Lexical Definition

‎בַּרְקָן‎ barqân (bar-kwan') briar ^H:N-M
from ‎בָּרָק‎

brier.

• a thorn (perhaps as burning brightly)

1) briers, briars

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בַּרְקָנִים‎ noun masculine plural briers (so Vrss Ki and others, also Stu q. v., Be, √ unknown; compare || ‎קוֺצִים‎; > JDMich, Thes and others threshing-sledges, furnished with sharp (glittering) stones) Judg 8:7 ‎וְדַשְׁתִּ֫י‎ ‎׳‎‎אֶתבְּֿשַׂרְכֶם אֶתקֿוֺצֵי הַמִּדְבָּר וְאֶתהַֿבּ‎ (see also ‎דושׁ‎) and I will thresh your flesh together with the thorns of the wilderness and the briers; vJudg 8:16 ‎וַיֹּדַע‎ ‎׳‎‎וַיִּקַּח אֶתזִֿקְנֵי הָעִיר וְאֶתקֿוֺצֵי הַמִּדְבָּר וְאֶת הַבּ‎ ‎בָּהֶם אֵת אַנְשֵׁי סֻכּוֺת‎ (read ‎וַיָּדָשׁ‎ for ‎וַיֹּדַע‎ ᵐ5 Bu^{RS 114}; compare Stu Be) and he took the thorns of the wilderness and the briers and threshed, etc.

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