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צָנִין

tsanin · thorn

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6796 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

tsanin (צָנִין) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “thorn”.

How to say it

tsa·nin

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

  1. Prickles that wound; a picture of what will hurt without end.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

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.

  • Joshua 23:13

    know for certain that YHWH your Elohim will not continue to dispossess these nations before you; and they shall be for you a snare and a trap, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land that YHWH your Elohim has given you.