che.deq denotes a briar used in comparisons for what is obstructive or sharply harmful.

The two attestations use che.deq as a briar in figurative comparisons: a sluggish person's way is compared to a hedge of briar, while even the best people are compared to a briar.

1. Figurative briar in pointed comparisons · dominant

   In Proverbs 15:19, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in the comparison of the sluggish person's way with a hedge of briar; the APB renders the clause, “The way of the sluggish is like a hedge of briar.” In Micah 7:4, the same form is used of the best people, and the APB renders, “The best of them is like a briar.”

   Proverbs 15:19Micah 7:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “briar” in both verses, once within “a hedge of briar” and once for the comparison “like a briar.” These renderings confirm the verse-level imagery rather than isolate every detail of the Hebrew term.