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HTML
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="TargetRow">Not this one</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="TargetRow">This one</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody> <tr><td>Other content</td></tr> </tbody>
<tbody>
<tr class="ContextRow"> ContextRow </tr>
</tbody>
</table>
JavaScript
$(".ContextRow").closest("tbody").prevAll().find(".TargetRow").eq(0).css({color: "red"});