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title: סֻכּוֹת — Succoth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סֻכּוֹת (5523), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 18 times: Succoth. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סֻכּוֹת

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«סֻכּוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Succoth** — 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:** 18 times · **Key:** 5523 · **BDB:** סֻכּוֹת

### Glosses

of.Succoth (9); Succoth (7); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Succoth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5523/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5523/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc.;— סֻכֹּ֫תָה (ה loc.) Gn 33:17(×2) (J; expl. from Jacob’s making booths), elsewhere סֻכּוֹת;—city E. of Jordan Ju 8:5 + 6 times Ju 8, Jos 13:27 (P); prob. also 1 K 7:46 = 2 Ch 4:17 (reading מַעְבֶּרֶת אֲדָמָה ford of Adamah GFM Ju 7:22 cf. BuhlGeogr. 206 Benz 1 K 7:46); עֵמֶק ס׳ ψ 60:8 = 108:8 is Jordan-valley near Succôth; on identif. cf. GFM Ju 8:5 BuhlGeogr. 260, GASmGeogr. 585 and reff.; according to Talm Dêr ʿalla, 1 m. N. of Jabbok NbrGéogr; du Talm 248, so S. MerrillEast of Jordan 385 ff.; 𝔊 Σοκχωθ (Σκηναί Gn 33 cf. ψ). סֻכֹּ֫תָה (ה loc.) Ex 12:37, elsewhere סֻכֹּת;—first station of Isr. at Exodus, Ex 12:37; 13:20; Nu 33:5, 6 (all P); = Egyptian Thku(t) WMMAs. u. Eur. 70, Thkw SteindorffBAS i. 603; on site v. NavillePithom (1885), especially pp. 6. 23 f. GutheZPV viii (1885), 219 f.; 𝔊 Σοκξωθ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סֻכּוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5523/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 33:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.33.5/)

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וַיִּסְע֥וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מֵרַעְמְסֵ֑ס וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּסֻכֹּֽת׃

*Word for word:* and they.set.out the.people of.Israel from Rameses and they.encamped at Succoth

*JPS 1917:* And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.

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[Exodus 13:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.13.20/)

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וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִסֻּכֹּ֑ת וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ בְאֵתָ֔ם בִּקְצֵ֖ה הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃

*Word for word:* and they.set.out from Succoth and they.encamped at Etham on the.edge of the.wilderness

*JPS 1917:* And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

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