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title: מְסֻכָה — that with which one is covered · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְסֻכָה (4540), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: that with which one is covered. BDB 1906: n.f. that with which one is covered, covering. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְסֻכָה

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«מְסֻכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **that with which one is covered** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4540 · **BDB:** מְסֻכָֿה

### Glosses

covering (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

that with which one is covered [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4540/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. that with which one is covered, covering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4540/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. that with which one is covered, covering;—sf. מְסֻכָֿתֶ֑ךָ Ez 28:13 (so Baer Ginsb; van d. H. מְסֻכּ׳) all precious stones were thy covering (= thou wast covered with them);—the tradition is strong in favour of Raphē, but sense favours deriv. from סכך.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְסֻכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4540/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 28:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.28.13/)

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בְּעֵ֨דֶן גַּן־אֱלֹהִ֜ים הָיִ֗יתָ כָּל־אֶ֨בֶן יְקָרָ֤ה מְסֻכָתֶ֙ךָ֙ אֹ֣דֶם פִּטְדָ֞ה וְיָהֲלֹ֗ם תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ שֹׁ֙הַם֙ וְיָ֣שְׁפֵ֔ה סַפִּ֣יר נֹ֔פֶךְ וּבָרְקַ֖ת וְזָהָ֑ב מְלֶ֨אכֶת תֻּפֶּ֤יךָ וּנְקָבֶ֙יךָ֙ בָּ֔ךְ בְּי֥וֹם הִבָּרַאֲךָ֖ כּוֹנָֽנוּ׃

*Word for word:* in Eden the.garden of.God you.were \[was\].every stone precious covering your ruby topaz and emerald chrysolite onyx and jasper sapphire turquoise and beryl and gold the.workmanship your.tambourines your and settings your on you on the.day you were.created they.were.prepared

*JPS 1917:* thou wast in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the carnelian, the topaz, and the emerald, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the carbuncle, and the smaragd, and gold; the workmanship of thy settings and of thy sockets was in thee, in the day that thou wast created they were prepared.

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