צֵן

[צֵן] noun [masculine] thorn? barb?; — pluralצִנִּים Prov 22:5 (+ פַּחִים); וְאֶלמִֿצִּנִּים Job 5:5 from (behind) thorns (a protecting thorn hedge, so Di), but very dubious; Che^{JQ July, 1897, 576 strike out as doublet of} צַמִּים; Bev^{JPhil. xxvi. 305} proposes וְאִנָם צִנִּים [and as to their wealth, barbs (? barbed spears) takeit].