Leviticus 21:5:2Lev.21.5.W2PAT

קָרְחָה֙

karkha

bald patch

Transliteration
kar-KHA
Extended
kaar-KHAH
IPA
/qaːrˈħaː/

Meaning by language

English
bald patch
French
calvitie
Spanish
calvicie
Portuguese
calvície
German
Glatze
Russian
плешь
Arabic-Simplified
صلع
Hindi
गंजापन
Chinese-Simplified
秃顶
Korean
대머리
Indonesian
botak
Bengali
টাক
Tagalog
kalbo
Swahili
upara
Amharic
ባዶ ራስ
Yoruba
egbòrun
Igbo
ịkpụ isi
Twi
Ewe
gbãgbã

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
קָרְ + חָה֙
kar + kha
karkha

Alphabet Analysis

Qofq — deep k, uvular
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    kar-KHA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lo-yik-re-KHU kar-KHA

  3. clause

    lo-yik-re-KHU kar-KHA be-ro-SHAM u-fe-AT ze-ka-NAM LO ye-gal-LE-khu

  4. 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

In contextLeviticus 21:5

not make bald bald patch on their heads and the edge of their beard not shave off and on their flesh not make cuts cut

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.