Kere'akh (קירח) means bald in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
bald
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Kere'akh.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מי שראשו חשוף משיער.
וְאִישׁ כִּי יִמָּרֵט רֹאשׁוֹ קֵרֵחַ הוּא טָהוֹר הוּא.
- 2בהשאלהמקום גלוי וחשוף.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Kere'akh is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- קֵרֵחַ
- Written without vowel points
- קירח
- Said
- kere'akh
- Root
- ק־ר־ח
- Pattern
- קִטֵּל
- Plural
- קֵרְחִים
- Feminine form
- קֵרַחַת
- Inflections
- ר' קֵרְחִים; נ' קֵרַחַת, נ"ר קֵרְחוֹת
- Gematria
- 318
This is how Kere'akh is said in other languages.
- English
- bald
- Arabic
- أصلع, أقرع
- Russian
- лысый, плешивый
These words mean the opposite of Kere'akh.
- שעיר
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Kere'akh.
The word Kere'akh is part of these phrases and sayings.
- קרח מכאן ומכאן
- קרח עלה
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These words come before and after Kere'akh in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Kere'akh.
What does Kere'akh (קירח) mean in Hebrew?
Kere'akh (קירח) means bald. It is said kere'akh, with the stress on re'.
What is the opposite of Kere'akh (קירח)?
Words that mean the opposite of Kere'akh (קירח) are שעיר.
What rhymes with Kere'akh (קירח)?
Words that rhyme with Kere'akh (קירח) include ירח, ריח, שמח, מפתח, פיקח, and מח.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry קרח of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.