Lexical Definition

‎קָרַח‎ qârach (kaw-rakh') to make bald ^H:V
a primitive root

make (self) bald.

• to depilate

1) to be bald, make bald
1a) (Qal) to make bald, make a baldness
1b) (Niphal) to make oneself bald
1c) (Hiphil) to make oneself bald
1d)(Hophal) to make bald

See Greek: ξυράω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎קָרַח‎] verb make bald, or a baldness, usually (by mourners) for the dead, compare Rs^{Semitic i. 306, 2nd ed. 324} (Arabic parallels) (Late Hebrew id. Hiph`il shew baldness; Arabic wound, make sores, whiteness in face of horse (but be bald, bald); Ethiopic make bald (rare); Aramaic ‎קְרַח‎, , chiefly derivatives (and derived Meanings); compare Sinaitic proper name, masculine ‎קרחה‎, ‎קרחו‎; MI^3.21.24.25 proper name, of a location ‎קרחה‎); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יִקְרְחוּ קָרְחָה‎ ‎בְּראִשָׁם‎ Lev 21:5 Qr (> Kt ‎יקרחה‎; || ‎יְגַלֵּ֑חוּ‎ compare Deut 14:1); Imperative feminine singular ‎קָרְחִי וָגֹ֫זִּי עַל‎ Mic 1:16 make a baldness... for. Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִקָּרֵחַ לָהֶם‎ Jer 16:6 men shall not make themselves bald for them. Hiph`il Perfect 3 plural consecutive ‎וְהִקְרִיחוּ אֵלַיִח קָרְחָה‎ Ezek 27:31 and they shall make a baldness (compare Qal>) for thee. Hoph`al Participle ‎כָּלרֿאִשׁ מֻקְרָח‎ Ezek 29:18 every head made bald (by carrying load).

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