# H7197 קָשַׁשׁ

קָשַׁשׁ (qâshash), Strong’s H7197: to forage for straw, stubble or wood; figuratively, to assemble KJV: gather (selves) (together).. Occurs 8 times.

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*qâshash* — to forage for straw, stubble or wood; figuratively, to assemble

KJV: gather (selves) (together).

Derived from [קַשׁ qash](https://besorah.bible/word/H7179) (straw)

Occurs 8 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [קָשַׁשׁ] vb. denom. Pō‛. doubtful gather stubble, sticks
- קָשַׁשׁ vb. denom
- [קָשַׁשׁ] vb. denom. Pō‛. gather stubble

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 5:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/5?v=7) — “You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
- [Exodus 5:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/5?v=12) — So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
- [Numbers 15:32](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/15?v=32) — While the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.
- [Numbers 15:33](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/15?v=33) — Those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation.
- [1 Kings 17:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/17?v=10) — So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering…
- [1 Kings 17:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/17?v=12) — She said, “As the LORD your God lives, I don’t have anything baked, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little…
- [Zephaniah 2:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zephaniah/2?v=1) — Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation that has no shame,