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Job 38:8
“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
סָכַךְçâkak · saw-kak'
H5526 · Hebrew
H5526 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to entwine as ascreen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect
- Derivation
- or שָׂכַךְ; (Exodus 33:22), a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- cover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יָּ֣סֶךְ — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 24 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 25:20Exodus 33:22Exodus 37:9Exodus 40:3Exodus 40:21
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read סָכַךְ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.