סֻכָּה
çukkâh · sook-kaw'
a hut or lair
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H5520 (סֹךְ);
a hut or lair
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › the open hand that covers › to reveal, behold
To support and uphold of the open hand that covers that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סֻכָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
31 occurrences · 31 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of tabernacles9 · 29%
- in booths4 · 13%
- booths3 · 10%
- in the pavilions2 · 6%
- in tents1 · 3%
- pavilions1 · 3%
- themselves booths1 · 3%
- under the booths1 · 3%
- and as a booth1 · 3%
- of his tabernacle1 · 3%
- in the covert1 · 3%
- his pavilion1 · 3%
- in a pavilion1 · 3%
- as a cottage1 · 3%
- and there shall be a tabernacle1 · 3%
- the tabernacle1 · 3%
- him a booth1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.