קֵירוּב, (קָרַב) nearness, contact. Keth. 48ᵃ שארה זו ק׳ בשר וכ׳ her sh’er (Ex. XXI, 10), this means the immediate contact of bodies, that he must not treat her in the manner of the Persians &c. Sabb. 13ᵇ ישן עמי בק׳ בשר he slept by my side (under one cover) undressed; Y. Kidd. IV, 66ᶜ וישן עמהן בק׳ בשר and he may sleep with them &c.—B. Bath. 7ᵇ לפי ק׳ בתים הן גובין fortification taxes are raised in proportion to the propinquity of the houses to the city wall. Y. Maas. Sh. I, end, 53ᵃ (ref. to Deut. XIV, 24) בק׳ מקום when the place is near Jerusalem, opp. בריחוק.—Y. Kidd. IV, beg. 65ᵇ ק׳ פנים bringing the face near, i.e. welcome reception (of proselytes). Sot. 49ᵃ; Yalk. Hab. 563 (ref. to Hab. III, 2) א"ת בקרב שנים בק׳ שְׁנַיִם read not b’ḳereb shanim (in the midst of years), but b’ḳerub sh’nayim, in the contact of two (poor scholars wrapped in one cloak); a. e.