Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4539
מָסָךְ
masakmaw-sawk'
covering
25 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mâçâk
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4539is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 17spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4539
a cover, i.e. veil
The King James renders it: covering, curtain, hanging.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
masak is rendered "covering". It stands 25 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Sixteen of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 26:36For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.
Exodus 26:36מָסָךְ֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- screen of10
- the screen5
- a screen3
- and screen of2
- and the screen1
- covering of1
- for the screen1
- the covering1
- to a covering1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מָסָה | masah | to liquefy | Uses4 |
The words it stands beside
All 25, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מָסַ֖ךְ4
- מָסַ֥ךְ3
- הַמָּסָךְ֙2
- הַמָּסָֽךְ׃2
- מָסָךְ֙2
- הַמָּסָ֔ךְ1
- הַמָּסָ֑ךְ1
- וְהַ֨מָּסָ֔ךְ1
- וּמָסַ֞ךְ1
- וּמָסַ֕ךְ1
- לְמָסָ֑ךְ1
- לַמָּסָ֗ךְ1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)11HNcmsc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular6HTd/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Td/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1HR/Ncmsa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa
Exodus
sixteen uses
For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.
- מָסָךְ֙masokhnoun · masculine singulartagged: a screen
Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold hooks, and cast five bronze bases for them.
- לַמָּסָ֗ךְlamasakhpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: for the screen
The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.
- מָסָ֣ךְ׀masakhnoun · masculine singulartagged: a screen
the ark with its poles and mercy seat, and the veil to shield it;
- הַמָּסָֽךְ׃hamasakhthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the screen
the altar of incense with its poles; the anointing oil and fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;
- מָסַ֥ךְmasakhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: screen of
the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard;
- מָסַ֖ךְmasakhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: screen of
For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,
- מָסָךְ֙masokhnoun · masculine singulartagged: a screen
The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,
- וּמָסַ֞ךְumasakhconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and screen of
the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, and the veil of the covering;
- הַמָּסָֽךְ׃hamasakhthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the screen
the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;
- מָסַ֖ךְmasakhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: screen of
the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases; the curtain for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;
- הַמָּסָךְ֙hamasokhthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the screen
Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
- מָסַ֥ךְmasakhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: screen of
Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard.
- מָסַ֖ךְmasakhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: screen of
Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- הַמָּסָ֔ךְhamasakhthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the screen
Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
- מָסַ֥ךְmasakhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: screen of
And Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and he hung the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.
- מָסַ֖ךְmasakhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: screen of
Numbers
six uses
The duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting were the tabernacle and tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
- וּמָסַ֕ךְumasakhconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and screen of
the curtains of the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and altar, and the cords—all the service for these items.
- מָסַךְ֙masakhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: screen of
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.
- וְהַ֨מָּסָ֔ךְvehamasakhconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the screen
Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.
- הַמָּסָ֑ךְhamasakhthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the screen
They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting with the covering of fine leather over it, the curtains for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
- מָסַ֔ךְmasakhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: screen of
the curtains of the courtyard, and the curtains for the entrance at the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and altar, along with their ropes and all the equipment for their service. The Gershonites will do all that needs to be done with these items.
- מָסַ֣ךְ׀masakhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: screen of
2 Samuel
one use
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.
- הַמָּסָךְ֙hamasokhthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the covering
Psalms
one use
He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
- לְמָסָ֑ךְlemasakhpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to a covering
Isaiah
one use
He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
- מָסַ֣ךְmasakhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: covering of
The letters
Gematria 120· 600 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
