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Genesis 33

Gen. 33:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Jacob
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
journeyed
naca` (Hebrew #5265)
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey
KJV usage: cause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), X still, be on his (go their) way.
Pronounce: naw-sah'
Origin: a primitive root
to Succoth
Cukkowth (Hebrew #5523)
plural of 5521; booths; Succoth, the name of a place in Egypt and of three in Palestine
KJV usage: Succoth.
Pronounce: sook-kohth'
Origin: or Cukkoth {sook-kohth'}
z, and built
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
him an house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
, and made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
booths
cukkah (Hebrew #5521)
a hut or lair
KJV usage: booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: sook-kaw'
Origin: fem of 5520
for his cattle
miqneh (Hebrew #4735)
something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition
KJV usage: cattle, flock, herd, possession, purchase, substance.
Pronounce: mik-neh'
Origin: from 7069
: therefore the name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
of the place
maqowm (Hebrew #4725)
also (feminine) mqowmah {mek-o-mah'}; or mqomah {mek-o-mah'}; from 6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
KJV usage: country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X whither(-soever).
Pronounce: maw-kome'
Origin: or maqom {maw-kome'}
is called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
λSuccoth
Cukkowth (Hebrew #5523)
plural of 5521; booths; Succoth, the name of a place in Egypt and of three in Palestine
KJV usage: Succoth.
Pronounce: sook-kohth'
Origin: or Cukkoth {sook-kohth'}
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Josh. 13:27• 27{i}and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-Nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon the king of Heshbon, the Jordan and its border, as far as the edge of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.{/i} (Josh. 13:27)
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Judg. 8:5• 5{i}And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread to the people that follow me, for they are faint; and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.{/i} (Judg. 8:5)
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i.e. booths.

More on:

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Booths,
Cattle,
House,
Jacob,
Succoth

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Succoth.
Josh. 13:27• 27{i}and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-Nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon the king of Heshbon, the Jordan and its border, as far as the edge of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.{/i} (Josh. 13:27)
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Judg. 8:5,8,16• 5{i}And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread to the people that follow me, for they are faint; and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.{/i}
 8{i}And he went up thence to Penuel, and spoke to them in like manner. And the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.{/i}
 16{i}And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briars, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.{/i} (Judg. 8:5,8,16)
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1 Kings 7:46• 46{i}In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zaretan.{/i} (1 Kings 7:46)
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Psa. 60:6• 6God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult;{HR}I will divide Shechem,{HR}And the valley of Succoth will I mete out. (Psa. 60:6)
not.
Ex. 12:37• 37{i}And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children.{/i} (Ex. 12:37)
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Ex. 13:20• 20{i}And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, at the end of the wilderness.{/i} (Ex. 13:20)
Succoth.
i.e., Booths.Succoth was on the east of Jordan, between the brook Jabbok and that river, about 40 miles from Jerusalem, and consequently near Penuel; where a city was afterwards built, which Joshua assigned to the tribe of Gad.
Jerome says, that Succoth was in the district of Scythopolis; and the Jews inform us, that the name of Darala was sometime after applied to it.
• Jacob settling down in Succoth, and, contrary to the spirit and principles of a pilgrim life, building a house, as if it were his home. Now, Succoth was evidently not his divinely-appointed destination. The Lord had not said to him, “I am the God of Succoth”; no; but “I am the God of Bethel.” (“Genesis 33-34” by C.H. Mackintosh)
• the Succoth of Jacob's dwelling was the place given to the Gadites (Josh. 13:27) and made memorable by the princes who refused bread to Gideon and his three hundred. (“Jacob: 13. Succoth and Shechem” by W. Kelly)
• It was yielding like other men to the desire for the ease and convenience of a more settled and convenient abode. (“Jacob: 13. Succoth and Shechem” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house, and for his cattle he made booths. Therefore the name of the place was called Succothb.

JND Translation Notes

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Booths, or huts.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and for his cattle he made booths. Therefore the name of the place was called Succotha .

WK Translation Notes

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Meaning booths. Durckhardt identified this Succoth, or Sukkot as he calls it from the Arabic. Dr. Robinson and Van de Velde speak of the western place called Sakut, which ought not to be confounded with the eastern. Jerome (Quaest. in Gen. 33:16“And Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.” (Genesis 33:16)) had long before made the just discrimination. Jacob evasively journeys to Succoth, which should be marked east of the Jordan, though there was a place so named west of that river, as elsewhere too (Ex. 12:37“{i}And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children.{/i}” (Exodus 12:37) Num. 33:5‑6“{i}And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth.{/i} {i}And they removed from Succoth and encamped in Etham, which is at the end of the wilderness.{/i}” (Numbers 33:5‑6)). But the Succoth of Jacob’s dwelling was the place given to the Gadites (Josh. 13:27“{i}and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-Nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon the king of Heshbon, the Jordan and its border, as far as the edge of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.{/i}” (Joshua 13:27)) and made memorable by the princes who refused bread to Gideon and his three hundred, and were threshed for their baseness with the thorns of the wilderness and briers.