כבניין I might suppose, he shall heap the salt upon it like a building (a pile). Said R. to him, א״ה יבננו מיבעי ליה then it ought to read yibnennu. But said R. (you must correct the Sifra so as to read) יכול תבוניהו (corr. תָּבִינֵיהוּ) thou shalt make it savory … יתן בו טעם כבינה he shall put a taste into it as does understanding into a man, v. טַעַם. (Yalk. Lev. 454: מאי יתבנהו … יכול יתבלני כתבן וטיט … תבינהו מ״ל … יכול יעשנו כבנין …א״ה יבנהו מ״ל … יכול תבינהו … יכול יתן בו טעם בבינהAr. ed. Koh.: יכול תבניהו … מאי תבניהו … יכול יתבלנו (הרבה במלח) כתבן בטיט … יכול יתן בי טעם, correct: יכול תבינהו יתןוכ׳.. Hif. 1) הֹובִין (cmp. הֹובִיר, s. v. בּוּר) (denomin. of בֵּין) to mediate, to be interpreter. Ab. Zar.III, 5 (45a) אני אֹובִין לפניך (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8) let me be thy interpreter (let me explain what you mean) כל מקוםוכ׳ (the words על ההריםוכ׳, Deut. 12:2, are explanatory) wherever thou findest a high mountain, know there must be an idol. (In the version אני אהיה אוביןוכ׳, אֹובֵין is used as a part. of a verb אָבֵין, denomin. of בֵּין, to act as a mediator or interpreter. 2) הֵבִין (b. h.) to perceive, make intelligible, esp. to find analogies (between two cases). ה׳ דבר מתוך דבר prop. to bring out one thing from between another, i. e. to form a conclusion by analogy. Sabb.31a הֵבַנְתָּה וב׳ hast thou cultivated thy mind to conclude (ref. to דעת Is. 33:6). Snh.93b; a. fr. Ḥag.II, 1 (11b) חכם מֵבִין מדעתו (not ומבין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) a student able to speculate by himself, a thinker.Ib. 13a bot. היה מֵבִין בהשמל speculated over the ḥashmal (Ezek. 1:27); a. fr. Hithpo. a. Nithpo. הִתְבֹּונֵן, נִתְבֹּונָן to understand ones self, to be careful, to reflect. B. Kam.27b להתבונן בדרכים to look around on roads (to be prepared for something in their way against which they might strike). Gen. R. s. 34 ויבן כתי׳ נתבונן the word ויבן (he built, Gen. 8:20) may be read vayaben, i. e. he reflected, argued.

בִּין, בּוּן(b. h.; √בה, v. בוא) to pierce, split, penetrate; whence, to discern, understand; v. Hif. Polel בֹּונֵן (cmp. בֵּין) to cause to penetrate, to saturate. SifraVayikra, Ndab., Par. 12, ch. XIV (ref. to Lev. 2:13) יכול תְּבֹונֵּהוּ from bammelaḥ I might judge, ‘thon must thoroughly saturate it, ת״ל תמלח therefore it says, ‘timlaḥ (thou shalt strew). Men.21a (quoting Sifra l. c.) מאי תבונהו what does the word tbonnehu mean? Said R. b. U. ה״ק יכול יִתְבֹּונֶנּוּ כתבן (taking ת as radical, as if imperat. of a verb תבן, denom. of תֶּבֶן) it means, I might suppose, he must mix it up like straw in clay (v. infra). Said A. to him א״ה יתבוננו מיבעי ליה if so, then it ought to read (in the Sifra) yithbonennu (third person). But said A. (taking it fr. בנה) יכול יעשנו כבניין I might suppose, he shall heap the salt upon it like a building (a pile). Said R. to him, א״ה יבננו מיבעי ליה then it ought to read yibnennu. But said R. (you must correct the Sifra so as to read) יכול תבוניהו (corr. תָּבִינֵיהוּ) thou shalt make it savory … יתן בו טעם כבינה he shall put a taste into it as does understanding into a man, v. טַעַם. (Yalk. Lev. 454: מאי יתבנהו … יכול יתבלני כתבן וטיט … תבינהו מ״ל … יכול יעשנו כבנין …א״ה יבנהו מ״ל … יכול תבינהו … יכול יתן בו טעם בבינהAr. ed. Koh.: יכול תבניהו … מאי תבניהו … יכול יתבלנו (הרבה במלח) כתבן בטיט … יכול יתן בי טעם, correct: יכול תבינהו יתןוכ׳.. Hif. 1) הֹובִין (cmp. הֹובִיר, s. v. בּוּר) (denomin. of בֵּין) to mediate, to be interpreter. Ab. Zar.III, 5 (45a) אני אֹובִין לפניך (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8) let me be thy interpreter (let me explain what you mean) כל מקוםוכ׳ (the words על ההריםוכ׳, Deut. 12:2, are explanatory) wherever thou findest a high mountain, know there must be an idol. (In the version אני אהיה אוביןוכ׳, אֹובֵין is used as a part. of a verb אָבֵין, denomin. of בֵּין, to act as a mediator or interpreter. 