קָרְחָה I, baldness. Sifré Deut. 96; Macc. 20ᵃ לחייב על כל ק׳ וק׳ to be punishable for each act of making a bald spot; Sifra Emor, Par. 1, ch. I קְרִיחָה. Macc. 20ᵇ וכמה שיעור ק׳ what is the legal size of baldness (to be punishable)?; a. fr.—Trnsf. gap, depopulation. Snh. 109ᵇ, a. e., v. קֹרַח. Meg. 13ᵇ שמא תאמר ק׳ אני וכ׳ lest thou say that I may create depopulation in thy empire (by the extermination of the Jews); a. e.—Pl. קָרְחוֹת. Kidd. 36ᵃ (Macc. 20ᵃ, a. e. קריחות), v. קָרַח. Y. Maasr. I, 48ᵈ bot., v. קָרַח Hif.—Y. Meg. IV, 75ᵃ top (to those who read from the Law without benedictions) עד מתי אתם … ק׳ ק׳ how long will you make the law into bare patches (sterile of spiritual seeds)?