חֵדֶק
Used: 2 times · Key: 2312 · BDB: חֵ֫דֶק
Glosses
a.thorn-bush (1); of.thorn[s] (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
brier tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
brier tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.[m.] brier (NH id.; Aramaic חִדְקָא Löwp. 147, No. 104; cf. Arabic حَدَقٌ a kind of nightshare, v. Lane532);—טוֹבָם כְּחֵדֶק Mi 7:4 the best of them (si vera l.) is like the brier (‖ יָשָׁר מִמְּסוּכָה); דֶּרֶךְ עָצֵל כִּמְשֻׂכַת חָ֑דֶק Pr 15:19 the way of a sluggard is like a brier-hedge.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «חֵדֶק» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
דֶּ֣רֶךְ עָ֭צֵל כִּמְשֻׂ֣כַת חָ֑דֶק וְאֹ֖רַח יְשָׁרִ֣ים סְלֻלָֽה׃
Word for word: [the].way of.a.sluggard [is].like a.hedge of.thorn[s] and.[the] path of.upright.[people] [is].cast.up
JPS 1917: The way of the sluggard is as though hedged by thorns; but the path of the upright is even.
טוֹבָ֣ם כְּחֵ֔דֶק יָשָׁ֖ר מִמְּסוּכָ֑ה י֤וֹם מְצַפֶּ֙יךָ֙ פְּקֻדָּתְךָ֣ בָ֔אָה עַתָּ֥ה תִהְיֶ֖ה מְבוּכָתָֽם׃
Word for word: their.good person [is].like a.thorn-bush an.upright.[person] more than.a.thorn.hedge the.day of your.watchmen punishment your it.has.come now it.will.be confusion their
JPS 1917: The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge; the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.
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