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Micah 1:16
“Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
קָרַחqârach · kaw-rakh'
H7139 · Hebrew
H7139 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to depilate
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- make (self) bald.
- Grammar
- קָרְחִ֣י — verb Qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 21:5Leviticus 21:5Jeremiah 16:6Ezekiel 27:31Ezekiel 29:18
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read קָרַח here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.