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A translation of the Hebrew word sukkah and sokoh in the KJB. The word sukkah is also translated as “booth” (Gn 33:17), “tabernacle” (Lv 23:34), and “tent” (2 Sm 11:11). Other translations of sokoh are “den” (Ps 10:9), “tabernacle” (76:2), and “covert” (Jer 25:38). The words sukkah and sokoh signify a shelter or covering, which may be in the form of a tent (booth or tabernacle), hut, or den.

Show passage in OET: GEN 33:17

OET-RV GEN 33:17

17 but Ya’akov travelled to Sukot where he built a house for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That’s why he named the place ‘Sukot’ (which means ‘shelters’).

OET-LV GEN 33:17

17 And_Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) he _set _out towards_Şukkōt and_he/it _built to_him/it a _house and_for_livestock _of_his he _made shelters therefore yes/correct/thus/so he _called the _name _of the _place Şukkōt.

Show passage in OET: LEV 23:34

OET-RV LEV 23:34

34 Tell the Israelis that starting on the 15th of the seventh month (of Tishrei—around September/October), there will be a celebration in shelters to honour Yahweh.

OET-LV LEV 23:34

34 Speak to the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to_say is_on_the_fif- teen day of_month the_seventh the_this the _festival _of (the)_booths seven _of days to_YHWH.

Show passage in OET: SA2 11:11

OET-RV SA2 11:11

11 “The sacred chest and the warriors from Yisrael (Israel) and Yehudah (Judah) are living in tents,” Uriyah replied. “And my master, Yoav, and my master’s servants are camping out in the open. So I couldn’t just go to my house to eat and to drink and to sleep with my wife. By your life and by the life of your spirit, I couldn’t do that.”

OET-LV SA2 11:11

11 And_ ʼŪriy^yāh _he/it _said to Dāvid the_box and_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_Yəhūdāh/(Yihudah) are_dwelling in_booths and_master _of_my Yōʼāⱱ and_the _servants _of my_master on the _face _of the_field are_encamping and_I will _I _go to house _of_my to_eat and_to_drink and_to_lie with wife _of_my life _of _you(pl)_of_by_the and_by_the _life _of your _self _of_your if I _will _do DOM the_thing (the)_this.

Show passage in OET: PSA 10:9

OET-RV PSA 10:9

9 They ambush in a hidden places like a lion in cover.
⇔ They hide so they can seize helpless people.
⇔ They capture the weak by pulling in their nets.

OET-LV PSA 10:9

9 He _lies _in _wait in _(the)_place like_a _lion in_lair _of_its he _lies _in _wait to_seize the_afflicted he _seizes the_afflicted when_he_drags_him_away in_net _of_his.

Show passage in OET: PSA 76:2

OET-RV PSA 76:2

2 His tent is in Shalem.
⇔ ≈ His residence is in Tsiyon (Zion).

OET-LV PSA 76:3

3  And_he/it _was in_Salem lair _of_his and_den _of_his in_Tsiyyōn/(Zion).

Show passage in OET: JER 25:38

OET-RV JER 25:38

38 He’s left his den like a young lion would,
⇔ because their land will become a horror
⇔ due to the oppressor’s anger and Yahweh’s fierce angry.

OET-LV JER 25:38

38 He _has _left like _(the)_lion lair _of_his if/because land _of_their it _has _become (into)_a_waste from_face/in _front _of the _anger _of the _oppressor and_because_of the _burning _of his _anger _of_his.

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The word “pavilion” is used to refer to the tents of Ben-hadad’s royal entourage and allies as they were in a drunken stupor when Ahab attacked them (1 Kgs 20:16). Other versions read “booths” (rsv), “temporary shelters” (nasb); “quarters” (neb), and “tents” (niv, NLT).

Show passage in OET: KI1 20:16

OET-RV KI1 20:16

16 They exited the city at midday, while Ben-Hadad and the other kings were still getting drunk in their huts.

OET-LV KI1 20:16

16 And_they _went _out at_noontide(s) and_Ben- hₐdad was_drinking drunken in_booths he and_the_kings thirty and_two king[s] who _was_helping DOM_him/it.

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The metaphorical use is found in the book of Psalms. In Psalms 27:5 and 31:20 the psalmist speaks of the Lord’s special protection as a place where one may find refuge from the evildoers. The word may also refer to the clouds that, in the pictorial language of the psalmist, cover the presence of the Lord, “He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him—the dark rain clouds of the sky” (Ps 18:11, niv).

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