( šawkun ), Ethiopic ˜˜ ( šok ) thorns; poss. cf. Syriac ܣܳܟ ( sok ) finish , Pa. ܣܰܝܶܟ
(
sayek
)
finish, conclude, comprehend
, and Arabic
سَكَّ
(
sakka
)
close, close up, stop, stop up, lock up
,
Lane
1386)
;—
Qal
(
al.
Hiph.
, but
cf.
שׂוּךְ
)
Impf.
3
ms.
וַיָּ˜סֶךְ אֱלֹוהַּ בַּעֲדֹו
Jb 3:2
3,
c.
acc. +
בְּ
instr.
וַיָּ˜סֶךְ בִּדְלָתַיִם יָ˜ם
38:8
and
(
who
)
shut in the sea with doors?
(
Bi Bu
וּמִי סָךְ
,
Me
מִי סָךְ
).
•
מְסוּכָה
S
4534
TWOT
1475a
GK
5004
n.f.
hedge
(
|| form of
מְשֻׂכָה
q.v.
sub
שׂוך
)
;—only in
fig.
יָשָׁר מִמְּסוּכָה
Mi 7:
4, read
יְשָׁרָם מְס׳
(
||
טֹובָם כְּחֵדֶק
),
their most upright one is a hedge
(an obstruction).
•
[
סְרֵן
, < סְוָן
], סְוֵנֵה
S
5482
GK
6059
n.pr.loc.
Syene
, city on S. border of Egypt, toward Ethiopia, only in phr. (
וְעַד־גְּבוּל כּוּשׁ
)
מִמִּגְדֹּל ס׳
Ez 29:10
cf.
30:
6, read prob.
סְוֵ˜נָה
or
<
סְוָ˜נָה
(Copt.
Suan
),
c.
ה
loc.
(
JDMich Sm Co Bertho
l)
=
Egypt.
Sun
, Copt.
Suan
, mod.
أَسُوَان
(
˒asuwān
),
Aswân;
Ö
ἕως Συηνης
; read prob.
סְוָן
also
30:16
(for
MT
סִין
q.v
.)
Ö
Συηνη
.—See further
Jos
BJ iv. 10, 5
Strabo
xxxii. 817–820
, Brugsch
Geogr. Inscr.
i. 155; Reiseber. aus Aegypt. 247
Bd.
Egyptian 4, 324 f.
Budge
Nile 284.
•
סְוֵנִים
S
5515
GK
6060
adj.
gent.
pl.
Syenites
, so (or
סְוָנִים
) read prob. for
סִינִים
(
q.v.
)
Is 49:12
.
• I . סוּס S 5483, 5484 TWOT 1476, 1477 GK 6061, 6063 n. [ m. ] swallow or swift ( cypselus , Tristr FFP 82 ff.) ( å סוּסְיָא Is 38:14 ) ;—as twittering Is 38:14 (in sim. ); Ö χελιδών , É pullus hirundinis; so Je 8:7 Kt ( Qr סִיס wrongly; perhaps to distinguish from foll., so Gie ), Ö id. , É hirundo .
Bi G. Bickell. Me A. Merx. Jos Fl. Josephus, Bell. Jud.
Geogr. geography
Inscr. inscription(s); Bd. Bäd, q.v. adj. adjective. Tristr H. B. Tritram, Fauna and Flora of Palestine (Survey, Memoirs).