סָכַךְ
sa.khakh (H5526B)
to cover
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# סָכַךְ (Sakhakh): To Cover The Hebrew verb סָכַךְ carries the fundamental meaning "to cover," appearing eighteen times throughout the biblical text. This straightforward definition reflects a practical action—the placement of something over or upon another object or person to conceal, protect, or shield it. The word's consistent usage across these occurrences suggests it was a reliable term in biblical Hebrew for this essential action. The relatively modest frequency of סָכַךְ (eighteen occurrences) indicates it was one among several Hebrew verbs available for expressing the concept of covering. Its specific presence in the biblical vocabulary demonstrates that ancient Hebrew speakers distinguished between different types or contexts of covering, though the lexicon data provided does not detail those contextual distinctions. The word appears to have maintained a stable meaning across its biblical usage without significant semantic variation or specialized theological sense. For modern readers, סָכַךְ represents the kind of everyday vocabulary that grounds biblical language in concrete human experience—covering, protecting, and concealing are universal human actions. Understanding this term contributes to a more precise reading of biblical narratives and descriptions, though its relatively infrequent use suggests it played a supporting rather than central role in biblical theological or narrative expression.
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The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.
The cherubim spread out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.
You shall put the ark of the covenant in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the covenant, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
After he had gone, his servants came and saw that the doors of the upper room were locked. They said, “Surely he is covering his feet in the upper room.”
He came to the sheep pens by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were staying in the innermost parts of the cave.
For the cherubim spread their wings out over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.
and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the plans for the chariot, and the cherubim that spread out and cover the ark of Yahweh’s covenant.
The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice. Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.
He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.
Therefore Yahweh will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin, and will stir up his enemies,
I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians, and they will fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
“You have covered us with anger and pursued us. You have killed. You have not pitied.
You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
You were the anointed cherub who covers. Then I set you up on the holy mountain of God. You have walked up and down in the middle of the stones of fire.
By the abundance of your commerce, your insides were filled with violence, and you have sinned. Therefore I have cast you as profane out of God’s mountain. I have destroyed you, covering cherub, from the middle of the stones of fire.