sekh denotes the thorn-like affliction the remaining inhabitants will become in Israel’s sides.

The attested use presents thorn-like objects figuratively: remaining inhabitants are warned to become painful sources of harassment in the land.

1. Thorn-like source of harassment · dominant

   In Numbers 33:55, the masculine plural noun occurs in the warning that inhabitants left in the land will become painful afflictions; the APB renders the clause "thorns in your sides" and says that they "will harass you."

   Numbers 33:55

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Numbers 33:55, the APB presents the image as "thorns in your sides" within a warning of harassment. The term's precise English correspondence cannot be isolated beyond that clause.