מקישין

נָקַש(v. קִשְׁקֵש I) to strike against; to touch closely. Bekh.VII, 6 (45a) (expl. עיקל) כל שמקיף … נוֹקְשוֹתוכ׳ (Mish. ed. נושקות) he whose legs do not touch each other when he puts his feet together. Meg.12b, v. infra. Hif. הִקִּיש 1) to cause striking against; to knock. Bekh. l. c. (44b) המַקִּיש בקרסוליווכ׳ he who knocks his anklebones against each other (in walking, because his legs are bent outward), or rubs his legs against each other (his feet being bent outward). Midr. Sam. ch. IX מַקֶּשֶׁת ברגליה ומקשת בקרניה she knocks (creates a loud sound) with her feet and with her horns. Zab. IV, 1, sq. ה׳ עלוכ׳ if he knocked against Meg.12b (play on בן קיש, Esth. 2:5) שה׳ עלוכ׳ (Ms. M. שנָקַש) he (Mordecai) knocked at the gates of mercy ; a. fr.Esp. (cmp. נָגַן, נָכָה) to strike an instrument, play. Tam.VII, 3. Gen. R. s. 18 (play on הפעם, Gen. 2:23) עתידה להַקִּיש עלי כזוג (‘Rashi: לקשקש) she is destined to be loud against me like a bell. Pesik. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 137 אני מבקש שתעמדו ותַקִּישוּ … כדרך שהייתם מַקִּישִׁיןוכ׳ I desire that you play on the cithern before me and the idol, as you played before your God. Ib. אנו עומדים להַקִּישוכ׳ shall we stand playing before this dwarf (Nebuchadnezzar) and this idol? Ib. to Ps. 92, end (play on יקשן, Gen. 25:2) שהיו מקישין בתוף לעכו״ם they struck the timbrel before idols; Yalk. Chr. 1073; Gen. R. s. 61 מקשין בית׳ (corr. acc.). 2) (cmp. נָּקַף) to bring under the same category by juxtaposition, to compare. Kidd.5a, a. fr. (ref. to ויצאה a. והיתה in the same verse, Deut. 24:2) מקיש הויה ליציאה, v. הֲוָיָה. Snh.60b (ref. to Ex. 22:19 a. 34:14) זביחה בכלל … להַקִּיש אליה slaughtering for the idol would have been included in worshipping, and why is it singled out? To compare all other idolatrous functions with it: as slaughtering ia a function performed inside Zeb.5b הִקִּישוֹ הכתובוכ׳ the text (Lev. 7:37) places it side by side with peace offerings; a. fr. Hof. הוּקַּש to be placed side by side, to be compared. Ker.3a (ref. to Num. 15:29, sq.) הוּקְּשָׂה כל התורהוכ׳ all the laws of the Torah are here placed on an equality with idolatry (as regards conditions of punishment). Ib. 2b הוּקְּשוּ כל העריות כולןוכ׳ all laws concerning incest are put on an equality with (Lev. 18:29); a. fr.Part. מוּקָּש. Gen. R. s. 35 (play on קשתי, Gen. 9:13) דבר שהוא מ׳ לי something comparable with me (with the Divine Glory); Yalk. ib. 61; v. קִישוּת II.

