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title: סֻכָּה — thicket · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סֻכָּה (5521), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 31 times: thicket. BDB 1906: n.f. thicket, booth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סֻכָּה

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«סֻכָּה» 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:** 31 times · **Key:** 5521 · **BDB:** סֻכָּה

### Glosses

booths (14); a.shelter (5); Tabernacles (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thicket [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5521/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. thicket, booth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5521/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. thicket, booth (proposes of interwoven boughs cf. Ne 8:15);—abs. ס׳ Is 1:8 +; cstr. סֻכַּת Am 9:11; sf. סֻכָּתוֹ Jb 36:29 ψ 18:12, and so read ‖ 2 S 22:12 (for MT סֻכּוֹת; De Hup-Now HPS); usually pl. סֻכֹּת Gn 33:17 +; סֻכּוֹת 2 S 11:11; +;— thicket, lurking-place of lions Jb 38:40 (cf. \[סֹךְ\] 1). booth, rude or temporary shelter, for cattle Gn 33:17 (J; distinct from בַּיִת), but also for warriors in the field 2 S 11:11 1 K 20:12, 16; for watchers in vineyards Is 1:8 (sim.) Jb 27:18 (sim. of frailty), for man’s shelter from sun Jon 4:5, cf. (fig.) Is 4:6 ψ 31:21, prob. also 27:5 (v. \[סֹךְ\]); poet. of fallen house (dynasty) of David Am 9:11; of clouds as (temporary) enclosure (AV ‘pavilion’) of י׳ in storm ψ 18:12 = 2 S 22:12 Jb 36:29. specif. of booths, made of boughs, in which people lived at harvest-feast Lv 23:42(×2), 43 (H), Ne 8:14, 15, 16, 17(×2), hence called חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת Dt 16:13, 16; 31:10; Lv 23:34 (P), Zc 14:16, 18, 19; 2 Ch 8:13; Ezr 3:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 29 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סֻכָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5521/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.29/)

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אַ֣ף אִם־יָ֭בִין מִפְרְשֵׂי־עָ֑ב תְּ֝שֻׁא֗וֹת סֻכָּתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* also if anyone.understands \[the\].spreading.out(s) of.dark.cloud the.noises his.pavilion his

*JPS 1917:* Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the crashings of His pavilion?

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[2 Samuel 22:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.12/)

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וַיָּ֥שֶׁת חֹ֛שֶׁךְ סְבִיבֹתָ֖יו סֻכּ֑וֹת חַֽשְׁרַת־מַ֖יִם עָבֵ֥י שְׁחָקִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.put darkness around him shelters a.sieve of.waters dark.clouds of.clouds

*JPS 1917:* And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

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