2) הֵבִין (b. h.) to perceive, make intelligible, esp. to find analogies (between two cases). ה׳ דבר מתוך דבר prop. to bring out one thing from between another, i. e. to form a conclusion by analogy. Sabb.31a הֵבַנְתָּה וב׳ hast thou cultivated thy mind to conclude (ref. to דעת Is. 33:6). Snh.93b; a. fr. Ḥag.II, 1 (11b) חכם מֵבִין מדעתו (not ומבין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) a student able to speculate by himself, a thinker.Ib. 13a bot. היה מֵבִין בהשמל speculated over the ḥashmal (Ezek. 1:27); a. fr. Hithpo. a. Nithpo. הִתְבֹּונֵן, נִתְבֹּונָן to understand ones self, to be careful, to reflect. B. Kam.27b להתבונן בדרכים to look around on roads (to be prepared for something in their way against which they might strike). Gen. R. s. 34 ויבן כתי׳ נתבונן the word ויבן (he built, Gen. 8:20) may be read vayaben, i. e. he reflected, argued.

בִּין, בּוּן(b. h.; √בה, v. בוא) to pierce, split, penetrate; whence, to discern, understand; v. Hif. Polel בֹּונֵן (cmp. בֵּין) to cause to penetrate, to saturate. SifraVayikra, Ndab., Par. 12, ch. XIV (ref. to Lev. 2:13) יכול תְּבֹונֵּהוּ from bammelaḥ I might judge, ‘thon must thoroughly saturate it, ת״ל תמלח therefore it says, ‘timlaḥ (thou shalt strew). Men.21a (quoting Sifra l. c.) מאי תבונהו what does the word tbonnehu mean? Said R. b. U. ה״ק יכול יִתְבֹּונֶנּוּ כתבן (taking ת as radical, as if imperat. of a verb תבן, denom. of תֶּבֶן) it means, I might suppose, he must mix it up like straw in clay (v. infra). Said A. to him א״ה יתבוננו מיבעי ליה if so, then it ought to read (in the Sifra) yithbonennu (third person). But said A. (taking it fr. בנה) יכול יעשנו כבניין I might suppose, he shall heap the salt upon it like a building (a pile). Said R. to him, א״ה יבננו מיבעי ליה then it ought to read yibnennu. But said R. (you must correct the Sifra so as to read) יכול תבוניהו (corr. תָּבִינֵיהוּ) thou shalt make it savory … יתן בו טעם כבינה he shall put a taste into it as does understanding into a man, v. טַעַם. (Yalk. Lev. 454: מאי יתבנהו … יכול יתבלני כתבן וטיט … תבינהו מ״ל … יכול יעשנו כבנין …א״ה יבנהו מ״ל … יכול תבינהו … יכול יתן בו טעם בבינהAr. ed. Koh.: יכול תבניהו … מאי תבניהו … יכול יתבלנו (הרבה במלח) כתבן בטיט … יכול יתן בי טעם, correct: יכול תבינהו יתןוכ׳.. Hif. 1) הֹובִין (cmp. הֹובִיר, s. v. בּוּר) (denomin. of בֵּין) to mediate, to be interpreter. Ab. Zar.III, 5 (45a) אני אֹובִין לפניך (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8) let me be thy interpreter (let me explain what you mean) כל מקוםוכ׳ (the words על ההריםוכ׳, Deut. 12:2, are explanatory) wherever thou findest a high mountain, know there must be an idol. (In the version אני אהיה אוביןוכ׳, אֹובֵין is used as a part. of a verb אָבֵין, denomin. of בֵּין, to act as a mediator or interpreter. 2) הֵבִין (b. h.) to perceive, make intelligible, esp. to find analogies (between two cases). ה׳ דבר מתוך דבר prop. to bring out one thing from between another, i. e. to form a conclusion by analogy. Sabb.31a הֵבַנְתָּה וב׳ hast thou cultivated thy mind to conclude (ref. to דעת Is. 33:6). Snh.93b; a. fr. Ḥag.II, 1 (11b) חכם מֵבִין מדעתו (not ומבין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) a student able to speculate by himself, a thinker.Ib. 13a bot. היה מֵבִין בהשמל speculated over the ḥashmal (Ezek. 1:27); a. fr. Hithpo. a. Nithpo. הִתְבֹּונֵן, נִתְבֹּונָן to understand ones self, to be careful, to reflect. B. Kam.27b להתבונן בדרכים to look around on roads (to be prepared for something in their way against which they might strike). Gen. R. s. 34 ויבן כתי׳ נתבונן the word ויבן (he built, Gen. 8:20) may be read vayaben, i. e. he reflected, argued.

