סָכַךְçâkak
סוּךְ: hedge, or fence about, shut in
Pronunciation: saw-kak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5526
Meanings
Qal: and (who) shut in the sea with doors? (Job 3:23; Job 38:8)
סָכַךְ: overshadow, screen, cover
Qal: active (Exodus 40:3; Lamentations 3:43; Lamentations 3:44)
1. screen, cover (1 Kings 8:7; 1 Chronicles 28:18; Exodus 40:3)
2. cover oneself (Lamentations 3:43; Lamentations 3:44)
Hiph`il: screen, cover (Psalms 91:4; Exodus 40:1; Psalms 5:12)
1. specifically with אֶתרַֿגְלָיו, i.e. with long garments, euphemism for evacuating the bowels, from posture assumed (Judges 3:24; 1 Samuel 24:4)
2. elsewhere Imperfect, as Qal (Exodus 40:21; Psalms 5:12; Psalms 91:4)
Pilpel: denominative, see below IV. שׂבך
סָכַךְ: weave together, || form of II. שָׂבַךְ
Qal: thou didst weave me together (Psalms 139:13)
סֹכֵךְ: protector, technical term of structure shielding stormers of city (Nahum 2:6)
Same root
- מֵיסָךְmêyçâk · H4329a portico (as covered)
- מָסָךְmâçâk · H4539a cover, i.e. veil
- מְסֻכָּהmᵉçukkâh · H4540a covering, i.e. garniture
- סָךְçâk · H5519properly, a thicket of men, i.e. a crowd
- סֹךְçôk · H5520a hut (as of entwined boughs); also a lair
- סְכָכָהÇᵉkâkâh · H5527Secacah, a place in Palestine
- שֵׂךְsêk · H7899a brier (as of a hedge)
- שֹׂךְsôk · H7900a booth (as interlaced)
Where it appears
Appears 24 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 25:20 The cherubim will face each other and look down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they will protect it.
- Exodus 33:22 As my glorious presence passes by, I will hide you in the crevice of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.
- Exodus 37:9 The cherubim faced each other and looked down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they protected it.
- Exodus 40:3 Place the Ark of the Covenant inside, and install the inner curtain to enclose the Ark within the Most Holy Place.
- Exodus 40:21 Then he brought the Ark of the Covenant into the Tabernacle and hung the inner curtain to shield it from view, just as the Lord had commanded him.
- Judges 3:24 After Ehud was gone, the king’s servants returned and found the doors to the upstairs room locked. They thought he might be using the latrine in the room,
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).