Lexical Definition

‎סָרָב‎ çârâb (saw-rawb') thorn ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to sting

brier.

• a thistle

1) brier, rebel
1a) meaning dubious

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎סָרָב‎] noun masculine rebel ? according to Thes and others (probably Aramaic loan-word, compare Aramaic contradict, chatter, prattle, tell lies; Pa`el ‎סְרַב‎ and Late Hebrew Pi`el ‎סֵרֵב‎ = Biblical Hebrew; compare ‎סרב‎ loving contradiction); — plural absolute (i.e. ‎אִתָּךְ‎) ‎סָרָבִים וְסַלּוֺנִים אוֺתָ֑ךְ‎ Ezek 2:6 rebelles et quasi spinae sunt erga te Thes; Vrss read participle, Co Berthol ‎סֹרְבִים וְסֹלִים‎ resisting and despising thee (compare ‎סַלּוֺן‎); AV RV briers and thorns compare Ew Hi-Sm Siegf^Kau Da Toy.

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