Strong's Lexicon

H4539

H4539 — מָסָך

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmacaknoun mascOccurrences: 25TWOT: 1482a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4539
Word:	מָסָך
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H5526
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	25
Transliteration:	macak
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	maw-sawk'
Meaning:	1. a cover, i.e. veil
KJV Renderings:	covering, curtain, hanging.

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BDB5576

מָסָךְ noun [masculine] covering, screen; — absolute ׳ מ 2Sam 17:19 + 11 t.; construct מָסַךְ Isa 22:8 + 12 t.; —

1. covering, large cloth spread (פרשׂ) over well to hide persons within 2Sam 17:19 figurative of protection, or of eye-screen, יְהוּדָה ׳ וַיְגַל אֶתמֿ Isa 22:8 screen, of cloud Ps 105:39 (פרשׂ).

2. name given (in P ) to each of three screens, of tabernacle:

a. at gate ( שַׁעַר) of court Exod 27:16; Exod 35:17; Exod 38:18; Exod 39:40; Exod 40:8; Exod 40:33; Num 3:26 (פֶּתַח ), Num 4:26 .

b. at entrance (פֶּתַח ) of tent Exod 26:36; Exod 26:37; Exod 35:15; Exod 36:37; Exod 39:38; Exod 40:5; Exod 40:28; Num 3:25; Num 3:31; Num 4:25,

c. ׳ פָּרֹכֶת הַמּ (see ׳ פ), dividing off the Most Holy Place within the tent, Exod 35:12; Exod 39:34; Exod 40:21; Num 4:5.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מסך (mah-sahch’)

Exodus 26:36

KJV: And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.

EHCC: thou shalt make an hanging for the door

Exodus 27:16

KJV: And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

EHCC: for the gate of the court (shall be) ax

Exodus 35:12

KJV: The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,

EHCC: and the vail of the covering,

Exodus 36:37

KJV: And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;of needlework: Heb. the work of a needleworker or, embroiderer

EHCC: he made an hanging for the tabernacle

Exodus 38:18

KJV: And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

EHCC: And the hanging for the gate of the court

Exodus 39:34

KJV: And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins, and the vail of the covering,

EHCC: and the vail of the covering.

Exodus 40:6

KJV: And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

EHCC: hanging of the door to the tabernacle.

Numbers 3:25

KJV: And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

EHCC: and the hanging for the door of the

Numbers 4:5

KJV: And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

EHCC: they shall take down the covering vail,

Psalms 105:39

KJV: He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

EHCC: He spread a cloud for a covering ;

Isaiah 22:8

KJV: And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

EHCC: he discovered the covering of Judah,