מָסָךְmâçâk
covering, screen
Pronunciation: maw-sawk' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4539
Meanings
1. covering (2 Samuel 17:19; Isaiah 22:8; Psalms 105:39)
2. screens, of tabernacle
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 25 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 26:36 “Make another curtain for the entrance to the sacred tent. Make it of finely woven linen and embroider it with exquisite designs, using blue, purple, and scarlet thread.
- Exodus 26:37 Craft five posts from acacia wood. Overlay them with gold, and hang the curtain from them with gold hooks. Cast five bronze bases for the posts.
- Exodus 27:16 “For the entrance to the courtyard, make a curtain that is 30 feet long. Make it from finely woven linen, and decorate it with beautiful embroidery in blue, purple, and scarlet thread. Support it with four posts, each securely set in its own base.
- Exodus 35:12 the Ark and its carrying poles; the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement; the inner curtain to shield the Ark;
- Exodus 35:15 the incense altar and its carrying poles; the anointing oil and fragrant incense; the curtain for the entrance of the Tabernacle;
- Exodus 35:17 the curtains for the walls of the courtyard; the posts and their bases; the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).