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title: סוּךְ — pour · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סוּךְ (5480), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: pour. BDB 1906: vb. pour anoint Hoph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סוּךְ

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«סוּךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pour** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 5480 · **BDB:** סוּךְ

### Glosses

you.will.anoint.yourself (3); I (1); I.anointed.myself (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5480/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. pour anoint Hoph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5480/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. pour in anointing, anoint (NH Aramaic סוּךְ anoint);— Pf. 2 fs. וָסַכְתְּ consec. Ru 3:3; 1 s. סָ֑כְתִּי Dn 10:3; Impf. 2 ms. תָּסוּךְ Dt 28:40 Mi 6:15; 2 fs. תָּסוּכִי 2 S 14:2; 1 s. sf. וָאֲסֻכֵֿךְ Ez 16:9; 3 mpl. sf. וַיְסֻכוּם 2 Ch 28:15; also (prob.) 3 ms. וַיָּ֫סֶךְ 2 S 12:20 (Ges§ 73 f.); Inf. abs. סוֹךְ Dn 10:3; appar. Impf. pass. is יִיסָ֔ךְ read יוסך Sam. (Köi.436) Ex 30:32 (and not Hoph., cf. Gesl.c.);—anoint, in the toilet, often after washing; usually refl. anoint oneself, 2 S 12:20; Ru 3:3, סוֹךְ לֹא־סָ֑כְתִּי Dn 10:3; + שֶׁמֶן as acc. mat. 2 S 14:2 Mi 6:15; Dt 28:40. act., anoint another Ez 16:9 (בַּשֶּׁמֶן), 2 Ch 28:15. pass., be poured, Ex 30:32 (P; subj. the sacred oil).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סוּךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5480/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 28:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.40/)

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זֵיתִ֛ים יִהְי֥וּ לְךָ֖ בְּכָל־גְּבוּלֶ֑ךָ וְשֶׁ֙מֶן֙ לֹ֣א תָס֔וּךְ כִּ֥י יִשַּׁ֖ל זֵיתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* olive.trees they.will.belong to you in all territory your and oil not you.will.anoint.yourself (dm) it.will.drop.off olive\[s\] your

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olives shall drop off.

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[Micah 6:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.6.15/)

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אַתָּ֥ה תִזְרַ֖ע וְלֹ֣א תִקְצ֑וֹר אַתָּ֤ה תִדְרֹֽךְ־זַ֙יִת֙ וְלֹא־תָס֣וּךְ שֶׁ֔מֶן וְתִיר֖וֹשׁ וְלֹ֥א תִשְׁתֶּה־יָּֽיִן׃

*Word for word:* you you.will.sow and not you.will.reap you you.will.tread olive\[s\] and not you.will.anoint.yourself oil and new.wine and not you.will.drink wine

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil; and the vintage, but shalt not drink wine.

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