1. baldness (ritual/mourning) — Baldness or a bald patch (קָרְחָה), predominantly used in the context of mourning rites and their prohibition: shaving the head as a sign of grief or cultic practice (Dt 14:1; Isa 3:24; 15:2; 22:12; Jer 47:5; 48:37; Ezek 7:18; 27:31; Amos 8:10; Mic 1:16). The term appears in both forbidden mourning customs ('do not make baldness between your eyes') and descriptive lament contexts. All three clusters are grammatical inflections: absolute noun, with 2fs suffix ('your baldness'), and with preposition lamed plus conjunction. Arabic renders 'صَلَعٌ/قَرْعَة,' Korean '대머리,' Swahili 'upara/kipara,' Spanish 'calvicie/calvas,' and Hindi 'गंजापन/गंजा,' all pointing to the same concept of ritual head-shaving or baldness. 11×
AR["الصَّلَعُ","صَلَعٌ","صَلَعَةً","صَلْعَةً","قَرَعٌ","قَرْعَةً","قَرْعَتَكِ","وَالْحَلْقِ"]·ben["ও-টাকের-জন্য","টাক","তোমার-টাক"]·DE["[ולקרחה]","[קרחה]","[קרחתך]","baldness"]·EN["and-for-baldness","and-instead-of","baldness","your-baldness"]·FR["[ולקרחה]","[קרחה]","calvitie"]·heb["ו-ל-קרחה","קרחה","קרחתך"]·HI["अपना-गंजापन","और-गंजापन-के-लिए","गंजा","गंजापन"]·ID["botak","dan-untuk-mencukur-kepala","gundul","kebotakan","kebotakan,","kebotakanmu","kegundulan","kepala-botak"]·IT["[קרחה]","[קרחתך]","baldness","calvizie","e-calvizie"]·jav["botakan","gundhul","gundhul-panjenengan","gundhulan","gundul","gundulan","kados-sedhih","lan-supados-nggunduli"]·KO["그리고-대머리와","대머리","대머리-너의","대머리가","대머리를","대머리요","대머리이고"]·PT["calvice","calvície","e-para-calvície","tua-calvície"]·RU["и-к-обритию","лысина","плешивости","плешивость","плешь","плешь-твою"]·ES["calva","calvas","calvicie","tu-calvicie","y-a-calvicie"]·SW["na-kunyoa-nywele","ni-kipara","upara","upara-wako"]·TR["kel","kellik","kelliliğini-senin","kelliği","ve-kellige"]·urd["اور-گنجاپن-کے-لیے","اپنا-گنجاپن","گنجا","گنجاپن","گنجپن"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† קָרְחָה, קָרְחָא 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).