בִּין, בּוּן(b. h.; √בה, v. בוא) to pierce, split, penetrate; whence, to discern, understand; v. Hif. Polel בֹּונֵן (cmp. בֵּין) to cause to penetrate, to saturate. SifraVayikra, Ndab., Par. 12, ch. XIV (ref. to Lev. 2:13) יכול תְּבֹונֵּהוּ from bammelaḥ I might judge, ‘thon must thoroughly saturate it, ת״ל תמלח therefore it says, ‘timlaḥ (thou shalt strew). Men.21a (quoting Sifra l. c.) מאי תבונהו what does the word tbonnehu mean? Said R. b. U. ה״ק יכול יִתְבֹּונֶנּוּ כתבן (taking ת as radical, as if imperat. of a verb תבן, denom. of תֶּבֶן) it means, I might suppose, he must mix it up like straw in clay (v. infra). Said A. to him א״ה יתבוננו מיבעי ליה if so, then it ought to read (in the Sifra) yithbonennu (third person). But said A. (taking it fr. בנה) יכול יעשנו כבניין I might suppose, he shall heap the salt upon it like a building (a pile). Said R. to him, א״ה יבננו מיבעי ליה then it ought to read yibnennu. But said R. (you must correct the Sifra so as to read) יכול תבוניהו (corr. תָּבִינֵיהוּ) thou shalt make it savory … יתן בו טעם כבינה he shall put a taste into it as does understanding into a man, v. טַעַם. (Yalk. Lev. 454: מאי יתבנהו … יכול יתבלני כתבן וטיט … תבינהו מ״ל … יכול יעשנו כבנין …א״ה יבנהו מ״ל … יכול תבינהו … יכול יתן בו טעם בבינהAr. ed. Koh.: יכול תבניהו … מאי תבניהו … יכול יתבלנו (הרבה במלח) כתבן בטיט … יכול יתן בי טעם, correct: יכול תבינהו יתןוכ׳.. Hif. 1) הֹובִין (cmp. הֹובִיר, s. v. בּוּר) (denomin. of בֵּין) to mediate, to be interpreter. Ab. Zar.III, 5 (45a) אני אֹובִין לפניך (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8) let me be thy interpreter (let me explain what you mean) כל מקוםוכ׳ (the words על ההריםוכ׳, Deut. 12:2, are explanatory) wherever thou findest a high mountain, know there must be an idol. (In the version אני אהיה אוביןוכ׳, אֹובֵין is used as a part. of a verb אָבֵין, denomin. of בֵּין, to act as a mediator or interpreter. 2) הֵבִין (b. h.) to perceive, make intelligible, esp. to find analogies (between two cases). ה׳ דבר מתוך דבר prop. to bring out one thing from between another, i. e. to form a conclusion by analogy. Sabb.31a הֵבַנְתָּה וב׳ hast thou cultivated thy mind to conclude (ref. to דעת Is. 33:6). Snh.93b; a. fr. Ḥag.II, 1 (11b) חכם מֵבִין מדעתו (not ומבין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) a student able to speculate by himself, a thinker.Ib. 13a bot. היה מֵבִין בהשמל speculated over the ḥashmal (Ezek. 1:27); a. fr. Hithpo. a. Nithpo. הִתְבֹּונֵן, נִתְבֹּונָן to understand ones self, to be careful, to reflect. B. Kam.27b להתבונן בדרכים to look around on roads (to be prepared for something in their way against which they might strike). Gen. R. s. 34 ויבן כתי׳ נתבונן the word ויבן (he built, Gen. 8:20) may be read vayaben, i. e. he reflected, argued.

