H7185–קָשָׁה–qa.shah

And they journey from Bethel, and there is yet a kibrath of land before entering Ephratha, and Rachel beareth, and is sharply pained in her bearing;

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

and it cometh to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife saith to her, `Fear not, for this also `is' a son for thee.'

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

Cursed `is' their anger, for `it is' fierce, And their wrath, for `it is' sharp; I divide them in Jacob, And I scatter them in Israel.

קָשָׁ֑תָה ka.Sha.tah “it is hard”

`And I harden the heart of Pharaoh, and have multiplied My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt,

אַקְשֶׁ֖ה 'ak.Sheh “I will make stubborn”

yea, it cometh to pass, when Pharaoh hath been pained to send us away, that Jehovah doth slay every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of man even unto the first-born of beast; therefore I am sacrificing to Jehovah all opening a womb who `are' males, and every first-born of my sons I ransom;

הִקְשָׁ֣ה hik.Shah “he made stubborn”

ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God's, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it;

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

`And Sihon king of Heshbon hath not been willing to let us pass over by him, for Jehovah thy God hath hardened his spirit, and strengthened his heart, so as to give him into thy hand as at this day.

הִקְשָׁה֩ hik.Shah “he had made stubborn”

and ye have circumcised the foreskin of your heart, and your neck ye do not harden any more;

תַקְשׁ֖וּ tak.Shu “you will make stiff”

`It is not hard in thine eyes, in thy sending him away free from thee; for the double of the hire of an hireling he hath served thee six years, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all that thou dost.

יִקְשֶׁ֣ה yik.Sheh “it will be hard”

And the men of Ashdod see that `it is' so, and have said, `The ark of the God of Israel doth not abide with us, for hard hath been His hand upon us, and upon Dagon our god.'

קָשְׁתָ֤ה ka.she.Tah “it is hard”

And the men of Israel answer the men of Judah, and say, `Ten parts we have in the king, and also in David more than you; and wherefore have ye lightly esteemed us, that our word hath not been first to bring back our king?' And the word of the men of Judah is sharper than the word of the men of Israel.

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

`Thy father made hard our yoke, and thou, now, make light `some' of the hard service of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we serve thee.'

הִקְשָׁ֣ה hik.Shah “he made hard”

and he saith, `Thou hast asked a hard thing; if thou dost see me taken from thee, it is to thee so; and if not, it is not.'

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

and they have not hearkened, and harden their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who did not remain stedfast in Jehovah their God,

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

`Thy father made our yoke sharp, and now, make light `somewhat' of the sharp service of thy father, and of his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we serve thee.'

הִקְשָׁ֣ה hik.Shah “he made hard”

`Now, harden not your neck like your fathers, give a hand to Jehovah, and come in to His sanctuary, that He hath sanctified to the age, and serve Jehovah your God, and the fierceness of His anger doth turn back from you;

תַּקְשׁ֥וּ tak.Shu “you harden”

and also, against king Nebuchadnezzar he hath rebelled, who had caused him to swear by God, and he hardeneth his neck, and strengtheneth his heart, against turning back unto Jehovah, God of Israel.

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

`And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,

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

yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou `art' a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.

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

and dost testify against them, to bring them back unto Thy law; and they -- they have acted proudly, and have not hearkened to Thy commands, and against Thy judgments have sinned, -- which man doth and hath lived in them -- and they give a refractory shoulder, and their neck have hardened, and have not hearkened.

הִקְשׁ֖וּ hik.Shu “they stiffened”

Wise in heart and strong in power -- Who hath hardened toward Him and is at peace?

הִקְשָׁ֥ה hik.Shah “has he shown stubbornness”

Harden not your heart as `in' Meribah, As `in' the day of Massah in the wilderness,

תַּקְשׁ֣וּ tak.Shu “you harden”

O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.

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

A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

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

-- And it hath passed over into it, hardened and hungry, And it hath come to pass, That it is hungry, and hath been wroth, And made light of its king, and of its God, And hath looked upwards.

נִקְשֶׁ֣ה nik.Sheh “hard pressed”