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*ḳšw - to be harsh
(Kogan 2015: 192)
Cf. perhaps Tgr.
ḳäššä
‘to dry up (corn in the sun); to bear no fruit’
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Ugaritic
ḳš
- oppressor
(DUL 717)
Hapax legomenon in 1.16 vi 47‒48: l tdy « ṯ » ḳšm ˁl dl ‘You have not expelled the oppressors from the poor.’
Hebrew
ḳšy
- to be heavy, hard
(HALOT 1152)
Syriac
ḳšy
- to be heavy, hard
(LSyr. 703, SL 1418)
Arabic
qsw
- to be harsh, cruel
(Lane 2988)
Mehri
ḳōsi
- cruel
(ML 238)
a borrowing from Arabic