BDB5583 [H5523]

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.