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title: קָשַׁח — make hard · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָשַׁח (7188), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: make hard. BDB 1906: vb. Hiph. make hard treat hardly. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָשַׁח

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«קָשַׁח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **make hard** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 7188 · **BDB:** קָשַׁח

### Glosses

do.you.harden? (1); it.treats.harshly (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

make hard [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7188/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Hiph. make hard treat hardly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7188/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Hiph. 1. make hard. 2. treat hardly (Arabic قَسَحَ be hard, firm, tough; Sab. קסח hardness, severity, cruelty, SabDenkm 37);— make hard, stubborn, Impf. 2 ms. תַּקְשִׁיחַ (subj. י׳), c. acc. לֵב Is 63:17 (+ מִיִּרְאָתֶ֑ךָ). treat hardly, roughly (of ostrich), Pf. 3 ms. הִקְשִׁיחַ Jb 39:16 (c. acc. בָּנֶיהָ; read 3 fs. הִקְשִׁיחָה Hi Siegf Du); § 113 z) הַקְשֵׁיחַ Ew, or Impf. 3 fs. תַּקְשִׁיחַ Hirz BaeKau Bu.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָשַׁח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7188/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 39:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.16/)

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הִקְשִׁ֣יחַ בָּנֶ֣יהָ לְּלֹא־לָ֑הּ לְרִ֖יק יְגִיעָ֣הּ בְּלִי־פָֽחַד׃

*Word for word:* it.treats.harshly young its to not \[belonging\].to it \[is\].to emptiness labor its not fear

*JPS 1917:* She is hardened against her young ones, as if they were not hers; though her labour be in vain, she is without fear;

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[Isaiah 63:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.63.17/)

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לָ֣מָּה תַתְעֵ֤נוּ יְהוָה֙ מִדְּרָכֶ֔יךָ תַּקְשִׁ֥יחַ לִבֵּ֖נוּ מִיִּרְאָתֶ֑ךָ שׁ֚וּב לְמַ֣עַן עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ שִׁבְטֵ֖י נַחֲלָתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* why? do you.make.us.wander O.Yahweh from ways your do.you.harden? heart our from fear of.you return for.the.sake.of servants your the.tribes your.inheritance your

*JPS 1917:* O LORD, why dost Thou make us to err from Thy ways, and hardenest our heart from Thy fear? Return for Thy servants' sake, the tribes of Thine inheritance.

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