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

Extended Information

• 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_2 • First Israelite campsite after leaving Egypt during Exodus

Succoth, the first place the Israelites camped after leaving Egypt during the Exodus (Exod. 12:37; Num. 33:5).

• A location first mentioned at Exo.12.37;
• only referred to as Succoth סֻכּוֹת.
  

Succoth was the first place the Israelites camped after setting out from Rameses during the Exodus from Egypt (Exod. 12:37; Num. 33:5). The name "Succoth" means "booths" or "shelters," possibly referring to temporary structures used by shepherds or farmers. The location of Succoth is not certain, but it was likely situated in the eastern Nile Delta region, possibly near the ancient city of Pithom (Tell el-Maskhuta). After leaving Succoth, the Israelites continued their journey and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness (Exod. 13:20; Num. 33:6).

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