מָסָךְ
ma.sakh
“covering”
Definition
a cover, i.e. veil
from H5526 (סָכַךְ);
- covering, rag, screen 1a) covering 1b) screen (of the tabernacle)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מָסָךְ appears 25 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then the man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well, scattering grain over it so nobody would know a thing.
the altar of incense with its poles;the anointing oil and fragrant incense;the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;
the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;
Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
Their duties were the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used with them, and the curtain—all the service for these items.
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