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title: קׇרְחָה — baldness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קׇרְחָה (7144), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: baldness. BDB 1906: n.f. baldness, bald spot. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קׇרְחָה

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«קׇרְחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **baldness** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 7144 · **BDB:** קָרְחָה

### Glosses

baldness (10); \[will.be\].baldness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

baldness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7144/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. baldness, bald spot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7144/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. baldness, bald spot, made in mourning;—abs. ק׳ Is 3:24 +; sf. קָרְחָתֵךְ Mi 1:16;—bald spot, עַל־כָּל־רֹאשׁ Am 8:10, בְּכָל־ר׳ Is 15:2; Ez 7:18; ק׳ בְּרֹאשׁ Lv 21:5 (acc. cogn.); כָּל־רֹאשׁ ק׳ Je 48:37; ק׳ כַּנֶּשֶׁר Mi 1:16; בֵּין עֵינֵיכֶם Dt 14:1; opp. מַעֲשֶׂה מִקְשֶׁה Is 3:24; also Je 47:5 and (acc. cogn.) Ez 27:31 (קָרְחָא).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קׇרְחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7144/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 47:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.47.5/)

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בָּ֤אָה קָרְחָה֙ אֶל־עַזָּ֔ה נִדְמְתָ֥ה אַשְׁקְל֖וֹן שְׁאֵרִ֣ית עִמְקָ֑ם עַד־מָתַ֖י תִּתְגּוֹדָֽדִי׃ס

*Word for word:* it.will.come baldness to Gaza it.will.be.silent Ashkelon O.remnant their.valley their until when? will.you.cut.yourself

*JPS 1917:* Baldness is come upon Gaza, Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of their valley; how long wilt thou cut thyself?

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[Jeremiah 48:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.37/)

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כִּ֤י כָל־רֹאשׁ֙ קָרְחָ֔ה וְכָל־זָקָ֖ן גְּרֻעָ֑ה עַ֤ל כָּל־יָדַ֙יִם֙ גְּדֻדֹ֔ת וְעַל־מָתְנַ֖יִם שָֽׂק׃

*Word for word:* (dm) every head \[will.be\].baldness and every beard \[will.be\].clipped \[will.be\].on all hands cuts and \[will.be\].on loins sackcloth

*JPS 1917:* For every head is bald, and every beard clipped; upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

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