how to say “nearby” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

 

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בְּקִרְבַת מָקוֹם

 

 

To say in Hebrew that something is close, you’d use a form of the word קָרוֹב (kah-ROHV). Likewise, you could talk about the nearby town – הָעֲיָרָה הַקְּרוֹבָה (hah-ah-yah-RAH hah-keh-roh-VAH). In that case, קרובה (a form of קרוב) is describing the town – the word is an adjective.


However, if you want to say the town is located nearby or he lives nearby the synagogue you’re describing the action, so you’d have to use an adverb. The Hebrew expression taking care of this situation is בְּקִרְבַת מָקוֹם (beh-keer-VAHT mah-KOHM).

בתי כנסת בירושלים
the Shteiblach, one of my two favorite synagogues in Jerusalem





In our examples:
הָעֲיָרָה נִמְצֵאת בקרבת מקום (hah-ah-yah-RAH neem-TSET beh-keer-VAHT mah-KOHM),
and
הוּא גָּר בקרבת מקום לְבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת (hoo gahr beh-keer-VAHT mah-KOHM leh-VEH-eet hah-keh-NEH-set) – he lives nearby the synagogue.


Speaking of which… I’m getting ready for Shabbat, and I’ll be off to בֵּית כְּנֶסֶת (beh-eet keh-NEH-set) – synagogue – soon.


שבת שלום וסוף שבוע נעים לכולם!
Shabbat Shalom and a pleasant weekend to all!

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