קָרֵב(b. h.) 1) to join, come near, be near; to be offered as קָרְבָּן. Zeb.VIII, 2 יִקְרַב לשם מי שהוא let it be offered in behalf of him to whom it may belong. Ib. 5 … אם ק׳ … יִקְרְבוּוכ׳ if one of the heads has been offered, let all of them be offered. Ib. 67b; Ḳinnim III, 3 חטאת קְרֵיבָה למעלהוכ׳ the sin-offering may have been offered on top and the burnt-offering beneath it. Men.VI, 1 הקומץ ק׳ … קְרֵבִים לעצמן the handful (of the priests meal-offering) is offered separately and the remainder separately; Y.Sot.III, 19b top קְרֵיבִין. Sifré Num. 29 קבע זמן לקריבים … למקריבים a time! is fixed for the things to be offered (Lev. 22:27), and a time for those who offer (Num. 6:10); a. fr. 2) to come before court; to sue, complain. Gen. R. s. 96 (ref. to ויקרבו, Gen. 47:29) כאדם … ק׳ עלוכ׳ as one says, that man has brought suit against his neighbor, v. קָבַל II; Yalk. ib. 156 קבל (corr. acc.). Pi. קֵירֵב 1) same, to come near. Ex. R. s. 20, beg. לא קי׳ אצלוכ׳ he had not come near Sarah.Esp. to approach; to pray, intercede, mediate, conciliate. Y.Ber.IV, 8b top זה שעובר … בא וקָרֵב עשה קרבנינווכ׳ we do not say to him who is to pass before the ark (v. תֵּיבָה), ‘come and pray, but, ‘come, draw near, (which means) ‘do our offerings, ‘satisfy our needs 2) to bring near; to befriend, attract, invite. B. Kam.24a ק׳ נגיחותיו if the ox did his gorings in near intervals (of less than three days). Eduy. VIII, 7 אין אליהו … לרחק ולְקָרֵב … המְקוֹרָבִין בזרועוכ׳ Elijah shall come not to decide between clean and unclean, nor to expel (declare genealogically degraded) and to receive (reinstate), but to expel those who have been received by force, and to reinstate those who have been expelled by force. Ib. משפחת … וקֵרְבָהּ בןוכ׳ there was a family … which Ben-Zion expelled by force, and another which they received by force (Bab. ed. וקֵרְבוּהָ בני יב׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40); Tosef. ib. III, 4; Kidd.71a. Eduy. l. c. לא לרחק ולא לקרבוכ׳ neither to expel nor to reinstate, but to make peace Sabb.31a קֵירְבָנוּ תחתוכ׳, v. עִנְוְתָנוּת. Ib. שקֵרַבְתַּנִיוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שהקרבתני) thou hast brought us near Tanḥ. Tsav 8 (ref. to Ps. 65:5) אשרי מי שבחרו … קֵרְבוֹ blessed he whom the Lord has chosen, although he did not bring him near; Num. R. s. 3 הקריבו. Ib. ק׳ את עצמו he brought himself near (to God, through his own deeds); ib. יתרו קרבוהקב״ה the Lord brought Jethro near (caused him to be converted); Yalk. Ex. 379; a. fr.Sifré Num. 94 (expl. לזרא, Num. 11:20, cmp. זָר) שתהיו מרחיקים … מְקָרְבִים אותו you will keep it at a distance (loathe it) more than you have been inviting (wishing for) it; Lev. R. s. 48.Part. pass. מְקוֹרָב; pl. מְקוֹרָבִין, v. supra. Hif. הִקְרִיב 1) to bring near, receive. Y.Dem.II, 23a top מַקְרִיבִין לכנפים, v. כָּנָף Num. R. l. c.; Sabb. l. c., v. supra; a. fr. 2) to offer, sacrifice. Men. XIII, 10 יַקְרִיבֶנָּה במקדש he must offer it in the Temple (of Jerusalem), ואם הִקְרִיבָהּוכ׳ but if he offered it in