H7185–קָשָׁה–qa.shah

And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.

וַתְּקַ֥שׁ (תְּקַ֥שׁ) te.Kash “she had difficulties”

And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now thou shalt have another son.

בְהַקְשֹׁתָ֖הּ (הַקְשֹׁתָ֖) hak.sho.Ta “had difficulties”

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.

קָשָׁ֑תָה ka.Sha.tah “it is hard”

And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

אַקְשֶׁ֖ה 'ak.Sheh “I will make stubborn”

and it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Jehovah slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast: therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that openeth the womb, being males; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem.

הִקְשָׁ֣ה hik.Shah “he made stubborn”

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.

יִקְשֶׁ֣ה yik.Sheh “it will be [too] hard”

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as at this day.

הִקְשָׁה֩ hik.Shah “he had made stubborn”

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

תַקְשׁ֖וּ tak.Shu “you will make stiff”

It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest him go free from thee; for to the double of the hire of a hireling hath he served thee six years: and Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest.

יִקְשֶׁ֣ה yik.Sheh “it will be hard”

And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us; for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

קָשְׁתָ֤ה ka.she.Tah “it is hard”

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more [ergänzt: right] in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

וַיִּ֙קֶשׁ֙ (יִּ֙קֶשׁ֙) i.Yi.kesh “it was hard”

Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

הִקְשָׁ֣ה hik.Shah “he made hard”

And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: [ergänzt: nevertheless], if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.

הִקְשִׁ֣יתָ hik.Shi.ta “you have made difficult”

Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in Jehovah their God.

וַיַּקְשׁ֤וּ (יַּקְשׁ֤וּ) i.yak.Shu “they stiffened”

Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

הִקְשָׁ֣ה hik.Shah “he made hard”

Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves unto Jehovah, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever, and serve Jehovah your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.

תַּקְשׁ֥וּ tak.Shu “you harden”

And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.

וַיֶּ֤קֶשׁ (יֶּ֤קֶשׁ) i.Ye.kesh “he made stiff”

But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ (יַּקְשׁוּ֙) i.yak.Shu “they stiffened”

and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.

וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ (יַּקְשׁוּ֙) i.yak.Shu “they stiffened”

and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law. Yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances, (which if a man do, he shall live in them,) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

הִקְשׁ֖וּ hik.Shu “they stiffened”

[ergänzt: He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?-

הִקְשָׁ֥ה hik.Shah “has he shown stubbornness”

Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;

תַּקְשׁ֣וּ tak.Shu “you harden”

Happy is the man that feareth alway; But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

וּמַקְשֶׁ֥ה (מַקְשֶׁ֥ה) mak.Sheh “[one who] hardens”

He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

מַקְשֶׁה־ mak.sheh- “[one who] hardens”

And they shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:

נִקְשֶׁ֣ה nik.Sheh “hard pressed”