Senses
1. stubble, chaff, dry stalks — The noun qash denotes stubble, chaff, or dry straw left after harvest, frequently used in similes for what is insubstantial or easily blown away by wind (Job 13:25, Isa 40:24, Jer 13:24). All four clusters share this single referent with variation only in prepositions: ke- (like stubble), le- (to/as chaff), and bare noun. Arabic tibn/qashsh (تِبْن/قَشّ) 'straw/chaff,' Spanish rastrojo/paja 'stubble/straw,' Hindi bhusa/bhusi (भूसा/भूसी) 'chaff/husk,' Korean jip/gyeot (짚/깃) 'straw/chaff,' and Swahili makapi/mabua 'dry stalks/husks' all confirm a single semantic domain of dried plant remnants. 16×
amh["ገለባ"]·AR["-لقش","القَشِّ","تِبْنًا","قَشًّا","كَ-الْ-قَشِّ","كَ-قَشٍّ-","كَالتِّبْنِ","كَالْقَشَّةِ","كَالْقَشِّ","كَـ-القَشِّ","كَقَشٍّ"]·ben["-খড়ের-মতো","-খড়ের-হিসেবে","খড়","খড়কুটা","খড়কুটোর-মতো","খড়ের-মতো","খড়ের-মতো-","নাড়া"]·ces["strniště"]·dan["strå,"]·DE["[כקש]","[לקש]","[קש]","stubble","wie-Spreu","wie-der-stubble","zu-Stoppeln"]·ell["καλαμιά,"]·EN["As-chaff","for-stubble","like-chaff","like-chaff-","like-driven","like-stubble","like-the-stubble","stubble","to-chaff"]·FR["chaume","comme-chaume","comme-du-chaume","comme-le-stubble","comme-paille","comme-כקש","paille","pour-chaume;","stubble","à-לקש","קש"]·guj["ભૂસું"]·hat["pay"]·hau["tattaka"]·heb["כ-ה-קש","כ-קש","ל-קש","לקש","קַשׁ","קש"]·HI["खũ̃टी","खूँटी","खूंटी-को","जैसे-भूसा","पराली-की-तरह-","पूआली","भूसी","भूसे-की-तरह","भूसे-के-लिए","भूसे-को"]·hun["tarlandó"]·ID["Seperti-jerami","jerami","jerami,","jerami-kering","menjadi-jerami","sekam","seperti-jerami","seperti-jerami-"]·IT["[כקש]","[קש]","come-As-chaff","come-il-stubble","paglia","per-a-chaff","stoppia","stubble"]·jav["Kadosdéné-jerami","dados-dami","dados-jerami","dami","dami-kering","dampar","kados-dami","kados-dami-","kados-jerami","kados-suket-garing","merang"]·JA["わら-に"]·KO["같이-겨","같이-짚","그루터기를","깃-으로","깃-처럼","지푸라기-같이","지푸라기-를","짚","짚-을-","짚-처럼","짚-처럼-","짚이니"]·mar["गवतासाठी।"]·mya["ကောက်ရိုး"]·nld["tot-stoppels"]·nor["halm"]·pnb["بھوسا"]·pol["słomą"]·PT["Como-restolho","como-a-palha","como-palha","como-palha.","em-restolho","palha","restolho"]·ron["paie;"]·RU["в-солому","жнивьё","как-солома","как-солома-","как-солому","солома","соломой","солому"]·ES["Como-paja","como-paja","como-rastrojo","en-paja","paja","rastrojo"]·SW["kama-mabua","kama-majani","kama-majani-makavu","kama-makapi","kama-makapi-","mabua","majani-makavu","makapi"]·swe["stubb"]·tam["வைக்கோல்"]·tel["చెత్తగా"]·tgl["dayami"]·TH["ฟางข้าว"]·TR["Saman-gibi","anizi","anız","saman","saman-gibi","saman-gibi-","samana","samanı"]·ukr["соломою"]·urd["بھوسا","بھوسے-جیسے","بھوسے-کو","بھوسے-کی-طرح","بھوسے-کی-طرح-","جیسے-بھوسا","پرالی","پرالی-کی-طرح","ڈنٹھل","کاہ"]·VI["rơm-rạ"]·yor["koríko-gbígbẹ,"]·yue["草碩"]·ZH["碎秸"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† קַשׁ n.m. Na 1:10 stubble, chaff;—abs. ק׳ Ex 5:12 +, כַּקַּשׁ 15:7;—lit. as acc. cogn. לְקשֵׁשׁ ק׳ לַתֶּבֶן Ex 5:12 (J); in sim., as inflammable, 15:7; Is 5:24; 47:14; Na 1:10; Jo 2:5, so in metaph. Is 33:11; Ob 18; Mal 3:19; in sim., as driven by wind Is 40:24; 41:2; Je 13:24 ψ 83:14; fig. of the worthless Jb 13:25, of harmless trifles 41:20, 21.