בַּרְקָנִים noun masculine plural briers (so Vrss Ki and others, also Stu q. v., Be, v unknown; compare "" קוֺצִים; > JDMich, Thes and others threshing-sledges, furnished with sharp (glittering) stones) Judges 8:7 וְדַשְׁתִּ֫י ׳אֶתבְּֿשַׂרְכֶם אֶתקֿוֺצֵי הַמִּדְבָּר וְאֶתהַֿבּ (see also דושׁ) and I will thresh your flesh together with the thorns of the wilderness and the briers; Judges 8:16 וַיֹּדַע ׳וַיִּקַּח אֶתזִֿקְנֵי הָעִיר וְאֶתקֿוֺצֵי הַמִּדְבָּר וְאֶת הַבּ בָּהֶם אֵת אַנְשֵׁי סֻכּוֺת (read וַיָּדָשׁ for וַיֹּדַע ᵐ5 Bu^{RS 114}; compare Stu Be) and he took the thorns of the wilderness and the briers and threshed, etc.