A primitive root; to depilate -- make (self) bald.
H7139. qarach
I. [קָרַח] verb make bald, or a baldness, usually (by mourners) for the dead, compare RsSemitic 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 קרחו קרחה,; MI3.21.24.25 proper name, of a location קרחה); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine plural בְּראִשָׁם קָרְחָה יִקְרְחוּ Leviticus 21:5 Qr (> Kt יקרחה; "" יְגַלֵּ֑חוּ compare Deuteronomy 14:1); Imperative feminine singular עַל וָגֹ֫זִּי קָרְחִי Micah 1:16 make a baldness... for.
Niph`al Imperfect3masculine singular לָהֶם יִקָּרֵחַ Jeremiah 16:6 men shall not make themselves bald for them.
Hiph`il Perfect3plural consecutive קָרְחָה אֵלַיִח וְהִקְרִיחוּ Ezekiel 27:31 and they shall make a baldness (compare
Qal>) for thee.
Hoph`al Participle מֻקְרָח כָּלרֿאִשׁ Ezekiel 29:18 every head made bald (by carrying load).