נקש

נָקַש(v. קִשְׁקֵש I) to strike against; to touch closely. Bekh.VII, 6 (45a) (expl. עיקל) כל שמקיף … נוֹקְשוֹתוכ׳ (Mish. ed. נושקות) he whose legs do not touch each other when he puts his feet together. Meg.12b, v. infra. Hif. הִקִּיש 1) to cause striking against; to knock. Bekh. l. c. (44b) המַקִּיש בקרסוליווכ׳ he who knocks his anklebones against each other (in walking, because his legs are bent outward), or rubs his legs against each other (his feet being bent outward). Midr. Sam. ch. IX מַקֶּשֶׁת ברגליה ומקשת בקרניה she knocks (creates a loud sound) with her feet and with her horns. Zab. IV, 1, sq. ה׳ עלוכ׳ if he knocked against Meg.12b (play on בן קיש, Esth. 2:5) שה׳ עלוכ׳ (Ms. M. שנָקַש) he (Mordecai) knocked at the gates of mercy ; a. fr.Esp. (cmp. נָגַן, נָכָה) to strike an instrument, play. Tam.VII, 3. Gen. R. s. 18 (play on הפעם, Gen. 2:23) עתידה להַקִּיש עלי כזוג (‘Rashi: לקשקש) she is destined to be loud against me like a bell. Pesik. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 137 אני מבקש שתעמדו ותַקִּישוּ … כדרך שהייתם מַקִּישִׁיןוכ׳ I desire that you play on the cithern before me and the idol, as you played before your God. Ib. אנו עומדים להַקִּישוכ׳ shall we stand playing before this dwarf (Nebuchadnezzar) and this idol? Ib. to Ps. 92, end (play on יקשן, Gen. 25:2) שהיו מקישין בתוף לעכו״ם they struck the timbrel before idols; Yalk. Chr. 1073; Gen. R. s. 61 מקשין בית׳ (corr. acc.). 2) (cmp. נָּקַף) to bring under the same category by juxtaposition, to compare. Kidd.5a, a. fr. (ref. to ויצאה a. והיתה in the same verse, Deut. 24:2) מקיש הויה ליציאה, v. הֲוָיָה. Snh.60b (ref. to Ex. 22:19 a. 34:14) זביחה בכלל … להַקִּיש אליה slaughtering for the idol would have been included in worshipping, and why is it singled out? To compare all other idolatrous functions with it: as slaughtering ia a function performed inside Zeb.5b הִקִּישוֹ הכתובוכ׳ the text (Lev. 7:37) places it side by side with peace offerings; a. fr. Hof. הוּקַּש to be placed side by side, to be compared. Ker.3a (ref. to Num. 15:29, sq.) הוּקְּשָׂה כל התורהוכ׳ all the laws of the Torah are here placed on an equality with idolatry (as regards conditions of punishment). Ib. 2b הוּקְּשוּ כל העריות כולןוכ׳ all laws concerning incest are put on an equality with (Lev. 18:29); a. fr.Part. מוּקָּש. Gen. R. s. 35 (play on קשתי, Gen. 9:13) דבר שהוא מ׳ לי something comparable with me (with the Divine Glory); Yalk. ib. 61; v. קִישוּת II.