חֵ֫דֶק

חֵ֑דֶק noun [masculine] brier (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חִדְקָא Löw^{p. 147, No. 104}; compare Arabic a kind of night-shade, see Lane⁵³²); — טוֺבָם כַּחֵדֶק Mic 7:4 the best of them (si vera lectio) is like the brier (|| יָשָׁר מִמְּסוּכָה); דֶּרֶךְ עָצֵל כִּמְשֻׂכַת חָ֑דֶק Prov 15:19 the way of a sluggard is like a brier-hedge.