Leviticus 21:5:2Lev.21.5.W2TAB
קָרְחָה֙
karkha
“bald patch”
- Transliteration
- kar-KHA
- Extended
- kaar-KHAH
- IPA
- /qaːrˈħaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- bald patch
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kar-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
lo-yik-re-KHU kar-KHA
- clause
lo-yik-re-KHU kar-KHA be-ro-SHAM u-fe-AT ze-ka-NAM LO ye-gal-LE-khu
- sentence
lo-yik-re-KHU kar-KHA be-ro-SHAM u-fe-AT ze-ka-NAM LO ye-gal-LE-khu u-vi-vsa-RAM LO yis-re-TU sa-ra-TET
Exegesis
The nominal objects qerchah {קָֽרְחָה | qerḥāh} ‘baldness’ and saretet {שָׂרָֽטֶת | ṣārāṭeṯ} ‘incision’ underscore the material results of the proscribed actions. This threefold parallelism, linked by conjunctions and repeated negations, emphasizes the comprehensive ban on bodily disfigurement associated with mourning or idolatrous rites.
Root and etymology
q-r-ḥqof-resh-het
“baldness”
In context — Leviticus 21:5
They must not make baldness on their heads, nor shave off the edge of their beards, nor make any incision in their flesh.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 21:5, so the Hebrew word קָרְחָה֙ (karkha) 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.21.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.5.W2.S1) and character.