BDB8304
שַׂק noun masculine Josh 9:4 sack, sackcloth (see SchwZAW xi (1891), 173 who conjectures Egyptian origin; Late Hebrew סַק sackcloth (rare); Assyrian ša‡‡u , sack (DlHWB 687 a), sackcloth (WklAltor. Forsch, vi. 44); Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 5318] = Biblical Hebrew; Aramaic סַקָּא, [untranscribed source text 5319]; Greek σάκκος LewyFremdw. 87); — absolute ׳ שׂ Gen 37:34 +, שָׂ֑ק Jer 48:37 +; suffix שַׂקִּי Ps 30:12, etc.; plural שַׂקִּים Josh 9:4 +, suffix שַׂקֵּיהֶם Gen 42:35 —
1.
sack, for grain Gen 42:25; Gen 42:27 (|| אַמְתַּחַת), Gen 42:35 Gen 42:35 (
E
), Josh 9:4
(
J
E
), perhaps also Lev 11:32 (
P
).
2.
sackcloth:
a. worn in mourning and humiliation (see
NowArchaeology i. 192 f. SACookEncy. Bib. under
the word), either loose garment like sack, or piece of similar material (of rough, dark
hair), fastened round body: put (שִׂים) on loins Gen 37:34 (
J
),
1Kgs 20:31, on (bare) flesh 1Kgs 21:27; 2Kgs 6:30, compare Jer 48:37; Job 16:15 (with תָּפַר
); ׳
וְהַעֲלֵיתִי עַלכָּֿלמָֿתְנַיִם שׂ
Amos 8:10
usually girt on (חָגַר) 2Sam 3:31; Isa 15:3; Isa 22:12; Jer 4:8; Jer 6:26; Jer 49:3; Ezek 7:18; Ezek 27:31; 1Kgs 20:32; Joel 1:8, compare Isa 3:24
׳
כִּסָּה בַּשּׂ
2Kgs 19:1;
2Kgs 19:2 =
Isa 37:1; Isa 37:2; Jonah 3:6; Jonah 3:8; 1Chr 21:16
, figurative of heavens (compare קָדַר), אָשִׂים כְּסוּתָם
׳
שׂ
Isa 50:3 late
׳
לָבַשׁ שׂ
put on sackcloth
Jonah 3:5; Esth 4:1, compare
Esth 4:2; Ps 35:13;
Ps 69:12
׳
בְּצוֺם וְשׂ
Neh 9:1, compare
Dan 9:3
׳
פִּתַּח שׂ
loosen sackcloth
Isa 20:2 (+
מֵעַל), Ps 30:12 (opposed to שִׂמְחָה), מֵעַל
׳
הֵסִיר שׂ
Esth 4:4.
b. same garment (or material) spread out (to lie on), 2Sam 21:10 (with הִטָּה
), Isa 58:5
(with הִצִּיעַ), compare Esth 4:3
׳
וַיִּשְׁכַּב בַּשׂ
1Kgs 21:27
, ׳
לִינוּ בַּשּׂ
Joel 1:13.