H7197A–קָשַׁשׁ–qa.shash

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

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

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

לְקֹשֵׁ֥שׁ (קֹשֵׁ֥שׁ) ko.Shesh “gather”

And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.

מְקֹשֵׁ֥שׁ me.ko.Shesh “gathering”

And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.

מְקֹשֵׁ֣שׁ me.ko.Shesh “gathering”

So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

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

And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

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