נָקַש(v. קִשְׁקֵש I) to strike against; to touch closely. Bekh.VII, 6 (45a) (expl. עיקל) כל שמקיף … נוֹקְשוֹתוכ׳ (Mish. ed. נושקות) he whose legs do not touch each other when he puts his feet together. Meg.12b, v. infra. Hif. הִקִּיש 1) to cause striking against; to knock. Bekh. l. c. (44b) המַקִּיש בקרסוליווכ׳ he who knocks his anklebones against each other (in walking, because his legs are bent outward), or rubs his legs against each other (his feet being bent outward). Midr. Sam. ch. IX מַקֶּשֶׁת ברגליה ומקשת בקרניה she knocks (creates a loud sound) with her feet and with her horns. Zab. IV, 1, sq. ה׳ עלוכ׳ if he knocked against Meg.12b (play on בן קיש, Esth. 2:5) שה׳ עלוכ׳ (Ms. M. שנָקַש) he (Mordecai) knocked at the gates of mercy ; a. fr.Esp. (cmp. נָגַן, נָכָה) to strike an instrument, play. Tam.VII, 3. Gen. R. s. 18 (play on הפעם, Gen. 2:23) עתידה להַקִּיש עלי כזוג (‘Rashi: לקשקש) she is destined to be loud against me like a bell. Pesik. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 137 אני מבקש שתעמדו ותַקִּישוּ … כדרך שהייתם מַקִּישִׁיןוכ׳ I desire that you play on the cithern before me and the idol, as you played before your God. Ib. אנו עומדים להַקִּישוכ׳ shall we stand playing before this dwarf (Nebuchadnezzar) and this idol? Ib. to Ps. 92, end (play on יקשן, Gen. 25:2) שהיו מקישין בתוף לעכו״ם they struck the timbrel before idols; Yalk. Chr. 1073; Gen. R. s. 61 מקשין בית׳ (corr. acc.). 2) (cmp. נָּקַף) to bring under the same category by juxtaposition, to compare. Kidd.5a, a. fr. (ref. to ויצאה a. והיתה in the same verse, Deut. 24:2) מקיש הויה ליציאה, v. הֲוָיָה. Snh.60b (ref. to Ex. 22:19 a. 34:14) זביחה בכלל … להַקִּיש אליה slaughtering for the idol would have been included in worshipping, and why is it singled out? To compare all other idolatrous functions with it: as slaughtering ia a function performed inside Zeb.5b הִקִּישוֹ הכתובוכ׳ the text (Lev. 7:37) places it side by side with peace offerings; a. fr. Hof. הוּקַּש to be placed side by side, to be compared. Ker.3a (ref. to Num. 15:29, sq.) הוּקְּשָׂה כל התורהוכ׳ all the laws of the Torah are here placed on an equality with idolatry (as regards conditions of punishment). Ib. 2b הוּקְּשוּ כל העריות כולןוכ׳ all laws concerning incest are put on an equality with (Lev. 18:29); a. fr.Part. מוּקָּש. Gen. R. s. 35 (play on קשתי, Gen. 9:13) דבר שהוא מ׳ לי something comparable with me (with the Divine Glory); Yalk. ib. 61; v. קִישוּת II.

קשי, קָשָׁה(b. h.) to be stiff, hard, difficult. Y.Ber.I, 2c top קָשְׁתָה על דעתך this is difficult according to (not reconcilable with) thy opinion; ib. למהא״ל קשתה (not קשתיה) why did he say to him, it is difficult?V. קָשֶׁה. Pi. קִישָּׁה (קִישְּׁתָה, with לילד or without) to have hard labor in travailing. Ḥull.IV, 1 בהמה המְקַשּׁה לרלדוכ׳ if an animal is in labor, and, v. עוּבָּר. Nidd.IV, 4 קִשְּׁתָה שלשהוכ׳ if she was in pain for three days within eleven days; Tosef. ib. V, 8 קִישֵּׁת, קִשֵּׁת. Ib. 10; a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 61 שהיו מקשיןוכ׳, read: מקישין, v. נָקַש. Hif. הִקְשָׁה 1) to stiffen, harden. Nidd.13b המַקְשֶׁה עצמווכ׳ he who causes erection wilfully. Ex. R. s. 11 הרשע הזהה׳ את לבווכ׳ this wicked (Pharaoh) hardened his heart against the first three signs; a. e. 2) to become hard. Y.Pes.VI, 35b top שסופו להַקְשוֹת which gets hard in the course of time. Shebi. II, 10 אם הִקְשוּוכ׳ (Y. ed. a. Bart. הוּקְשוּ Hof.) if they became hard (dry) and unfit for man to eat before New Year. (Y. ib. 34a bot. הקשו a. הוקשו). 3) to be severe. Gen. R. s. 19, opp. ריתה, v. רָתָה. Hof. הוּקְשֶׁה 1) to become hard, v. supra. 