How to say “close” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/קרוב-1.m4a” /]קָרוֹב
The Hebrew word for close – קרוב [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/קרוב-1.m4a” /] in the masculine – can refer to emotional closeness just as it does to physical.
For example:
[audioclip url="https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/קרוב-2.m4a" /] פעם היינו מאוד קרובים אחד לשני.
Once we were very close to one another.
קרוב can also refer to a relative, though people usually use the full term, קרובי משפחה [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/קרוב-3.m4a” /] – literally, close ones of family.
