- קשי) קשי
- (קְשֵׁי) קָשֵׁי m., קַשְׁיָא I c. = h. קָשֶׁה, hard, strong, heavy, difficult. Targ. Ex. 6:9. Targ. Y. ib. 12. Targ. Gen. 49:7. Targ. Is. 19:4. Targ. Ps. 60:5; a. fr.Targ. Y. Num. 8:4 מינא ק׳ something hard to understand (v. Num. R. s. 15, quot. s. v. קָשָׁה Nithpa.).Yoma 28b ק׳ משימשא is harder to bear , v. זוֹהֲמָא. Ib. 29a ק׳ מקייטא, מקייטא, v. קַיְטָא. B. Mets.85a ק׳ יומא דמיטראוכ׳ a rainy day (preventing people from pursuing their vocations) is as hard as the day of judgment; Taan.8b קשה (Rashi קשי); a. v. fr.Pl. קָשִׁין, קָשִׁיָּיא, קָשָׁן; קַשְׁיָין, קַשְׁיָיתָא. Targ. 1 Sam. 20:10. Targ. 2 Sam. 3:39. Targ. II Esth. 4:1; a. fr.Y.Sabb.VIII, 11b. Koh. R. to III, 2 מן קל מיליא קַשְׁיָיאתָאוכ׳ on account of the hard things that I hear ; a. e.
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