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# בַּרְקָנִים

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1303

**briers** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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.

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: briers (2).

## In the verses

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

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.

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

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.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1303.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1303/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).