2) to be found hard, distasteful. Tanḥ. Shlaḥ 5; Num. R. s. 16 ה׳ הדבר והרעוכ׳ the thing was distasteful to and displeased his father. Hithpa. הִתְקַשֶּׁה, Nithpa. נִתְקַשֶּׁה 1) to suffer severely (in travailing). Gen. R. s. 84 נִתְקַשֵׁת אמווכ׳ his mother was in hard labor at his birth. 2) to become hard, stiff. Tosef.Nidd.VI, 4 משיִתְקַשוּ, v. קִשְׁקֵש I, a. II. Gen. R. s. 98, a. שנִתְקַשֵּׁיתָה, v. קַשְׁיוּת. 3) to find ones self in difficulty, to be perplexed, unable to understand or remember. Num. R. s. 15 beg. נ׳ משה במעשהוכ׳ Moses found the work of the candlestick more difficult to understand than ; כיוןשנ׳ אמרוכ׳ when he still could not remember it, the Lord said Ib.10>; Tanḥ. Bhaʿăl. 6 נִתְקַשֵּׁיתִי לעשותה I could not understand how to do it: Ib. נ׳ על משה it was too difficult for Moses; a. fr. 4) to be reluctant, strive against. Tanḥ. Shmoth 18 כמה נ׳ יונה שלאוכ׳ how hard did Jonah strive not to go on his mission. Deut. R. s. 9 מִתְקַשֶּׁה כנגדו (the sun) refused to obey; a. e. 5) to make ones self obnoxious. Gen. R. s. 61; Yalk. Chr. 1073 (play on יקשן, Gen. 25:2) שהיו מִתְקַשִׁין בעולם they were obnoxious to the world (were hard to deal with); (Midr. Till. to Ps. 92 ed. Bub. שהיו בני אדם קשין).

קשי, קָשָׁה(b. h.) to be stiff, hard, difficult. Y.Ber.I, 2c top קָשְׁתָה על דעתך this is difficult according to (not reconcilable with) thy opinion; ib. למהא״ל קשתה (not קשתיה) why did he say to him, it is difficult?V. קָשֶׁה. Pi. קִישָּׁה (קִישְּׁתָה, with לילד or without) to have hard labor in travailing. Ḥull.IV, 1 בהמה המְקַשּׁה לרלדוכ׳ if an animal is in labor, and, v. עוּבָּר. Nidd.IV, 4 קִשְּׁתָה שלשהוכ׳ if she was in pain for three days within eleven days; Tosef. ib. V, 8 קִישֵּׁת, קִשֵּׁת. Ib. 10; a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 61 שהיו מקשיןוכ׳, read: מקישין, v. נָקַש. Hif. הִקְשָׁה 1) to stiffen, harden. Nidd.13b המַקְשֶׁה עצמווכ׳ he who causes erection wilfully. Ex. R. s. 11 הרשע הזהה׳ את לבווכ׳ this wicked (Pharaoh) hardened his heart against the first three signs; a. e. 2) to become hard. Y.Pes.VI, 35b top שסופו להַקְשוֹת which gets hard in the course of time. Shebi. II, 10 אם הִקְשוּוכ׳ (Y. ed. a. Bart. הוּקְשוּ Hof.) if they became hard (dry) and unfit for man to eat before New Year. (Y. ib. 34a bot. הקשו a. הוקשו). 3) to be severe. Gen. R. s. 19, opp. ריתה, v. רָתָה. Hof. הוּקְשֶׁה 1) to become hard, v. supra. 2) to be found hard, distasteful. Tanḥ. Shlaḥ 5; Num. R. s. 16 ה׳ הדבר והרעוכ׳ the thing was distasteful to and displeased his father. Hithpa. הִתְקַשֶּׁה, Nithpa. נִתְקַשֶּׁה 1) to suffer severely (in travailing). Gen. R. s. 84 נִתְקַשֵׁת אמווכ׳ his mother was in hard labor at his birth. 2) to become hard, stiff. Tosef.Nidd.VI, 4 משיִתְקַשוּ, v. קִשְׁקֵש I, a. II. Gen. R. s. 98, a. שנִתְקַשֵּׁיתָה, v. קַשְׁיוּת. 3) to find ones self in difficulty, to be perplexed, unable to understand or remember. Num. R. s. 15 beg. נ׳ משה במעשהוכ׳ Moses found the work of the candlestick more difficult to understand than ; כיוןשנ׳ אמרוכ׳ when he still could not remember it, the Lord said Ib.10>; Tanḥ. Bhaʿăl. 6 נִתְקַשֵּׁיתִי לעשותה I could not understand how to do it: Ib. נ׳ על משה it was too difficult for Moses; a. fr. 4) to be reluctant, strive against. Tanḥ. Shmoth 18 כמה נ׳ יונה שלאוכ׳ how hard did Jonah strive not to go on his mission. Deut. R. s. 9 מִתְקַשֶּׁה כנגדו (the sun) refused to obey; a. e. 5) to make ones self obnoxious. Gen. R. s. 61; Yalk. Chr. 1073 (play on יקשן, Gen. 25:2) שהיו מִתְקַשִׁין בעולם they were obnoxious to the world (were hard to deal with); (Midr. Till. to Ps. 92 ed. Bub. שהיו בני אדם קשין).

