סוּךְ
śākak
hedge
Strong's H5526VerbHebrewTWOT 2259

סוּךְ (śākak) is a Hebrew verb meaning hedge. It appears 24 times in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5526).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2259)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2259)cover, lay over; entwine, fence, protect; defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שָׂכַךְ verb: cover, lay over

cover, lay over, so as to screen;—Qal (J E).

Strong's H5526 סָכַךְ: properly, to entwine as a screen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect
KJV:cover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.

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.

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Exodus 25:20Judges 3:241 Kings 8:7

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