the Temple of Ḥonyo (in Egypt). Zeb.67b ותַקְרִיבֶנָּה למעלה and let her offer it on top, (v. supra Kal); Kinn. III, 6 ויַקְרִיבֶנָּהוכ׳ Mish. (Bab. ed. ויקרבנה, corr. acc.) and he (the priest) must offer it Ber.6b כאילוה׳ תודה as if he had offered a thank-offering. Ib. 17a as long as the Temple stood אדם חוטא ומַקְרִיבוכ׳ a man sinned and brought a sacrifice; ואין מקריביןוכ׳ yet only its fat and its blood were offered; כאילו הִקְרַבְתִּיו לפניךוכ׳ as if I had offered it (my fat and blood) on the altar before thee; a. v. fr. Nif. נִקְרַב to be offered. Y.Meg.I, 70c top ונִקְרְבוּ מהןוכ׳ and from their contributions was taken the wood for sacrifices; (Y.Taan.IV, 68b; Y.Shek.IV, beg.47d וקרבי). Hithpa. הִתְקָרֵב, Nithpa. נִתְקָרֵב 1) to be brought near, be received. Num. R. s. 3 יש נבחר ונדחה ונ׳וכ׳ some are chosen and repelled (disgraced) and received again Sifra Tsav, Milluïm ידע משהשנ׳ אהרן Moses learned that Aaron was received again (in grace); Yalk. Lev. 515; a. fr. 2) to be offered, sacrificed. Y. Taan. l. c. שלא יהא קרבן מִתְקָרֵבוכ׳ that none but their contributions should be offered first. Pirké dR. El. ch. XXXI אותו האיל … ובא להִתְקָרֵבוכ׳ that ram … ran and came to offer himself as a sacrifice in place of Isaac ; Yalk. Gen. 101; a. e. 3) to claim relationship. Deut. R. s. 2 … אם קרובו עני … פלוני מתקרב לי if a mans relative is poor, he makes himself the main person and him subordinate, saying, this man claims relationship to me; Y.Ber.IX, 13b (in mutilated text) ההן פלן מתקרב לן.

קָרֵב(b. h.) 1) to join, come near, be near; to be offered as קָרְבָּן. Zeb.VIII, 2 יִקְרַב לשם מי שהוא let it be offered in behalf of him to whom it may belong. Ib. 5 … אם ק׳ … יִקְרְבוּוכ׳ if one of the heads has been offered, let all of them be offered. Ib. 67b; Ḳinnim III, 3 חטאת קְרֵיבָה למעלהוכ׳ the sin-offering may have been offered on top and the burnt-offering beneath it. Men.VI, 1 הקומץ ק׳ … קְרֵבִים לעצמן the handful (of the priests meal-offering) is offered separately and the remainder separately; Y.Sot.III, 19b top קְרֵיבִין. Sifré Num. 29 קבע זמן לקריבים … למקריבים a time! is fixed for the things to be offered (Lev. 22:27), and a time for those who offer (Num. 6:10); a. fr. 2) to come before court; to sue, complain. Gen. R. s. 96 (ref. to ויקרבו, Gen. 47:29) כאדם … ק׳ עלוכ׳ as one says, that man has brought suit against his neighbor, v. קָבַל II; Yalk. ib. 156 קבל (corr. acc.). Pi. קֵירֵב 1) same, to come near. Ex. R. s. 20, beg. לא קי׳ אצלוכ׳ he had not come near Sarah.Esp. to approach; to pray, intercede, mediate, conciliate. Y.Ber.IV, 8b top זה שעובר … בא וקָרֵב עשה קרבנינווכ׳ we do not say to him who is to pass before the ark (v. תֵּיבָה), ‘come and pray, but, ‘come, draw near, (which means) ‘do our offerings, ‘satisfy our needs 2) to bring near; to befriend, attract, invite. B. Kam.24a ק׳ נגיחותיו if the ox did his gorings in near intervals (of less than three days). Eduy. VIII, 7 אין אליהו … לרחק ולְקָרֵב … המְקוֹרָבִין בזרועוכ׳ Elijah shall come not to decide between