2 Samuel 22:12:42 Sam.22.12.W4TAB
סֻכּ֑וֹת
sukot
“coverings or booths”
- Transliteration
- su-KOT
- Extended
- suh-KOHT
- IPA
- /sukˈkoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- coverings or booths
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
su-KOT
- clause
va-YA-shet KHO-shekh se-vi-vo-TAV su-KOT
- sentence
va-YA-shet KHO-shekh se-vi-vo-TAV su-KOT kha-she-RAT-ma-YIM a-VE she-kha-KIM
Exegesis
The feminine plural noun sukkot {סֻכּ֑וֹת | sukkôt} ‘shelters’ parallels khashrat-mayim {חַֽשְׁרַת־מַ֖יִם | ḥašrāt-mayim} ‘gathering of waters’, evoking the imagery of storm clouds formed by condensed rain.
Root and etymology
ס־כ־כ
“to cover, shelter”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:12
He set darkness around Him as shelters—dark waters and thick skies.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 22:12, so the Hebrew word סֻכּ֑וֹת (sukot) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.22.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.12.W4.S1) and character.