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title: קֹרַח — Korah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֹרַח (7141), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 37 times: Korah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. (baldness?). With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֹרַח

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«קֹרַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Korah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 37 times · **Key:** 7141 · **BDB:** קֹ֫רַח

### Glosses

of.Korah (20); Korah (14); \[were\].Korah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Korah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7141/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. (baldness?) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7141/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Κορε (baldness?);— Edomite name: Gn 36:5, 14, 18; 1 Ch 1:35. Gn 36:16 (not Sam.; prob. gloss from v 18 Di Kau Ball al.; Holz hesitates). Levite, rebel ag. Moses, Nu 16:1 + 10 times 16, 17, 26:9, 10; 27:3; in geneal. lists Ex 6:21, 24 1 Ch 6:7, 22; בֶּן־ק׳ 9:19; בְּנֵי־ק׳ Nu 26:11; especially לִבְנֵי־ק׳ as company of ψ-collectors (or singers), in titles: ψ 42:1; 44:1; 45:1; 46:1; 47:1; 48:1; 49:1; 85:1; 87:1; 88:1. a ‘son’ of Hebron, i.e. Judahite clan 1 Ch 2:43 Κορεε, etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 27 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קֹרַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7141/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 26:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.26.11/)

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וּבְנֵי־קֹ֖רַח לֹא־מֵֽתוּ׃ס

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Korah not they.died

*JPS 1917:* Notwithstanding the sons of Korah died not.

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[Psalms 48:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.48.1/)

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שִׁ֥יר מִ֝זְמוֹר לִבְנֵי־קֹֽרַח׃

*Word for word:* a.song a.psalm of the.sons of.Korah

*JPS 1917:* A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah.

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