clean and unclean, nor to expel (declare genealogically degraded) and to receive (reinstate), but to expel those who have been received by force, and to reinstate those who have been expelled by force. Ib. משפחת … וקֵרְבָהּ בןוכ׳ there was a family … which Ben-Zion expelled by force, and another which they received by force (Bab. ed. וקֵרְבוּהָ בני יב׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40); Tosef. ib. III, 4; Kidd.71a. Eduy. l. c. לא לרחק ולא לקרבוכ׳ neither to expel nor to reinstate, but to make peace Sabb.31a קֵירְבָנוּ תחתוכ׳, v. עִנְוְתָנוּת. Ib. שקֵרַבְתַּנִיוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שהקרבתני) thou hast brought us near Tanḥ. Tsav 8 (ref. to Ps. 65:5) אשרי מי שבחרו … קֵרְבוֹ blessed he whom the Lord has chosen, although he did not bring him near; Num. R. s. 3 הקריבו. Ib. ק׳ את עצמו he brought himself near (to God, through his own deeds); ib. יתרו קרבוהקב״ה the Lord brought Jethro near (caused him to be converted); Yalk. Ex. 379; a. fr.Sifré Num. 94 (expl. לזרא, Num. 11:20, cmp. זָר) שתהיו מרחיקים … מְקָרְבִים אותו you will keep it at a distance (loathe it) more than you have been inviting (wishing for) it; Lev. R. s. 48.Part. pass. מְקוֹרָב; pl. מְקוֹרָבִין, v. supra. Hif. הִקְרִיב 1) to bring near, receive. Y.Dem.II, 23a top מַקְרִיבִין לכנפים, v. כָּנָף Num. R. l. c.; Sabb. l. c., v. supra; a. fr. 2) to offer, sacrifice. Men. XIII, 10 יַקְרִיבֶנָּה במקדש he must offer it in the Temple (of Jerusalem), ואם הִקְרִיבָהּוכ׳ but if he offered it in the Temple of Ḥonyo (in Egypt). Zeb.67b ותַקְרִיבֶנָּה למעלה and let her offer it on top, (v. supra Kal); Kinn. III, 6 ויַקְרִיבֶנָּהוכ׳ Mish. (Bab. ed. ויקרבנה, corr. acc.) and he (the priest) must offer it Ber.6b כאילוה׳ תודה as if he had offered a thank-offering. Ib. 17a as long as the Temple stood אדם חוטא ומַקְרִיבוכ׳ a man sinned and brought a sacrifice; ואין מקריביןוכ׳ yet only its fat and its blood were offered; כאילו הִקְרַבְתִּיו לפניךוכ׳ as if I had offered it (my fat and blood) on the altar before thee; a. v. fr. Nif. נִקְרַב to be offered. Y.Meg.I, 70c top ונִקְרְבוּ מהןוכ׳ and from their contributions was taken the wood for sacrifices; (Y.Taan.IV, 68b; Y.Shek.IV, beg.47d וקרבי). Hithpa. הִתְקָרֵב, Nithpa. נִתְקָרֵב 1) to be brought near, be received. Num. R. s. 3 יש נבחר ונדחה ונ׳וכ׳ some are chosen and repelled (disgraced) and received again Sifra Tsav, Milluïm ידע משהשנ׳ אהרן Moses learned that Aaron was received again (in grace); Yalk. Lev. 515; a. fr. 2) to be offered, sacrificed. Y. Taan. l. c. שלא יהא קרבן מִתְקָרֵבוכ׳ that none but their contributions should be offered first. Pirké dR. El. ch. XXXI אותו האיל … ובא להִתְקָרֵבוכ׳ that ram … ran and came to offer himself as a sacrifice in place of Isaac ; Yalk. Gen. 101; a. e. 3) to claim relationship. Deut. R. s. 2 … אם קרובו עני … פלוני מתקרב לי if a mans relative is poor, he makes himself the main person and him subordinate, saying, this man claims relationship to me; Y.Ber.IX, 13b (in mutilated text) ההן פלן מתקרב לן.