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qšyw, qšywtˀ (qašyū, qašyūṯā) n.f. hardness
1
hardness
PTA, CPA, Syr, LJLA
TN Deut10:16↗ קשיות לבביכון‏ ; PJ Deut9:27↗ קשיות לב עמא הדין‏
(1)
severity, harshness
Syr
StatNis.68.1↗ ܠܡܣܝܒܪܘ ܩܫܝܘܬܐ ܕܓܙܪ̈ܝ ܕܝ̈ܢܐ ܕܢܒܝܘܬܐ‏ : to bear the severity of prophecy's decrees ; TDN.70:22↗ ܩܫܝܫܐ ܒܟܠ݁ܙܒܢ ܠܘܬ ܩܫܝܘܬܐ ܕܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ ܠܐ ܡܫܬܚܠܦܢܐ ܢܗܘܐ‏ : an elder should always tend toward unchanging severity of faith
(1)
בקשׁיו٠ בקשׁיותא : severely : see s.v. bqšyw adv.
JLAtg, Sam, JBAg
(2)
hard times
Man
JBABowl 37.1:7↗ וקשיותא‏
2
stubbornness, recalcitrance (elliptical for "of the heart")
Gal, PTA, Syr
EstR[1] 2.1(30)↗ מן קשיותהון וחוביהון דבריתא‏ : because of the people's stubbornness and sins ; TN Deut9:27↗ לא תסתכל לקשיותהון‏ ; AphDem16.322:3↗ ܘܗ݂ܢܘܢ ܒܩܫܝܘܬܗܘܢ ܥܢܘ ܘܐܡܪܘ ܠܗ ܕܠܐ ܐܙܠܝܢ ܚܢܢ‏ : but they in their stubbornness answered and said to him that we are not going ; P Dt9:27↗ ܠܐ ܬܬܦܢܐ ܥܠ ܩܫܝܘܬܗ ܕܥܡܐ ܗܢܐ܂ ܘܒܥܘܠܗ ܘܒܚ̈ܛܗܘܗܝ‏ : do not pay attention to this people's stubbornness, its crime, or its sins
3
constipation (??)
JBAmb
K3449 7 סרותא וסוריגי וקצירותא וכריהותא וקשיותא‏ : putridness, hemorrhoids, illness, sickness, and constipation
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1419[703]DJPA: 509aDJBA: 1050aJastrow: 1431Drower/Macuch: 403bJ. Payne-Smith: 521Levy Ch-W: 2:394Tal Sam: 806DCPA[Schulthess]: 385[186]

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