גָּלַח (gālaḥ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning be bald. It appears
23 times
in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1548).
Also rendered
to shave
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 351)
Range of meaning (TWOT 351)be bald; shave, shave off; be shaven; shave oneself; lay waste; poll
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
גָּלַחverb: be bald
Pielshave, shave off
Pualbe shaven
Hithpaelshave oneself
Strong's H1548גָּלַח: properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste KJV:poll, shave (off).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.