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קַשְׁיוּ‏ n.f. hardness

hardness PTA, CPA, Syr, LJLA. TN Deut10:16 : קשיות לבביכון‏ . PJ Deut9:27 : קשיות לב עמא הדין‏ . בקשיו٠ בקשיותא‏ : severely : see s.v. bqšyw adv. JLAtg, Sam, JBAg.

stubbornness, recalcitrance (elliptical for "of the heart") Gal, PTA, Syr. TN Deut9:27 : לא תסתכל לקשיותהון‏ .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 509a; DJBA: 1050a; Jastrow: 1431; Levy Ch-W: 2:394; Tal Sam: 806;

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Derivatives:

bqšyw (bəqašyū, bəqašyūṯā) adv. harshly, troublesomely