qim.ma.shon denotes thorny growth that has come up and covered an abandoned-looking plot in Proverbs 24:31.

The attested use names thorny growth that has sprung up across a plot, where the verse also describes nettles covering its surface and a ruined stone wall.

1. Thorny growth overtaking a plot · dominant

   In Proverbs 24:31, the masculine plural absolute form occurs in the clause describing a plot that had become overgrown; the APB renders the verse, "And behold, it had all come up in thorns; nettles covered its face, and its stone wall was overthrown."

   Proverbs 24:31

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Proverbs 24:31, the APB presents the overgrowth as "thorns." The term's specific contribution is read from the plural noun in the clause describing what had come up.