לשכים. קוצים חדים מגזרת הסר מסוכתו. הנני סך את דרכך בסירים: AS THORNS. Sikkim refers to sharp thorns. It is related to the word mesukkato (hedge thereof)²⁶The hedge spoken of in Is. 5:5 was made of sharp thorns. in the hedge thereof (Is. 5:5) and the word sakh (hedge) in behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns (Hos. 2:8).

ולצנינם. פירושו לפי מקומו כמו ולשוטט בצדיכם שהם מכות בשוט או קוצים חדים כמו צנים פחים והנה עוד פי' להם גבול נחלתם שהם חייבים להוריש משם יושב הארץ: AND AS PRICKS. The word tzeninim (pricks) is to be explained according to its context. It means the same as u-leshotet be-tziddekhem (a scourge in your sides) (Josh. 23:13), which²⁷According to its context. See Weiser. refers to a blow delivered by a whip.²⁸So too the word tzeninim. Thus ve-litzninim be-tziddekhem (and as pricks in your sides) means, and lashes in their sides. On the other hand, the word tzeninim (pricks) might refer to sharp thorns, as in Thorns (tzinnim) and snares in the way of the froward (Prov. 22:5).²⁹In this case, ve-litzninim be-tziddekhem (and for pricks in your sides) means, and for thorns in their sides. Observe, Scripture further explains³⁰In chapter 34. the borders of their inheritance from which they are obligated to expel the inhabitants of the land.