קרוקיןו, v. קרוכין.
קרוקיתא, Eed. 41a דעקרבא ק׳ ההוא, read, as Yalk. Ps. 877; עקרבא ההוא, v. אקרוקתא.
קרורטין, (Mus. קרידטין), name of a potion, prob. to be read; קדריטין (zecgtr~~~) wine flavored with resin of cedar. Y. Sabb. VI, 14a.
קרושא m. (קרש) frost. Targ. Y. Gen. XXXI, 40 (Ar. קרישא).
קרושיתא, v. כרושייתא.
קרזל (v. קרו) to round, roll, form a ball. Part. pass. מקורזל; f מקורזלת; pl. מקורזלין; מקירזלות. Toset. Sabb. XIII (XIV), 17 המק׳ צרור a rounded and smooth lump (of earth or stone); Y. ib. VIII, end, 11c; Bab. ib. 81a אבנים מק׳. Ib. 43a; a. e.
קרח m. (b. h.; v. next w.) bald, bald head. Gen. R. s. 65, v. קיוון. Bekh. VII, 2 פסול הק׳ a bald-headed person is unfit for priestly functions; וכ׳ כל ק׳ איזה bald-headed (in a legal sense) is he who has not a line of hair from ear to ear. Ib. 58a הזה הק׳ that bald head (R. Akiba). B. Kam. 60b מכאן וק׳ מכאן ק׳ נמצא finally he is bald from here and bald from there (has neither white nor black hair); a. fr. - Gitt, VIII, 9, a. e. ק גט a letter of divorce that lacks signatures on each of its folds (v. קשר). -- Pl. קרחיס, קרחין. Y. Yoma II, end, 40a הק׳ לרבות הכהנים tthe priests (Lev. I, 5), this includes the bald heads (as fit for that function); Sifra Vayikra, N'dab., Par. 4, ch. VI קרחנים; Bekh. 43b קרחנין. -- Pem. קרחת. B. Bath. 132a ק׳ ומכאן מכאן she is bald on both sides, i. e. has forfeited both claims on her husband's estate.
קרח ch. same. Targ. O. Lev. XIII, 40 (ed. Berl. קריח; some ed. קרח); Y. קרוח.
קרח (b. h.) [to be round and smooth,] (denom. of קרה) to make a bald spot. Macc. III, 5 וכ׳ קרחה הקורח he that makes a baldness upon his head. Ib. 20a . . ק׳ אפי׳ יכול וכ׳ קריחות lest you think that even if one makes four or five spots, he is guilty only of one act; Kidd. 36a; a. e. Nif. נקרח to become bald, hairless, smooth. Maasr. I, 3 משיקרהו . . . האגסים (Y. ed. משיקריחו, a. משיקרחו) pears are subject tto tithes when their surface begins to grow smooth, v. infra. Neg. VIII, 5 ונקרחו . .. חזר if head and chin changed and became bald; Tosef. ib. III, 10 (not שנ׳); a. e. Hif. הקריח 1) same. Tosef. Maasr. I, 2 משיקריחו (not משיקד׳), v. supra. Y. ib. I, 48c bot. משיעשו . . . משיקריחו לבנות . קרחות when they get smooth (Mish. I, 3, v. supra) . , that means, when they begin to get white, smooth spots (cmp. קרוח). Ib. מקריחין הן האוכל מחמת וכי וכ׳ do the fruits get white spots because of the develop- ment of the eatable matter (fesh), is it not on account of worms; a. e. - 2) to make bare, raee. Y. Kil. IV, beg. 29a וכ׳ אותו מקריחין . . . קרחת 'a bald portion of a vineyard' (Mish. IV, 1) is one which is razed in the centre; כרם וכ׳ מקריחין שחרב ׳a waste vineyard (ib. 2) is one which is razed on all sides. Sot. 46b (play on קרח, II Kings II, 23) המקום את עלינ שהקרחת thou hast made the place bare for us (ruined our water trade by healing the well); a. e. - Part. pass. מוקרח; l. מוקרחין. Y. Kil. I, 27b bot. וכ׳ מוק׳ ששה על ששה when one throws mixed seeds into a plot of six (cubits) by six wwhich lies vacant within s. field of grains or which is fenced in.
קרח I ch. same, to make bald; to become bald. Pes. 110a bot. (in an incantation) קרחייכי ק׳ bald be your baldness (may the haiir with wwhich you practice your witchcraft fall out). Y. Sabb. XX, end, 17a (perh. Hebrew) קריחה קרוח make bald a bald head(), v, צנינים. -- [Snh. 109b דקרחא עד some ed., read; דקדחא, v. קדח.]
קרח m. (preced. wds.) baldness. Kidd. 36a (ref. to קרחה Lev. XXI, 5) וכ׳ ק׳ קרא נכתוב כaא if this were so, the text should read kerah, why is it korhoha
קרח, Sifra Thazr., Neg. ch. I; Yalk. Lev. 550, read; קרה.
קרח(b. h.) pr. n. m. .Korah, leader of a rebellion against Moses. Tosef. Snh. XIII, 9 וכ׳ ועדתו ק׳ Korah and his followers have no share in the world to come; Snh. 109b וכ׳ ק׳ עדת the followers of K. have &c. Ib. שנעשה ק׳ וכ׳ קרחה (Ms. M. שעשה) he is named Korah (Bald), because baldness (depopulation) was created in Israel; a. v. fr.
קרח II. קרחא I, קרחאm. 1)-h. קר, v.קרch.- Targ. II Kings II, 23 קר׳ (ed. Ven. קי׳). -- Snh. 63b ברחא ק׳, v. אשימא. Sabb. 152a, v. ברחא, a. מצויינא. -- 2) (cmp. גולבינא a. גלב) a species of peas (P. Sm. s. v. קרחא, 3740 peanuts'). -- Pl. קרחין. Y. Ned. IV, 38a top וק׳ סורס מי an infusion of sores and karhim.
קרחא II, קרחא I m. =b. h. קרח, frost, ice, hail. Targ. Ps. CXLVII, 17. Targ. Job XXXVII, 10; a. e.
קרחא II, קרתחה m. (קרח I) [scraper, wool-dresser; cmp. גרדי,] common weaver. Meg. 12b; Yalk. Esth. 1051, v. פרדשכא.
קרחא II f. = next w. Targ. Y. II Deut. XIV, 11(some ed. קרתה).
קרחה I f. (b. h.; קרח) baldness. Sifre Deut. 96; Macc. 20a וק׳ ק׳ כל על לחיב to be punishable for each act of making a bald spot; Sifra Emor, Par. 1, ch. I קריחה. Macc. 20b ק׳ שיעור וכמה what is the legal size of baldness (to be punishable)ז; a. fr. -Trnsf. gap, depopulation. Snh. 109b, a. e., v. קרח. Meg. 13b וכ׳ אני ק׳ תאמר שמא lest thou say that I may create depopulation in thy empire (by the extermination of the Jews); a. e. -- Pl. קרחות. Kidd. 36a (Macc. 20a, a. e. קריחות), v. קרח. Y. Maasr. I, 48d bot., v. קרח Hif -- Y. Meg. IV, 75a top (to those who read from the Law without benedictions) ק׳ ק׳ . .. אתם מתי עד how long will you make the law into bare patches (sterile of spiritual seeds)? m7sר
