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  2. Korban - Wikipedia

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    The Semitic root qrb (קרב) means ' be near ' [10] and is found in a number of related languages in addition to Hebrew, e.g. in the Akkadian language noun aqribtu, meaning ' act of offering '. In Hebrew it is found in a number of words, such as qarov, ' close ', qerovim, ' relatives ', and the hifʕil verb form hiqriv, ' he brought near ...

  3. Qurban (Islamic ritual sacrifice) - Wikipedia

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    The word is related in spelling and meaning to the Hebrew: קרבן, romanized: qorbān "offering" and Classical Syriac: ܩܘܪܒܢܐ, romanized: qurbānā "sacrifice", through the cognate Arabic triliteral as "a way or means of approaching someone" or "nearness". [4]

  4. Holy Qurbana - Wikipedia

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    The East Syriac word Qurbana is derived from the Syriac word qurbānā (ܩܘܪܒܢܐ ‎), which, along with its meaning of Eucharist, may also mean offering, sacrifice, or gift. It is from the root Q-R-B, related to approaching. It is a cognate with Hebrew itself a Syriac word קרבן qorbān and Arabic قربان qurbān.

  5. Sacrifice - Wikipedia

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    The Urdu and Persian word "Qurbani" comes from the Arabic word 'Qurban'. It suggests that associate act performed to hunt distance to Almighty God and to hunt His sensible pleasure. Originally, the word 'Qurban' enclosed all acts of charity as a result of the aim of charity is nothing however to hunt Allah's pleasure. But, in precise non ...

  6. Kurban - Wikipedia

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    Kurban Günebakan (born 1978), Turkish boxer; Kurban Kurbanov (born 1985), freestyle wrestler from Uzbekistan; Kurban Said, pseudonym of the author Azerbaijani–UkrainianLev Nussimbaum (1905–1942)

  7. Holy Qurobo - Wikipedia

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    The Syriac word qurobo is derived from the Aramaic term qurbana (ܩܘܪܒܢܐ). When the Temple stood in Jerusalem, and sacrifices were offered, "qorban" was a technical Hebrew term for some of the offerings that were brought there. It comes from a Hebrew root, "qarab", meaning "to draw close or 'near'".

  8. Qurbani - Wikipedia

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    Qurban (Islamic ritual sacrifice), an animal sacrifice; See also. Kurban (disambiguation) Kurbaan (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 2 May ...

  9. Shedim - Wikipedia

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    [7] [8] Although the word is traditionally derived from the root ŠWD (Hebrew: שוד shuḏ) that conveys the meaning of "acting with violence" or "laying waste," [9] it was possibly a loanword from Akkadian, in which the word shedu referred to a spirit that could be either protective or malevolent.