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title: מָסָךְ — covering · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָסָךְ (4539), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 25 times: covering. BDB 1906: covering, screen. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָסָךְ

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«מָסָךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **covering** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 25 times · **Key:** 4539 · **BDB:** מָסָךְ²

### Glosses

the.screen (16); a.screen (3); screen (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

covering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4539/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

covering, screen [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4539/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] covering, screen;—abs. מ׳ 2 S 17:19 + 11 times; cstr. מָסַךְ Is 22:8 + 12 times;— covering, large cloth spread (פרש) over well to hide persons within 2 S 17:19; fig. of protection, or of eye-screen, וַיְגַל אֶת־מ׳ יְהוּדָה Is 22:8; screen, of cloud ψ 105:39 (פרשׂ). name given (in P) to each of three screens, of tabern.: at gate (שַׁעַר) of court Ex 27:16; 35:17; 38:18; 39:40; 40:8, 33; Nu 3:26 (פֶּתַח), 4:26. at entrance (פֶּתַח) of tent Ex 26:36, 37; 35:15; 36:37; 39:38; 40:5, 28; Nu 3:25, 31; 4:25. פָּרֹכֶת הַמּ׳ (v. פ׳), dividing off the Most Holy Place within the tent, Ex 35:12; 39:34; 40:21 Nu 4:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָסָךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4539/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 40:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.40.28/)

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וַיָּ֛שֶׂם אֶת־מָסַ֥ךְ הַפֶּ֖תַח לַמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃

*Word for word:* and he.set.up (et) the.screen of the.entrance of the tabernacle

*JPS 1917:* And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.

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[Psalms 105:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.105.39/)

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פָּרַ֣שׂ עָנָ֣ן לְמָסָ֑ךְ וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ לְהָאִ֥יר לָֽיְלָה׃

*Word for word:* he.spread.out a.cloud to a.covering and fire to give.light night

*JPS 1917:* He spread a cloud for a screen; and fire to give light in the night.

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