קָשֶׁהqâsheh

Meanings

Same root

• קָשָׁהqâshâh · H7185properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)
• יׇשְׁבְּקָשָׁהYoshbᵉqâshâh · H3436Joshbekashah, an Israelite

Where it appears

Appears 36 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 42:7 Joseph recognized his brothers instantly, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them. “Where are you from?” he demanded. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We have come to buy food.”
• Genesis 42:30 “The man who is governor of the land spoke very harshly to us,” they told him. “He accused us of being spies scouting the land.
• Exodus 1:14 They made their lives bitter, forcing them to mix mortar and make bricks and do all the work in the fields. They were ruthless in all their demands.
• Exodus 6:9 So Moses told the people of Israel what the Lord had said, but they refused to listen anymore. They had become too discouraged by the brutality of their slavery.
• Exodus 18:26 These men were always available to solve the people’s common disputes. They brought the major cases to Moses, but they took care of the smaller matters themselves.
• Exodus 32:9 Then the Lord said, “I have seen how stubborn and rebellious these people are.