Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.
Original word: כָּתַשׁ
Transliteration: kathash
Definition (short): pound
Definition (full): to pound, pound fine, bray
Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to pound, pound fine, bray
NASB Translation: pound (1).
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A primitive root; to butt or pound -- bray.
KJV:
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
NASB:
Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.