Lexical Definition

‎כָּתַשׁ‎ kâthash (kaw-thash') to pound ^H:V
a primitive root

bray.

• to butt or pound

1) (Qal) to pound, mix by pounding, pound fine, bray

See Greek: μαστιγόω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎כָּתַשׁ‎] verb pound, pound fine, bray (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎כְּתַשׁ‎; Syriac is strive, contend; Zinjirli ‎כתש‎ break in pieces, shatter, DHM^{Sendsch. 58}); —

Qal Imperfect ‎אִםתִּֿכְתּוֺשׁ אֶתהָֿאֱוִיל בַּמַּכְתֵּשׁ‎ Prov 27:22 if thou shouldest bray the fool in the mortar.

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