קָרַחַת
karachat · bald spot (back)
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7146 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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karachat (קָרַחַת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “bald spot (back)”.
A bald spot on the back of the head. In a fabric, the back side.
How to say it
ka·ra·chat
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Hairless patch at the back of the head.
- The inner side of a fabric.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- bald head ×3
- whether on its back ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Leviticus 13:42
But if there is on the bald head or on the bald forehead a reddish white sore, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or on his bald forehead.
- Leviticus 13:43
The priest shall examine him, and if the swelling of the sore is reddish white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the body,
- Leviticus 13:55
The priest shall examine the mark after it has been washed, and if the mark has not changed its appearance —even though the mark has not spread— it is unclean; you shall burn it with fire; it is a corrosion, whether on its back or on its front.
And 1 more times.