חֶדֶק

חֶדֶק(b. h.), הֶדֶק m. (preced.) 1) thorn. Erub.101a it is written about you (Jews) טובם כח׳ (Mic. 7:4) the best among them is like a thorn. 2) anything used for filling a gap, stop-gap.Pl. חֲדָקִים, חֲדָקִין, הֲ׳ Ib. כשם שח׳וכ׳ (Ms. O. שה׳) as the stop-gaps protect the breach Ib. X. 8 (101a) וח׳ שבפרצה (Bab. ed. חוֹדְקִים, Ms. M. הדקין, Var. חרקין, חורקין v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) and the stop-gaps in a breach.