מָסָךְ masakh
Hebrew word for “covering” · Strong’s H4539 · used 25 times in 25 verses
Meaning
1) covering, rag, screen; 1a) covering; 1b) screen (of the tabernacle)
How it is translated
Glosses given for masakh in context, with how often each is used:
- screen 22
- covering 3
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 40 (5), Exodus 35 (3), Exodus 39 (3), Numbers 3 (3), Numbers 4 (3), Exodus 26 (2), Exodus 27 (1), Exodus 36 (1), Exodus 38 (1), 2 Samuel 17 (1)
Forms
- מסך 14
- המסך 6
- למסך 2
- ומסך 2
- והמסך 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with masakh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מִשְׁכָּן mishkan “tabernacle” 10
- פֶּתַח petach “entrance” 10
- חָצֵר chatser “court” 8
- קֶלַע qela “curtain” 5
- רָקַם raqam “to weave” 4
- שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 7
- מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 7
- שָׁזַר shazar “to twist” 4
- פָּרֹכֶת porekhet “curtain” 4
- אֹהֶל ohel “tent” 6
- שֵׁשׁ shesh “linen” 4
- אַרְגָּמָן argaman “purple” 4
Key verses
The verses using masakh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 26:36 — And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
- Exodus 39:38 — And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,
- Exodus 40:5 — And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
- Exodus 40:8 — And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.
- Exodus 40:21 — And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Exodus 40:28 — And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
- Exodus 40:33 — And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
- Numbers 3:25 — And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for…
- Numbers 3:31 — And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the…
- Numbers 4:5 — And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:
- Psalms 105:39 — He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
- Isaiah 22:8 — And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.
See all 25 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.