Lexical Definition

‎צֵן‎ tsên (tsane) thorn ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to be prickly

thorn.

• a thorn
• hence, a cactus-hedge

1) thorn, barb
1a) meaning dubious

See Greek: βολίς · τρίβολος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎צֵן‎] noun [masculine] thorn? barb?; — plural‎צִנִּים‎ Prov 22:5 (+ ‎פַּחִים‎); ‎וְאֶלמִֿצִּנִּים‎ Job 5:5 from (behind) thorns (a protecting thorn hedge, so Di), but very dubious; Che^{JQ July, 1897, 576 strike out as doublet of} ‎צַמִּים‎; Bev^{JPhil. xxvi. 305} proposes ‎וְאִנָם צִנִּים‎ [and as to their wealth, barbs (? barbed spears) takeit].

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