BDB5582
סֻכָּה noun feminine thicket, booth (properly of inter-woven boughs compare Neh 8:15); — absolute ׳ ס Isa 1:8 +; construct סֻכָּת Amos 9:11 suffix סֻכָּתוֺ Job 36:29; Ps 18:12, and so read || 2Sam 22:12 (for ᵑ0 סֻכּוֺת; De Hup-Now HPS); usually plural סֻכֹּת Gen 33:17 +; סֻכּוֺת 2Sam 11:11 +; —
1.
thicket, lurking-place of lions Job 38:40 (compare [סֹךְ]
1.).
2.
booth, rude or temporary shelter, for cattle Gen 33:17 (
J
; distinct from בַּיִת), but also for warriors in the field 2Sam 11:11; 1Kgs 20:12
; 1Kgs 20:16
for watchers in vineyards Isa 1:8 (simile) Job 27:18 (simile of frailty), for man's shelter from sun Jonah 4:5,
compare (figurative) Isa
4:6; Ps
31:21, probably also Ps 27:5 (see [
סֹךְ
]); in poetry of fallen house (dynasty) of David Amos 9:11 of clouds as (temporary) enclosure (
AV
'pavilion') of ׳
י in storm Ps 18:12 = 2Sam 22:12; Job 36:29.
3. specifically of booths, made of boughs, in which people lived at
harvest-feast Lev
23:42 (twice in verse); Lev 23:43 (
H
), Neh 8:14
; Neh 8:15;
Neh 8:16; Neh 8:17 (twice in
verse), hence called חַג הַסֻכּוֺת
Deut 16:13;
Deut 16:16;
Deut 31:10;
Lev 23:34 (
P
), Zech
14:16;
Zech 14:18; Zech 14:19; 2Chr 8:13; Ezra 3:4.