מקייטא, v. קיטא. B. Mats. 85a וכ׳ דמיטרא יומא ק׳ a rainy
day (preventing people from pursuing their vocations) is
as hard as the day of judgment; Taan. 8b קשה (Rashi
קשי); a. v. Ir. - Pl. קשין, קשייא, קשן; קשיין, קשייתא. Targ.
ISam. XX, 10. Targ. I Sam. III, 39. Targ. II Esth.IV, 1;
a. fr. -- Y. Sabb. VIII, 11b. Koh. R. to III, 2 מיליא קל מן
וכ׳ קשייאתא on account of the hard things that I hear
&c. a. e.
קשיא II f. (preced.) difficult, open to objection; un- answeroble ocyection; contradiction. Erub. 13a גופא הא וכ׳ ק׳ 1his in itself is a contradiction; you said, R. l. did not say such a thing, which implies that this opinion is to be rejected, and then you said, this opinion is the adopted rule. Ib. אשימוש שימוש ק׳ there is a contradiction between the two narratives of R. Meir's ministrations; ק׳ אאסרה יהaאס there is a contradiction between the re- lations concerning the teacher who forbade it; שימוש וכ׳ ק׳ לא אשימוש there is no contradiction between the two relations concerning the ministrations, (for I may say.) frst he went &c.; ק׳ ק׳ אאשרה אסרה אלא but between the relations as to who prohibited it, is there not a con- radiction? There is a contradiction (it remains unan- swered). Ber. 22b וכ׳ ק׳ לא there is no contradiction (between the two traditions); the one speaks of a rase where the thing is possible, 1he other &c. Sabb. 22b ק׳ the argument (of R. Papa) is uranswerable. Y. ib. XII, end, 13d וכ׳ דרבן על וק׳ and this is an argument against the opinion of Rabban G.; a. v. fr.
קשיאתא, v. קשיתא.
קשיו, v. קשיותא.
קשיות f. (preced. wds.) 1) (sub. עורף) stiffneckedness; (sub. לב) hard-hearttedness. Taan. 6a, v. מלקוש. Lam. R. introd. (R. Joh. 1)(play on אאסרו מקשת, Is. XXII, 3) מקשיותם וכ׳ נמסרו for their stubbornness they were given over to the governments. Gen. R. s. 53 (ref. to קשת רבה, Gen. XXI, 20) עמו וקשיותו רבה he (Ishmael) grew, and his stubbornness with him; [anoth. vers.] אמו וקשיותו רבה he grew, and the cause of his renitence was his mother (who encouraged him in his sinful ways); a. e. -- 2) erection, sensual desire. Ib. s. 98 (play on קשתו, Gen. XLIX, 24) וכ׳ שנתקששיתה ק׳ the sensual desire which seized thee when thou wast with thy mistress. קשיותא, קשיו ch.samme, 1) hardness, severity. Targ. Ex. I, 14 (h. text פרך). - 2) stifneckedness, renitence. Y. Ber. VII, 11b bot. בקשיותך את כדון עד dost thou still persist in thy renitence?; Koh. R. to VII, 11. Y. Peah VII, 20b top. Esih. R. introd. (play on ממקשי, Job XXXIV, 30) מן וכ׳ וחוביהן קשיותיהן for the renitence and the guilt of men who do not the will of the Creator; a. e. קשיט, קשיטא, קש׳ m. (קשט) sraight, uprigbt. true. Targ. Deut. XXXII, 4 (Y. ed. Vien. קש׳; h. text ישר). Targ. Y. ib. VI, 5; a. e. -- Pl. קשיטין, קש׳. Targ. O. ib. IV, 8 (b. text צדיק׳). ITarg. Num. X XIII, 10; a. e.
קשיטא, v. כסיתא.
קשיטה f. (b. h.) K'sitah, name of a standard value;
a jewel, also a lamb (v. כסיתא). R. Hash. 26a כשהלכתי
ק׳ למעה קורין . . . when I was on my way to Africa,
(I heard them) call a m(
symbol characters)(symbol characters)ah k'sittah; ק׳ מאה לפרושי
דאורייתא it serves to explain the Biblical one liundred
k. (Gen. XXXIII, 19). Gen. R. s. 79, end, v. אונקיא. --
V. חורפא.
קשיטותא f. (קשיט) uprightness. Targ. II Esth. VIII, 13. Targ. O. Gen. XX, 5, sq. (Y. קשטות). Targ. Y. Deut. XXVIII, 47 ed. Lsb., v. שפירותא; a. e.
קשייאתא, קשייתא, v. קשי, a. קשותא.
קשירא, pl. קשירי, v. קישורא.
קשירה f. (קשר) knotting, tying. Y. Sabb. VII, 10a; ib. XV, beg. 15a וכ׳ ק׳ מה what was the knotting done at tho making of the Tabernacle ? Y. Erub. III, 21a, v. נעילה.
קשיש, קשישא, קש׳ m. (קשש) strong. hard, cmp. ישן.] old; old man, elder. Targ. Job III, 18. Targ. I Kings II, 22; a. e. -- B. Mets. 60b מאבוך ק׳ אנא I am older than thy father. Yeb. 16b האי כוליה ק מי was David so very old ? Taan. 23bק׳ ינוקא the older child. Keth. 94a ק׳ אביי Abaye senior; a. fr. -- B. Bath. 142b מינייכו קשישנא I am older than you. - Pl קשישין, קשישא, קשישי, קש׳. Targ. Job XXXII, 6. Ib. XII, 12; a. e. - Hor. 11b מקמי וטטרי מלכי מי ק׳ do the younger sons ascend the throne before the older? Ber. 30a מינן ק׳ רבנן teachers older than we are. Ib. 46b.. Cant. R. to VII, 9 (expl. הדברי, Dan. III, 27) ואסטרולוגוסי ק׳ (not קשיש) elders and astrologers; a. fr..
קשישותא f. (preced.) old age, seniority. B. Bath. 142b וכ׳ בק׳ מידי does this depend on age? It depends on reason.
קשישין m. pl. (קשש to be straight, stiff, v. קש) splints put about a fracture. Sabb. 53a השבר גבי שעל ק׳ (Ms. M. כתיתין, q. v.); Tosef.ib IVV), 5 בקשקשין ed. Zuck. (Var. בקשושין); Y. ib. V, 7b, sq. קישושות.
קשיתא f. (קשי) stone of date or olive. Hull. 49a האי וכ׳ דאשתכחא ק׳ (not דאשתכח) a date stone was found in the gall &c. -- Pl. קשיאתא, קששייתא. Ber. 56a thou shalt see in thy dream that the Romans capture thee וטחני וכ׳ ק׳ בך (different in Ms. M.) and make thee grind date stones in a golden mill. Yoma 79b (prov.) וכ׳ דק׳ . . . תרי in two kabs of dates there is one kab of stones and more. Ab. Zar. 28a דזיתי ק׳ olive stones. -- V. קשי.
קשקוש, קשקושא. קשקושי, v. sub קיש.
קשקש I (קשש; cmp, כשכש) 1) to knock, strike, shake, tingle. Sot. 9b (ref. to לפעמו, Jud. XIII, 25) שכינה שהיתה וכ׳ מקשקששת the Divine Presence rang before him as with a bell (v. פעמון); Gen. R. s. 18 לקשקש Rashi, v. נקש. Yalk. Ps. 862, v. קרקשש. Y. Sabb. II, 5a bot. מקשקששת . . . כיון 18o *
