קִשְׁקֵש

קִשְׁקֵשI (קשש; cmp. כִּשְׁכֵּש) 1) to knock, strike, shake, tingle. Sot.9b (ref. to לפעמו, Jud. 13:25) שהיתה שכינה מְקַשְׁקֶשֶׁתוכ׳ the Divine Presence rang before him as with a bell (v. פַּעֲמוֹן); Gen. R. s. 18 לקַשְׁקֵש ‘Rashi, v. נָקַש. Yalk. Ps. 862, v. קִרְקִש. Y.Sabb.II, 5b bot. כיון … מקשקשת עיסתהוכ׳ when the woman slaps her dough with water (v. לָטַש, a. קָטַף); Gen. R. s. 14, beg. מְשַׁקְשֶׁקֶת; Yalk. ib. 20; 32; Tanḥ. Noah 1 (ed. Bub. נותנת מים בעיסה, incorr.). Y.Taan.III, 67a top כדי … ומקשקשוכ׳ when a person may be placed on the summit of ‘Ofel, and dangle his feet in the brook of Kidron; Tosef. ib. III (II), 1 מְשַׁקְשֵׁק ed. Zuck. (Var. מְקַשְׁקֵיש); Bab. ib. 22b וִישַׁכְשֵׁךְ. Gen. R. s. 69 אפי׳ כן … מקשקשיןוכ׳ yet it is for thy own good that they slap thee and polish (cleanse) thee from thy guilt (v. מָרַק); ib. s. 41 מְשַׁקְשְׁקִין; Yalk. Is. 337. 2) to slap and crush the earth under the olive tree; to hoe. B. Mets.89b, v. עָדַר. M. Kat. 3a, יכול לא יְקַשְׁקֵש תחתוכ׳ lest you think that one may not hoe under the olive trees (in the Sabbatical year). Ib. תשמטנה מלְקַשְׁקֵשוכ׳ ‘thou shalt let it rest (Ex. 23:11) from hoeing ; Succ.44b; Yalk. Ex. 354 (corr. acc.); a. e. Hithpa. הִתְקַשְׁקֵש to be shaken; to clap, ring. Ḥull.74b כאגוז המִתְקַשְׁקֵשוכ׳ like a nut that rattles in its shell. Ib. 94a לגין המתקשקש a bottle which gives a sound when shaken (half-filled). Ib. 125a מוח המתק׳ brain that shakes in the skull; a. e.Nidd.47a משיִתְקַשְׁקְשוּ הדדין when the breasts begin to shake (in walking), comment.; v., however, קִשְׁקֵש II.