קשה ערפם

קָשֶׁהm., קָשָׁה f. (b. h.; preced.) stiff, hard, difficult, severe; strong. Tosef.Sabb.IX (X), 2 שני זייפין מן הק׳וכ׳ (some ed. הקִש) two of the stiffest bristles of the swine; Sabb.90b מקָשָׁה של חזיר אחת carrying one of the stiff bristles of the swine is punishable. Taan.20b ק׳ כארז, v. קָנֶה. B. Bath.88b ק׳ עונשנ שלוכ׳ the responsibility for fraud in measures is severer than that for incest. Ib. ק׳ גזל הדיוטוכ׳ robbing an individual is worse than robbing the altar. Gen. R. s. 26, end ק׳ היא המחלוקתוכ׳ strife is as bad as (the sins of) the generation of the flood. Ib. s. 71 ק׳ היא התפלהוכ׳ prayer is a powerful factor, for it reversed the divine decree. Taan.8a שלמודו ק׳ עליווכ׳ to whom his study is as hard as iron. Ib. b (in Chaid. dict.) ק׳ יומאוכ׳, v. קָשַׁי. Ex. R. s. 6 היה ק׳ בעיניהםוכ׳ it seemed too hard a task for them to give up idolatry; a. v. fr.Erub.83b בק׳ with difficulty, v. נַחַת.(Num. R. s. 16 end קשה ערפם, v. קְשִׁי.Pl. קָשִׁים, קָשִׁין; קָשוֹת. Yeb.47b, a. e. ק׳ גריםוכ׳, v. סַפַּחַת. Sot.2a ק׳ לזווגן (Snh.22a קשה), v. זָוַג. Pes.118a ק׳ … כקריעתוכ׳ the providential support of man is as difficult (wonderful) as the splitting of the Red Sea. Ib. ק׳ … כפליםוכ׳ mans support is twice as hard (painful) as travailing. Ber.57b (etymolog. play on קישואים) מפני שהם ק׳ לגוףוכ׳ because they are as hard on the body as swords. Koh. R. to XII, 7 נבואות ק׳ hard (evil) prophecies; a. v. fr.

קָשֶׁהm., קָשָׁה f. (b. h.; preced.) stiff, hard, difficult, severe; strong. Tosef.Sabb.IX (X), 2 שני זייפין מן הק׳וכ׳ (some ed. הקִש) two of the stiffest bristles of the swine; Sabb.90b מקָשָׁה של חזיר אחת carrying one of the stiff bristles of the swine is punishable. Taan.20b ק׳ כארז, v. קָנֶה. B. Bath.88b ק׳ עונשנ שלוכ׳ the responsibility for fraud in measures is severer than that for incest. Ib. ק׳ גזל הדיוטוכ׳ robbing an individual is worse than robbing the altar. Gen. R. s. 26, end ק׳ היא המחלוקתוכ׳ strife is as bad as (the sins of) the generation of the flood. Ib. s. 71 ק׳ היא התפלהוכ׳ prayer is a powerful factor, for it reversed the divine decree. Taan.8a שלמודו ק׳ עליווכ׳ to whom his study is as hard as iron. Ib. b (in Chaid. dict.) ק׳ יומאוכ׳, v. קָשַׁי. Ex. R. s. 6 היה ק׳ בעיניהםוכ׳ it seemed too hard a task for them to give up idolatry; a. v. fr.Erub.83b בק׳ with difficulty, v. נַחַת.(Num. R. s. 16 end קשה ערפם, v. קְשִׁי.Pl. קָשִׁים, קָשִׁין; קָשוֹת. Yeb.47b, a. e. ק׳ גריםוכ׳, v. סַפַּחַת. Sot.2a ק׳ לזווגן (Snh.22a קשה), v. זָוַג. Pes.118a ק׳ … כקריעתוכ׳ the providential support of man is as difficult (wonderful) as the splitting of the Red Sea. Ib. ק׳ … כפליםוכ׳ mans support is twice as hard (painful) as travailing. Ber.57b (etymolog. play on קישואים) מפני שהם ק׳ לגוףוכ׳ because they are as hard on the body as swords. Koh. R. to XII, 7 נבואות ק׳ hard (evil) prophecies; a. v. fr.