Comparison with Gez.
waḳaŝa ‘to reprimand, to reproach’ and related EthS forms suggested in CDG 616 is semantically far-fetched. The Ugaritic form with š should prevent one from comparing Hbr. yḳš with Arb.
wṯq ‘to tie’ with metathesis (contra Kopf 1976:150‒151)
(Kogan 2015: 314)