קֵרֵחַ, v. next w.) bald, bald head. Gen. R. s. 65, v. קִיוֵּוץ. Bekh. VII, 2 הק׳ פסול a bald-headed person is unfit for priestly functions; איזה ק׳ כל וכ׳ bald-headed (in a legal sense) is he who has not a line of hair from ear to ear. Ib. 58ᵃ הק׳ הזה that bald head (R. Akiba). B. Kam. 60ᵇ נמצא ק׳ מכאן וק׳ מכאן finally he is bald from here and bald from there (has neither white nor black hair); a. fr.—Gitt. VIII, 9, a. e. גט ק׳ a letter of divorce that lacks signatures on each of its folds (v. קָשַׁר).—Pl. קֵרְחִים, קֵרְחִין. Y. Yoma II, end, 40ᵃ הכהנים לרבות הק׳ ‘the priests’ (Lev. I, 5), this includes the bald heads (as fit for that function); Sifra Vayikra, N’dab., Par. 4, ch. VI קַרְחָנִים; Bekh. 43ᵇ קרְחָנִין.—Fem. קֵרַחַת. B. Bath. 132ᵃ ק׳ מכאן ומכאן she is bald on both sides, i.e. has forfeited both claims on her husband’s estate.