judgment);
יִק׳ בְעֵינֶ˜ךָ
Dt 15:18
it shall not be hard in thine eyes
(seem a severe trial, an injustice); of wrath
Gn 49:7
(poem in
J
;
||
עָ˜ז
); of fierce words
2 S 19:44
.
Niph.
Pt.
נִקְשֶׁה
Is 8:21
hardly bestead, hard pressed
.
Pi.
Impf.
3
fs.
וַתְּקַשׁ בְּלִדְתָּהּ
Gn 35:16
(
E
)
she made hard in her bearing
(had severe labour).
Hiph.
Pf.
3
ms.
הִקְשָׁה
Ex 13:15
+, etc.;
Impf.
3
ms.
וַיֶּקֶשׁ
2 Ch 36:13
;
3
mpl.
וַיַּקְשׁוּ
Je 7:26
+, etc.;
Inf. cstr. sf.
בְּהַקְשֹׁתָהּ
Gn 35:1
7;
Pt.
מַקְשֶׁה
Pr 28:1
4;
29:1
;—
1.
make difficult, difficulty:
הִקְשָׁה לְשַׁלְּחֵנוּ
Ex 13:15
Pharach
made difficulty about sending us away;
of travail
Gn 35:17
(
E
; as
Pi.
);
לִשְׁאֹול הַקְשִׁיתָ
2 K 2:10
thou hast made hard to ask
, asked a hard thing.
2.
make severe, burdensome
, yoke imposed by king
1 K 12:4
=
2 Ch 10:4
.
3.
a.
make hard, stiff, stubborn
,
fig.
of obstinacy:
וַיַּקְשׁוּ אֶת־עָרְפָּם
2 K 17:14
they stiffened their neck
, so
Je 7:26
;
17:23
;
19:15 Dt 10:16 2 Ch 30:8
;
36:13 Ne 9:1
6,
17
,
29 Pr 29:
1;
אַל־תַּקְשׁוּ לְבַבְכֶם
ψ 95:8
,
cf.
Pr 28:14
; subj.
י׳
,
אַקְשֶׁה אֶת־לֵב פ׳
Ex 7:3
(
P
),
acc.
אֶת־רוּחֹו
Dt 2:3
0.
b.
shew stubbornness
Jb 9:4
(
c.
אֶל
pers.
[
י׳
]).
• קָשֶׁה S 7186 TWOT 2085a GK 7997 adj. hard, severe ;— abs. ק׳ Ex 18:26 +; cstr. 32:9 +; fs. קָשָׁה Dt 26:6 +; cstr. קְשַׁת 1 S 1:1 5; mpl. קָשִׁים 2 S 3:3 9; cstr. קְשֵׁי Ez 2: 4; 3:7 ; fpl. קָשֹׁות Gn 42: 7, 30 ;— 1. hard, difficult , of a legal question ( דָּבָר ) Ex 18:26 ( E ). 2. a. severe , of battle 2 S 2:17 , wind Is 27:8 , servitude ( עֲבֹדָה ) 1 K 12:4 = 2 Ch 10: 4, Dt 26:6 Is 14:3 Ex 1:1 4; 6:9 (both P ); as n.coll. הִרְאִיתָ עַמְּךָ קָשָׁה ψ 60:5 thou hast made thy people see severe things; קְשֵׁה יֹום Jb 30:25 i.e. one whose time (life) is hard, so 1 S 1:15 (reading קְשַׁת יֹום for ק׳ רוּחַ , Ö Th We Dr al. ); severe, rough , of lord ( אֲדֹנִים ) Is 19:4 , cf. 2 S 3:29 ( c. מִן comp. [ מִמֶּנּוּ ? v. HP S]); הָלֹוךְ וְקָשָׁה עַל־ Ju 4:24 the hand of the sons of Israel went on being more and more severe upon Jabin; fierce, relentless , of י׳ ’s sword Is 27:1 (in fig. ); rough, rude 1 S 25: 3; severe things , of language Gn 42:7 , 30 ( E ; c. דִּבֶּר ), 1 S 20:10 1 K 12:13 = 2 Ch 10:13 (all c. עָנָה ); וְאָנֹכִי שָׁלוּחַ אֵלַיִךְ קָשָׁה 1 K 14:6 I am commissioned with a severe ( message ) unto thee ( Ges § 121 d. N. 1 Da Synt. §§ 75 (d), 80 ); חָזוּת קָשָׁה Is 21: 2. b. fierce, intense, vehement , of קִנְאָה Ct 8:6 ( || עַוָּה ; cf. Gn 49: 9). 3. עַם־קְשֵׁה־עֹרֶף a people stiff of neck, stubborn , Ex 32:9 ; 33:3 , 5 ; 34:9 (all JE), Dt 9:6 , 13 ; עָרְפְּךָ הַקָּשֶׁה , 31:27 ; cf. דַּרְכָּם הַקָּשָׁה Ju 2:1 9; קְשֵׁי פָנִים Ez 2:4 ( +
J Jehovist. HPS H. P. Smith.