Lexical Definition

‎סֻכּוֹת‎ Çukkôwth (sook-kohth') Succoth ^N:N--L
or סֻכֹּת Çukkôth (sookkohth'); plural of ‎סֻכָּה‎; booths

Succoth.

• § Succoth = "booths"
• Succoth, the name of a place in Egypt and of three in Palestine

1) the site where Jacob put up booths for his cattle and built a house for himself; apparently east of the Jordan near the ford of the torrent Jabbok and later allotted to the tribe of Gad
2) the first stopping place of the Israelites when they left Egypt

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎סֻכּוֺת‎₁₈

proper name, of a location; — 1. ‎סֻכֹּ֫תָה‎ (‎ה‎ locative) Gen 33:17 (twice in verse) (J; explanation from Jacob's making booths), elsewhere ‎סֻכּוֺת‎; — city east of Jordan Judg 8:5 + 6 t. Judg 8; Josh 13:27 (P); probably also 1Kgs 7:46 = 2Chr 4:17 (reading ‎מַעְכֶּרֶת אֲדָמָה‎ ford of Adamah GFM^{Judg 7:22} compare Buhl^{Geogr. 206} Benz^{1Kgs 7:46}); ‎׳‎‎עֵמֶק ס‎ Ps 60:8* = Ps 108:8* is Jordan-valley near succôth; on identify. compare GFM^{Judg 8:5} Buhl^{Geogr. 260} GASm^{Geogr. 585}, and references; according to Talmud Dêr `alla, 1 mile north of Jabbok Nbr^{Geogr. du Talm. 248}, so S. Merrill^{East of Jordan 385 ff.}; ᵐ5 Σοκχωθ (Σκηναί Gen 33 compare Psalms).

2. ‎סֻכֹּ֫תָה‎ (‎ה‎ locative) Exod 12:37, elsewhere ‎סֻכֹּת‎; — first station of Israel at Exodus, Exod 12:37; Exod 13:20; Num 33:5; Num 33:6 (all P); = Egyptian Thku(t) WMM^As.u.Eur.70, Thkw Steind^{BAS i. 603}; on site see Naville^{Pithom (1885),} especially pp. 6. 23 f. Guthe^{ZPV viii (1885), 219 f.}; ᵐ5 Σοκχωθ.

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Succoth_1 • City in Canaan, location of Solomon's bronze works

Succoth, a city in Canaan allocated to the tribe of Gad, later the site of Solomon's bronze works (Gen. 33:17; Josh. 13:27; 1 Kgs. 7:46).

• A location first mentioned at Gen.33.17;
• only referred to as Succoth סֻכּוֹת.
  

Succoth was a city located in the territory allocated to the tribe of Gad in Canaan (Josh. 13:27). It is first mentioned as the place where Israel (or 'Jacob') built a house for himself and booths (Succoth) for his livestock after his meeting with Esau (Gen. 33:17). During the time of the judges, Gideon and his men pursued the Midianite kings to Succoth and requested provisions, but the officials of Succoth refused, leading to their punishment after the victory (Judg. 8:5-16). In the time of Solomon, Succoth was the location where the bronze works were made for the temple in Jerusalem, as it was situated in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan (1 Kgs. 7:46; 2 Chr. 4:17). The city is also mentioned in Psalms 60:6 and 108:7 as part of a poetic description of God's dominion over the land.

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