שׂוּךְ sûwk — to entwine, i.e. shut in (for formation, protection or restraint)

pronounced sook · Strong's H7753 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as fence, hedge.

a primitive root; to entwine, i.e. shut in (for formation, protection or restraint).

sûwk in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 2×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 1Participle (active) 1

שַׂ֣כְתָּ Job 1:10 Perfect (qatal), 2nd person masculine singular

Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. (KJV)

שָׂ֥ךְ Hos 2:8 Participle (active), masculine singular

For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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