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קַשִּׁישׁ‏ adj. old, elder

old, senior JLAtg, Syr, JBA, Man. TgJ 1K14:13tos : ומדקשיש אביה בריה בטלינהי‏ once his father was old, PN his son abrogated it. TgJob12:12 : בקשישיא חכמתא ונוגדי יומין ביונתא‏ in the elders is wisdom and understanding (in) those of extended years. elder Com.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 509b; DJBA: 1050a; Jastrow: 1431; Levy Ch-W: 2:395; DNWSI: 1039;

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Derivatives:

qšyšw, qšyšwtˀ (qaššīšū, qaššīšūṯā) n.f. seniority