*ḳrb - to be near (Kogan 2015: 427)

PArm

*ḳərābā - war (HALOT 1972)

Close semantic parallels from the same root are attested in Akkadian: ḳitrubu ‘attack, melee,’ ḳitrubiš ‘in a close battle’ (CAD Q 282), taḳrubtu ‘battle’ (CAD T 201) (Kogan 2015:427).

Ebla

kir-bu₁₆ - inside (VE 586, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 681)

/ḳirbu/

Ugaritic

ḳrb - to approach (DUL 708)

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic

ḳrb - to come near, bring near (DJBA 1037)

Syriac

ḳrb - to approach to, be near (LSyr. 691, SL 1400)

Mandaic

ḳrb - to approach, draw near (MD 415)