שָׂךְ, (cmp. סוֹךְ) thicket, wild growth. Lam. R. to I, 17 לשעבר … ועכשיו בשך formerly I went to Jerusalem on well-kept roads, but now I go through wild growth (thorns), as it is said (Hos. II, 8), I will hedge up (שָׂךְ) thy road with thorns.