Word

מָסָךְ

mâçâk · H4539 · Hebrew · 25 occurrences

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Thing

Screen, entrance curtainTabernacle construction17 verses

Meanings

screen, covering

Literally: covering; hence: a relatively large piece of cloth, used to close off the entrance to (part of) a tent, or, more generally, as a covering

Examples
Exodus 26:36 “You shall also make a curtain for the doorway of the tent of violet, purple, and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver.
Exodus 26:37 “And you shall make five pillars of acacia for the curtain and overlay them with gold, their hooks also of gold; and you shall cast five bases of bronze for them.
Exodus 27:16 “And for the gate of the courtyard there shall be a curtain of twenty cubits, of violet, purple, and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver, with their four pillars and their four bases.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

13 occurrences in 3 groups

פֶּתַחentrance, doorway 8
שַׁעַרgate 4
יְהוּדָהJudah 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 6 groups

מַעֲשֶׂהwork, deed 1
אַמָּהcubit 1
אַרְגָּמָןreddish-purple 1
שֵׁשׁfine linen 1
תּוֹלָעworm 1
תְּכֵלֶתreddish-purple 1

What is done to itIt is the object

9 occurrences in 6 groups

נָתַןto give, to put, to set 2
עָשָׂהto do, to make 2
שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 2
גָּלָהto uncover, to reveal, to go into exile 1
נָשָׂאto lift up, to carry, to bear 1
פָּרַשׂto spread out 1

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

מַעֲשֶׂהwork, deed 1
שַׁעַרgate 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 1 groups

מִשְׁמֶרֶתcharge, duty, guard 2

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 4

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

4 occurrences in 1 groups

פֹּרֶכֶתcurtain 4

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 2 words

καταπέτασμα katapétasma · G2665 · drape, curtain, veil: Greek καταπέτασμα specifically denotes the veil/curtain of the Temple (particularly the screen to the Most Holy Place), while Hebrew מָסָךְ has broader application to various types of coverings and hangings in the Tabernacle/Temple context.
κάλυμα kályma · G2571 · veil: Greek κάλυμα renders Hebrew מָסָךְ as its direct translation equivalent for temple/tabernacle coverings and veils, both denoting fabric hangings that screen or conceal.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Furnishings001003001001008: מָסָךְ denotes the screening curtain or hanging used at the entrances of the tabernacle court, a furnishing item of the sanctuary.

Word family 10 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

סָכַךְ çâkak · H5526 · to cover, to cover oneself · 22×סֻכָּה çukkâh · H5521 · shelter, booth, hut · 31×מָסָךְmâçâk · H4539סֹךְ çôk · H5520 · booth, hut, lair · 4×מֵיסָךְ mêyçâk · H4329 · covered passage · 1×מְסֻכָּה mᵉçukkâh · H4540 · covering · 1×סָךְ çâk · H5519 · throng, multitude, crowd · 1×שֵׂךְ sêk · H7899 · thorn, prick, barb · 1×שֹׂךְ sôk · H7900 · shelter, booth, hut · 1×שֻׂכָּה sukkâh · H7905 · harpoon, fishing spear · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4539. masak מָסָךְ noun [masculine] covering, screen; — absolute ׳מ 2Sa 17:19 2Sa…

H4539. masak
מָסָךְ noun [masculine] covering, screen; — absolute ׳מ 2Sa 17:19 2Sa 17:11t.; construct מָסַךְ Isa 22:8 Isa 22:12t.; —
1 covering, large cloth spread (פרשׂ) over well to hide persons within 2Sa 17:19; figurative of protection, or of eye-screen, אֶתמֿ ׳וַיְגַל יְהוּדָה Isa 22:8; screen, of cloud Psa 105:39 (פרשׂ).
2 name given (in P) to each of three screens, of tabernacle:
a. at gate (שַׁעַר) of court Exo 27:16; Exo 35:17; Exo 38:18; Exo 39:40; Exo 40:8, Exo 40:33; Num 3:26 (מֶּתַח), Num 4:26.
b. at entrance (מֶּתַח) of tent Exo 26:36-37, Exo 35:15; Exo 36:37; Exo 39:38; Exo 40:5, Exo 40:28; Num 3:25, Num 3:31; Num 4:25,
c. הַמּ ׳מָּרֹכֶת (see ׳פ), dividing off the Most Holy Place within the tent, Exo 35:12; Exo 39:34; Exo 40:21; Num 4:5.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Furnishings25 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0