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קְשֵׁי‏ adj. hard

hard Com.

difficult Com. 4QEnGiants^c02.8 : עובד קשה‏ . 4QEnGiants^c02.8 : כו]ל עובד קשה‏ . TgO Ex1:14 : בְפוּלחָנָא קַשיָא בְטִינָא‏ with hard labor in the clay.

strong, tough Com. TgJ Is19:4 : רִיבוֹן קְשֵי וֻמַלַך תַקִיף‏ strong lord and powerful king. + neck (qdl) : stubborn JLAtg, CPA, Syr. TgO Ex32:9 : קְשֵי קְדָל‏ . TgJ Is48:4 : דְאַת סָרְבָן וֻקשֵי כְבַרזְלָא קְדָלָך‏ you are stubborn and your neck is as hard as iron. bold, impudent Qumran, JLAtg, Syr. 4QEn^a1.2.13 : ות]מרון עלוהי רברבן וקשין‏ you speak great and bold things about/against him. TgO Gen42:7 : וֻמַלֵיל עִימְהוֹן קַשיָן‏ he spoke harshly with them.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 508a; DJBA: 1049a; Jastrow: 1430; Levy Ch-W: 2:394; Tal Sam: 805; DNWSI: 1038; Cook,Qumran: 214;

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Derivatives:

qšyw, qšywtˀ (qašyū, qašyūṯā) n.f. hardness

bqšyw (bəqašyū, bəqašyūṯā) adv. harshly, troublesomely