Masakh מָסָךְ

Masakh (Hebrew מָסָךְ, Strong's H4539) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “covering”. It occurs 25 times in 25 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Masakh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• 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.For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.
• Exodus 26:37
  And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold hooks, and cast five bronze bases for them.
• Exodus 27:16
  And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.
• Exodus 35:12
  The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,the ark with its poles and mercy seat, and the veil to shield it;
• Exodus 35:15
  And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,the altar of incense with its poles; the anointing oil and fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;
• Exodus 35:17
  The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the gate of the courtyard;
• Exodus 36:37
  And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,
• Exodus 38:18
  And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,
• Exodus 39:34
  And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins, and the vail of the covering,the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, and the veil of the covering;
• Exodus 39:38
  And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;
• Exodus 39:40
  The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases; the curtain for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;
• 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.Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
• Exodus 40:8
  And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard.
• 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.Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.
• Exodus 40:28
  And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to 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.And Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and he hung the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.

Numbers

• 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 the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,The duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting were the tabernacle and tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
• Numbers 3:26
  And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.the curtains of the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and altar, and the cords—all the service for these items.
• 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 hanging, and all the service thereof.Their duties were the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used with them, and the curtain—all the service for these items.
• 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:Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.
• Numbers 4:25
  And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers’ skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting with the covering of fine leather over it, the curtains for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
• Numbers 4:26
  And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.the curtains of the courtyard, and the curtains for the entrance at the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and altar, along with their ropes and all the equipment for their service. The Gershonites will do all that needs to be done with these items.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 17:19
  And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.Then the man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the mouth of the well, scattering grain over it so nobody would know a thing.

Psalms

• Psalm 105:39
  He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.

Isaiah

• 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.He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).