סֻכָּה
sukkâ
thicket
Strong's H5521NounHebrewTWOT 1492d

סֻכָּה (sukkâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning thicket. It appears 31 times in 14 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5521).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1492d)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1492d)thicket, covert, lair; booth; hut, entwined; den, pavilion, tabernacle, cottage, tent
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

סֹךְ noun, masculine: thicket, covert, lair

סֻכָּה noun, feminine: thicket, booth

Strong's H5520 סֹךְ: a hut (as of entwined boughs); also a lair
KJV:covert, den, pavilion, tabernacle.

Strong's H5521 סֻכָּה: a hut or lair
KJV:booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1492: סָכַךְ sākak — overshadow, screen, cover; cover oneself; entwine, fence, protect; defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up

See it in Scripture

Genesis 33:17Leviticus 23:34Deuteronomy 16:13

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