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title: בַּרְקָנִים — briers · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בַּרְקָנִים (1303), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: briers. BDB 1906: n.m.pl. briers. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בַּרְקָנִים

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«בַּרְקָנִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **briers** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 1303 · **BDB:** בַּרְקָנִים

### Glosses

briers (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

briers [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1303/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m.pl. briers [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1303/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.pl. briers (so Vrss Ki al., also Stu q.v., Be, √ unknown; cf. ‖ קוֹצִים; \> J. D. Michaelis, Thes al. threshing-sledges, furnished with sharp (glittering) stones) Ju 8:7 וְדַשְׁתִּי אֶת־בְּשַׂרְכֶם אֶת־קוֹצֵי הַמִּדְבָּר וְאֶת־הַבּ׳ (vid. also דושׁ) and I will thresh your flesh together with the thorns of the wilderness and the briers; v 16 וַיִּקַּח אֶת־זִקְנֵי הָעִיר וְאֶת־קוֹצֵי הַמִּדְבָּר וְאֶת הַבּ׳ וַיֹּדַע בָּהֶם אֵת אַנְשֵׁי סֻכּוֹת (read וַיָּדָשׁ for וַיֹּדַע 𝔊 BuRS 114; cf. Stu Be) and he took the thorns of the wilderness and the briers and threshed, etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בַּרְקָנִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1303/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 8:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.8.16/)

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וַיִּקַּח֙ אֶת־זִקְנֵ֣י הָעִ֔יר וְאֶת־קוֹצֵ֥י הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר וְאֶת־הַֽבַּרְקֳנִ֑ים וַיֹּ֣דַע בָּהֶ֔ם אֵ֖ת אַנְשֵׁ֥י סֻכּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and he.took (et) the.elders of the.city and (et) the.thorns of the.wilderness and (et) the briers and he.taught with them (et) the.men of.Succoth

*JPS 1917:* And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

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[Judges 8:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.8.7/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר גִּדְע֔וֹן לָכֵ֗ן בְּתֵ֧ת יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־זֶ֥בַח וְאֶת־צַלְמֻנָּ֖ע בְּיָדִ֑י וְדַשְׁתִּי֙ אֶת־בְּשַׂרְכֶ֔ם אֶת־קוֹצֵ֥י הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר וְאֶת־הַֽבַּרְקֳנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Gideon therefore when gives Yahweh (et) Zebah and (et) Zalmunna in hand my and I.will.thresh (et) flesh your with (the).thorns of the.wilderness and with (the) briers

*JPS 1917:* And Gideon said: 'Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.'

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