קשי, קָשָׁה(b. h.) to be stiff, hard, difficult. Y.Ber.I, 2c top קָשְׁתָה על דעתך this is difficult according to (not reconcilable with) thy opinion; ib. למהא״ל קשתה (not קשתיה) why did he say to him, it is difficult?V. קָשֶׁה. Pi. קִישָּׁה (קִישְּׁתָה, with לילד or without) to have hard labor in travailing. Ḥull.IV, 1 בהמה המְקַשּׁה לרלדוכ׳ if an animal is in labor, and, v. עוּבָּר. Nidd.IV, 4 קִשְּׁתָה שלשהוכ׳ if she was in pain for three days within eleven days; Tosef. ib. V, 8 קִישֵּׁת, קִשֵּׁת. Ib. 10; a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 61 שהיו מקשיןוכ׳, read: מקישין, v. נָקַש. Hif. הִקְשָׁה 1) to stiffen, harden. Nidd.13b המַקְשֶׁה עצמווכ׳ he who causes erection wilfully. Ex. R. s. 11 הרשע הזהה׳ את לבווכ׳ this wicked (Pharaoh) hardened his heart against the first three signs; a. e. 2) to become hard. Y.Pes.VI, 35b top שסופו להַקְשוֹת which gets hard in the course of time. Shebi. II, 10 אם הִקְשוּוכ׳ (Y. ed. a. Bart. הוּקְשוּ Hof.) if they became hard (dry) and unfit for man to eat before New Year. (Y. ib. 34a bot. הקשו a. הוקשו). 3) to be severe. Gen. R. s. 19, opp. ריתה, v. רָתָה. Hof. הוּקְשֶׁה 1) to become hard, v. supra. 2) to be found hard, distasteful. Tanḥ. Shlaḥ 5; Num. R. s. 16 ה׳ הדבר והרעוכ׳ the thing was distasteful to and displeased his father. Hithpa. הִתְקַשֶּׁה, Nithpa. נִתְקַשֶּׁה 1) to suffer severely (in travailing). Gen. R. s. 84 נִתְקַשֵׁת אמווכ׳ his mother was in hard labor at his birth. 2) to become hard, stiff. Tosef.Nidd.VI, 4 משיִתְקַשוּ, v. קִשְׁקֵש I, a. II. Gen. R. s. 98, a. שנִתְקַשֵּׁיתָה, v. קַשְׁיוּת. 3) to find ones self in difficulty, to be perplexed, unable to understand or remember. Num. R. s. 15 beg. נ׳ משה במעשהוכ׳ Moses found the work of the candlestick more difficult to understand than ; כיוןשנ׳ אמרוכ׳ when he still could not remember it, the Lord said Ib.10>; Tanḥ. Bhaʿăl. 6 נִתְקַשֵּׁיתִי לעשותה I could not understand how to do it: Ib. נ׳ על משה it was too difficult for Moses; a. fr. 4) to be reluctant, strive against. Tanḥ. Shmoth 18 כמה נ׳ יונה שלאוכ׳ how hard did Jonah strive not to go on his mission. Deut. R. s. 9 מִתְקַשֶּׁה כנגדו (the sun) refused to obey; a. e. 5) to make ones self obnoxious. Gen. R. s. 61; Yalk. Chr. 1073 (play on יקשן, Gen. 25:2) שהיו מִתְקַשִׁין בעולם they were obnoxious to the world (were hard to deal with); (Midr. Till. to Ps. 92 ed. Bub. שהיו בני אדם קשין).