קרבן

Hebrew

Root
ק־ר־ב (q-r-b)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Semitic. Compare Arabic قُرْبَان (qurbān).

Noun

קורבן / קָרְבָּן • (korbán) m (plural indefinite קורבנות / קָרְבָּנוֹת, singular construct קורבן / קָרְבַּן־, plural construct קורבנות / קָרְבָּנוֹת־)

1. (chiefly Judaism) a ritual sacrifice, as of an animal
2. (by extension) victim

Usage notes

The alternative voweling קֻרְבָּן also exists.

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: κορβᾶν (korbân)
  • → English: corban

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Yiddish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew קרבן.

Noun

קרבן • (korbn) m, plural קרבנות (korbones)

1. victim
2. (Judaism) ritual sacrifice