H7197A–קָשַׁשׁ–qa.shash

Give these men no more dry stems for their brick-making as you have been doing; let them go and get the material for themselves.

וְקֹשְׁשׁ֥וּ (קֹשְׁשׁ֥וּ) ko.she.Shu “they may gather”

So the people were sent in all directions through the land of Egypt to get dry grass for stems.

לְקֹשֵׁ֥שׁ (קֹשֵׁ֥שׁ) ko.Shesh “gather”

Now while the children of Israel were in the waste land, they saw a man who was getting sticks on the Sabbath day.

מְקֹשֵׁ֥שׁ me.ko.Shesh “gathering”

And those who saw him getting sticks took him before Moses and Aaron and all the people.

מְקֹשֵׁ֣שׁ me.ko.Shesh “gathering”

So he got up and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the door of the town, he saw a widow woman getting sticks together; and crying out to her he said, Will you give me a little water in a vessel for my drink?

מְקֹשֶׁ֣שֶׁת me.ko.She.shet “[was] gathering”

Then she said, By the life of the Lord your God, I have nothing but a little meal in my store, and a drop of oil in the bottle; and now I am getting two sticks together so that I may go in and make it ready for me and my son, so that we may have a meal b

מְקֹשֶׁ֜שֶׁת me.ko.She.shet “[am] gathering”