Lexical Definition

‎מָסָךְ‎ mâçâk (maw-sawk') covering ^H:N-M
from ‎סָכַךְ‎

covering, curtain, hanging.

• a cover, i.e. veil

1) covering, rag, screen
1a) covering
1b) screen (of the tabernacle)

See Greek: ἐπικάλυμα · κάλυμα · καταπέτασμα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מָסָךְ‎ noun [masculine] covering, screen; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 2Sam 17:19 + 11 t.; construct ‎מָסַךְ‎ Isa 22:8 + 12 t.; —

1. covering, large cloth spread (‎פרשׂ‎) over well to hide persons within 2Sam 17:19 figurative of protection, or of eye-screen, ‎יְהוּדָה‎ ‎׳‎‎וַיְגַל אֶתמֿ‎ Isa 22:8 screen, of cloud Ps 105:39 (‎פרשׂ‎).

2. name given (in P) to each of three screens, of tabernacle:
a. at gate (‎שַׁעַר‎) of court Exod 27:16; Exod 35:17; Exod 38:18; Exod 39:40; Exod 40:8; Exod 40:33; Num 3:26 (‎פֶּתַח‎), Num 4:26.
b. at entrance (‎פֶּתַח‎) of tent Exod 26:36; Exod 26:37; Exod 35:15; Exod 36:37; Exod 39:38; Exod 40:5; Exod 40:28; Num 3:25; Num 3:31; Num 4:25,
c. ‎׳‎‎פָּרֹכֶת הַמּ‎ (see ‎׳‎‎פ‎), dividing off the Most Holy Place within the tent, Exod 35:12; Exod 39:34; Exod 40:21; Num 4:5.

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