Leviticus 13:40:5Lev.13.40.W5TAB
קֵרֵ֥חַ
kereakh
“bald”
- Transliteration
- ke-RE-akh
- Extended
- keh-REH-akh
- IPA
- /qeːˈre.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- bald
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Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
ke-RE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
ke-RE-akh HU
- clause
ke-RE-akh HU ta-HOR HU
- sentence
ve-ISH KI yim-ma-RET ro-SHO ke-RE-akh HU ta-HOR HU
Exegesis
The construct rōʾšô {רֹאשׁ֑וֹ | rōʾšô} ‘his head’ specifies the affected area, leading into the predicate nominal qērēaḥ hûʾ {קֵרֵ֥חַ ה֖וּא | qērēaḥ hûʾ} ‘bald he is’ immediately mirrored by tāhôr hûʾ {טָה֥וֹר הֽוּא׃ | tāhôr hûʾ} ‘he is pure’, where the emphatic pronoun hûʾ underscores the affirmation of ritual purity. This parallel structure emphasizes the legal declaration of purity unaffected by baldness. The translation strategy preserves the non-volitional nuance of yimmāreṭ across both renderings, ensuring the absence of hair is presented as an involuntary condition.
In context — Leviticus 13:40
When a man’s head is made bare , he is clean .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:40:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 13:40, so the Hebrew word קֵרֵ֥חַ (kereakh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.13.40.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.40.W5.S1) and character.