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title: קֵרֵחַ — bald · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֵרֵחַ (7142), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: bald. BDB 1906: adj. bald n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֵרֵחַ

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«קֵרֵחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bald** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7142 · **BDB:** קֵרֵחַ

### Glosses

O.bald.\[man\] (2); \[is\].bald (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bald [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7142/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. bald n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7142/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. bald;—Lv 13:40 (distinct from גִּכֵּחַ v 41); n.m. 2 K 2:23(×2).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קֵרֵחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7142/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 13:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.40/)

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וְאִ֕ישׁ כִּ֥י יִמָּרֵ֖ט רֹאשׁ֑וֹ קֵרֵ֥חַ ה֖וּא טָה֥וֹר הֽוּא׃

*Word for word:* and anyone (dm) it.will.become.bare head his \[is\].bald he \[is\].pure he

*JPS 1917:* And if a man's hair be fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.

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[2 Kings 2:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.2.23/)

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וַיַּ֥עַל מִשָּׁ֖ם בֵּֽית־אֵ֑לבֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל וְה֣וּא ׀ עֹלֶ֣ה בַדֶּ֗רֶךְ וּנְעָרִ֤ים קְטַנִּים֙ יָצְא֣וּ מִן־הָעִ֔יר וַיִּתְקַלְּסוּ־בוֹ֙ וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ ל֔וֹ עֲלֵ֥ה קֵרֵ֖חַ עֲלֵ֥ה קֵרֵֽחַ׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.up from there Bethel Bethel and he \[was\].going.up on the way and lads young they.came.out from the city and they.derided (in) him and they.said to him go.up O.bald.\[man\] go.up O.bald.\[man\]

*JPS 1917:* And he went up from thence unto Beth-el; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him: 'Go up, thou baldhead; go up, thou baldhead.'

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