--- title: סָכַךְ — overshadow · The Tanakh dictionary description: סָכַךְ (5526), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: overshadow. BDB 1906: vb. overshadow, screen, cover Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5526.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ס](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1505.md)‎ / סָכַךְ‎ # סָכַךְ «סָכַךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **overshadow** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 17 times · **Key:** 5526 · **BDB:** סָכַךְ ### Glosses covering (2); covers (2); you.will.cover (2) ### Meaning (OSHB) overshadow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5526/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. overshadow, screen, cover Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5526/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. overshadow, screen, cover (‖ √ to I. שׂכך (which is prob. orig., cf. Arabic شَكَّ, and Frä90); NH הֵסֵיךְ cover, and perhaps סִכֵּךְ roof over);— Pf. only 2 ms. סַכֹּ֫תָ Ex 40:3, סַכֹּ֫תָה La 3:43, 44, סַכּ֫וֹתָה ψ 140:8; Impf. 3 mpl. וַיָּסֹ֫כּוּ 1 K 8:7, sf. יְסֻכֻּ֫הוּ Jb 40:22; Pt. act. סוֹכֵךְ Ez 28:14, 16, pl. סֹכֲכִים Ex 25:20 + 2 times;— screen, cover, usually c. עַל־ of thing covered, 1 K 8:7; 1 Ch 28:18; + acc. of covering Ex 40:3 (P); + בְּ of covering 25:20; 37:9 (both P); c. לְ of thing covered ψ 140:8; so (+ בְּ instr.) ס׳ בֶּעָנָן לָךְ La 3:44 thou hast screened thyself with the clouds; c. acc. Jb 40:22 lotus-trees, as its shade, screen it; abs. Ez 28:14, 16 (difficult, text prob. corrupt, Co Toy del. as gloss). reflex. cover oneself ס׳ בָאָף La 3:43 thou hast covered (clothed, panoplied) thyself with anger (si vera l.; cf. v 44 supr.). Impf. 3 ms. יָ֑סֶךְ לָךְ ψ 91:4, וַיָּ֑סֶךְ Ex 40:21 + 2 times; 2 ms. תָּסֵךְ ψ 5:12; Inf. cstr. הָסֵךְ 1 S 24:4; Pt. מֵסִיךְ Je 3:24 (Ges§ 67 v);—screen, cover, specif. c. אֶת־רַגְלָיו, i.e. with long garments, euphemism for evacuating the bowels, from posture assumed, so inf. Ju 3:24, pt. 1 S 24:4 (cf. NH הֵסֵיךְ, and v. GFM, HPS). elsewhere Impf., as Qal (expl. as Qal BaZMG xliii (1889), 178), c. עַל־ Ex 40:21, of protection ψ 5:12; c. לְ pers. + בְּ instr. 91:4 (of protection). סִכְסֵהּ, denom., v. sub IV. שׂכך.—v. סוך for Jb 3:23; 38:8. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «סָכַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5526/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 40:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.22/) יְסֻכֻּ֣הוּ צֶאֱלִ֣ים צִֽלֲל֑וֹ יְ֝סֻבּ֗וּהוּ עַרְבֵי־נָֽחַל׃ *Word for word:* they cover.it thorny.lotus.plants shade its they surround.it \[the\].poplars of.\[the\].wadi *JPS 1917:* The lotus-trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. [Lamentations 3:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.43/) סַכֹּ֤תָה בָאַף֙ וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵ֔נוּ הָרַ֖גְתָּ לֹ֥א חָמָֽלְתָּ׃ *Word for word:* you.have.covered.yourself with anger and you have.pursued.us you.have.killed not you.have.spared *JPS 1917:* Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; Thou hast slain unsparingly. - ← previous: [סֻכִּי](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5525.md) - next →: [סָכַךְ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5db_5b7_5da_5b0.md) - ↑ back to [ס](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1505.md)