- קשיות
- קַשְׁיוּתf. (preced. wds.) 1) (sub. עורף) stiffneckedness; (sub. לב) hard-heartedness. Taan.6a, v. מַלְקוֹש. Lam. R. introd. (R. Joḥ. 1) (play on מקשת אסרו, Is. 22:3) מקַשְׁיוּתָם נמסרווכ׳ for their stubbornness they were given over to the governments. Gen. R. s. 53 (ref. to רבה קשת, Gen. 21:20) רָבָה וקַשְׁיוּתוֹ עמו he (Ishmael) grew, and his stubbornness with him; (anoth. vers. רבה וקשיותו אמו he grew, and the cause of his renitence was his mother (who encouraged him in his sinful ways); a. e. 2) erection, sensual desire. Ib. s. 98 (play on קשתו, Gen. 49:24) ק׳ שנִתְקַשֵּׁיתָהוכ׳ the sensual desire which seized thee when thou wast with thy mistress.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.