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title: סֹכֵךְ — protector · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סֹכֵךְ (lemma:סֹכֵךְ), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: protector. BDB 1906: protector. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סֹכֵךְ

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«סֹכֵךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **protector** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:סֹכֵךְ · **BDB:** סֹכֵךְ

### Glosses

cover (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

protector [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b9_5db_5b5_5da_5b0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

protector [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b9_5db_5b5_5da_5b0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] protector;—term. techn. of structure shielding stormers of city (Lat. testudo) הַסּ׳ Na 2:6; 𝔊 τὰς προφυλακὰς αὐτῶν.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סֹכֵךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b9_5db_5b5_5da_5b0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nahum 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.6/)

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יִזְכֹּר֙ אַדִּירָ֔יו יִכָּשְׁל֖וּ בַּהֲלִֽיכָתָ֑ם יְמַֽהֲרוּ֙ חֽוֹמָתָ֔הּ וְהֻכַ֖ן הַסֹּכֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* he.remembers his nobles they.stumble on going their they.hurry wall its and it.is.prepared the cover

*JPS 1917:* He bethinketh himself of his worthies; they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.

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