שֵׂךְ
sech · barb, thorn
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7899 · appears 1 time in the Bible
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sech (שֵׂךְ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “barb, thorn”.
Barb, a sharp thorn.
How to say it
sech
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Spikes that wound and torment, like thorns.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Numbers 33:55
But if you do not dispossess the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those whom you let remain of them shall be as barbs in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land in which you dwell.