H7185–קָשָׁה–qa.shah

And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed in childbirth; and it went hard with her in her childbearing.

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

And it came to pass when it went hard with her in her childbearing, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.

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

Cursed be their anger, for it [ergänzt: was] violent; And their rage, for it [ergänzt: was] cruel! I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.

קָשָׁ֑תָה ka.Sha.tah “it is hard”

And I will render Pharaoh's heart obdurate, 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 stubbornly refused to let us go, that Jehovah slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of men and the firstborn of cattle: therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that breaketh open the womb -- being males; and every firstborn of my children I ransom.

הִקְשָׁ֣ה hik.Shah “he made stubborn”

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment: ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's; and the matter that is too hard for you shall ye bring to me, that I may hear it.

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

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

הִקְשָׁה֩ hik.Shah “he had made stubborn”

Circumcise then the foreskin of your heart, and stiffen your neck no more.

תַקְשׁ֖וּ tak.Shu “you will make stiff”

Let it not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for double the worth of a hired servant hath he been to thee, [ergänzt: in] serving 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 severe 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, I have ten parts in the king and I have also more right in David than thou; and why didst thou slight me? and was not my advice the first, to bring back my king? And the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.

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

Thy father made our yoke grievous; and now lighten thou the grievous servitude of thy father and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

הִקְשָׁ֣ה hik.Shah “he made hard”

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

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

But they would not hear, and hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, who did not believe in Jehovah their God.

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

Thy father made our yoke grievous; and now lighten the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

הִקְשָׁ֣ה hik.Shah “he made hard”

Now, harden not your necks, as your fathers; yield yourselves to Jehovah, and come to his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever; and serve Jehovah your God, that the fierceness of his anger may turn away from you.

תַּקְשׁ֥וּ tak.Shu “you harden”

And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take oath by God; and he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from returning to Jehovah the God of Israel.

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

But they, 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 they mindful of thy wonders which thou hadst done among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion made a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a +God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great loving-kindness, and thou forsookest them not.

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

And thou testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law; but 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 they withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

הִקְשׁ֖וּ hik.Shu “they stiffened”

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?

הִקְשָׁ֥ה hik.Shah “has he shown stubbornness”

Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, as [ergänzt: in] the day of Massah, in the wilderness;

תַּקְשׁ֣וּ tak.Shu “you harden”

Happy is the man that feareth always; but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into evil.

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

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

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

And they shall pass through it, hard pressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass when they are hungry, they will fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and will gaze upward:

נִקְשֶׁ֣ה nik.Sheh “hard pressed”