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title: קָשַׁשׁ — gather stubble · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָשַׁשׁ (7197), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: gather stubble. BDB 1906: vb.denom.Pōʿ. gather stubble. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָשַׁשׁ

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«קָשַׁשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **gather stubble** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 7197 · **BDB:** קָשַׁשׁ

### Glosses

gathering (2); \[am\].gathering (1); \[was\].gathering (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

gather stubble [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7197/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom.Pōʿ. gather stubble [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7197/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom.Pōʿ. gather stubble;—Pf. 3 pl. consec. וְקשְׁשׁוּ Ex 5:7; Inf. cstr. לְקשֵׁשׁ v 12; Pt. מְקשֵׁשׁ Nu 15:32, 33, f. מְקשֶׁשֶׁת 1 K 17:10, 12;—gather stubble, c. acc. cogn. קַשׁ Ex 5:12 (לַתּבֶן); also c. acc. תֶּבֶן v 7 (both J); c. acc. עֵצִים as firewood Nu 15:32, 33 (P), 1 K 17:10, 12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָשַׁשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7197/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zephaniah 2:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.2.1/)

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הִֽתְקוֹשְׁשׁ֖וּ וָק֑וֹשּׁוּ הַגּ֖וֹי לֹ֥א נִכְסָֽף׃

*Word for word:* gather.yourselves.together and gather.together O nation not ashamed

*JPS 1917:* Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O shameless nation;

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[Exodus 5:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.5.12/)

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וַיָּ֥פֶץ הָעָ֖ם בְּכָל־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם לְקֹשֵׁ֥שׁ קַ֖שׁ לַתֶּֽבֶן׃

*Word for word:* and it.scattered the people in all the.land of.Egypt to gather stubble for the straw

*JPS 1917:* So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

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