bar.qan denotes a plural plant material used with wilderness thorns in Gideon’s threatened and enacted punishment.

The term occurs as a plural noun for plant material paired with wilderness thorns, first in Gideon’s threat to thresh flesh and then in the punishment of the men of Succoth.

1. Plant material used with wilderness thorns · dominant

   In Judges 8:7, the plural form occurs in Gideon’s threat to thresh the listeners’ flesh with wilderness thorns and this plant material. In Judges 8:16, the same plural form is taken with wilderness thorns for punishing the men of Succoth; the APB renders the clause with “briers.”

   Judges 8:7Judges 8:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Judges 8:7 and Judges 8:16, the APB presents the term as “briers” alongside “thorns of the wilderness.” This rendering is confirmed by the repeated paired clause rather than by a token-level alignment.