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title: שֵׂךְ — thorn · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֵׂךְ (7899), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: thorn. BDB 1906: thorn. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֵׂךְ

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«שֵׂךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thorn** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7899 · **BDB:** שֵׂךְ²

### Glosses

thorns (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thorn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7899/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

thorn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7899/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] thorn;—pl. שִׂכִּים Nu 33:55 (P; ‖ צְנִינִם).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֵׂךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7899/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 33:55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.33.55/)

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וְאִם־לֹ֨א תוֹרִ֜ישׁוּ אֶת־יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאָרֶץ֮ מִפְּנֵיכֶם֒ וְהָיָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תּוֹתִ֣ירוּ מֵהֶ֔ם לְשִׂכִּים֙ בְּעֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם וְלִצְנִינִ֖ם בְּצִדֵּיכֶ֑ם וְצָרֲר֣וּ אֶתְכֶ֔ם עַל־הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֖ם יֹשְׁבִ֥ים בָּֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and if not you.will.dispossess (et) the.inhabitants of the.land from before you and he.will.become \[those\].whom you.will.leave any of.them (into) thorns in eyes your and (into) pricks in sides your and they.will.trouble you on the land which you \[will.be\].dwelling in it

*JPS 1917:* But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall those that ye let remain of them be as thorns in your eyes, and as pricks in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land wherein ye dwell.

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