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title: סֹךְ — thicket · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סֹךְ (5520), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: thicket. BDB 1906: thicket, covert, lair. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סֹךְ

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«סֹךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thicket** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 5520 · **BDB:** סֹךְ

### Glosses

lair (3); refuge (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thicket [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5520/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

thicket, covert, lair [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5520/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] thicket, covert, lair;—only sf. סֻכּוֹ Je 25:38 lair of י׳, under fig. of lion (but Gie סֻבְּכוֹ cf. 4:7), סֻכֹּה ψ 10:9 of lion (sim. of wicked; Bae סֻכָּה; Lag Che We סֻבְּכוֹ); סוּכּוֹ 76:3 his covert (of י׳ under fig. of lion; ‖ מְעוֹנָתוֹ); for סֻכֹּה in his covert ψ 27:5 Qr read perhaps, with Kt סֻכָּה a booth (Ol Hup-Now Bae cf. 31:21).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 «סֹךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5520/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 76:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.76.3/)

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וַיְהִ֣י בְשָׁלֵ֣ם סֻכּ֑וֹ וּמְע֖וֹנָת֣וֹ בְצִיּֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and it.was in Salem lair his and den his in Zion

*JPS 1917:* In Salem also is set His tabernacle, and His dwelling-place in Zion.

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[Psalms 27:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.27.5/)

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כִּ֤י יִצְפְּנֵ֨נִי ׀ בְּסֻכֹּה֮ בְּי֪וֹם רָ֫עָ֥ה יַ֭סְתִּרֵנִי בְּסֵ֣תֶר אָהֳל֑וֹ בְּ֝צ֗וּר יְרוֹמְמֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) he will.conceal.me in refuge his in a.day of.trouble he will.hide.me in the.hiding.place his.tent his on a.rock he will.raise.me.up

*JPS 1917:* For He concealeth me in His pavilion in the day of evil; He hideth me in the covert of His tent; He lifteth me up upon a rock.

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