qes
qes
קש
'qes' means “pain”. This word is often used to describe the pain of childbirth.
In an interesting example of a cognate phrase, rather than a cognate word, the English phrase “pain in the neck” appears to have originated from the phrase 'qes yerep' which literally means “pain neck”.1)
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see
Exodus 32:9, 33:3, 33:5, 34:9, Deuteronomy 9:6, 9:13
qes.txt · Last modified: 2025/04/23 18:01 by ken