1. Succoth (place name) — A proper noun designating one or more cities called Succoth (סֻכּוֹת, 'booths'). The primary Succoth is in the Jordan Valley (Transjordan), associated with Jacob who built booths there (Gen 33:17), and prominently featured in the Gideon narrative (Judg 8:5-16) where its elders refuse to help Gideon pursue Midian. Also appears as a staging point in the Exodus journey from Egypt (Exod 12:37, 13:20; Num 33:5-6). Solomon's bronze work was cast in the Jordan plain between Succoth and Zarethan (1 Kgs 7:46; 2 Chr 4:17). In the Psalms, God declares 'I will divide Succoth' (Ps 60:6, 108:7). All morphological forms -- bare name, with directional ה, with prepositions מ/ב -- refer to the same geographic entity. Arabic سُكّوت, Korean 숙곳/숫겳, Hindi सुक्कोत, Spanish Sucot/Sukot are all transliterations. 18×
AR["إِلَى-سُكَّوت","سُكُّوت","سُكُّوتَ","سُكّوت","سُكّوتَ","فِي-سُكُّوتَ","مِنْ-سُكَّوت","مِنْ-سُكُّوتَ","وَ-سُكّوتَ"]·ben["এবং-সুক্কোৎ","সুক্কোত","সুক্কোত-থেকে","সুক্কোতে","সুক্কোতের-দিকে","সুক্কোথের","সুক্কোৎ-থেকে"]·DE["Succoth","Sukkot","Sukkot-ward","[סכות]","in-Succoth","nach-Sukkot","und-Succoth","von-Succoth","von-Sukkot"]·EN["Succoth","Succoth-ward","Sukkot","and-Succoth","from-Succoth","in-Succoth"]·FR["Succoth","Succoth-garde","cabanes","dans-Succoth","de-Succoth","et-Succoth"]·heb["ב-סכת","ו-סוכות","מ-סוכות","מ-סכת","סוכות","סוכותה","סכות","סכתה-ה"]·HI["और-सुक्कोत","सुक्कोत","सुक्कोत-की","सुक्कोत-के","सुक्कोत-को","सुक्कोत-में","सुक्कोत-से"]·ID["Sukot","dan-Sukot","dari-Sukot","di-Sukot","ke-Sukot"]·IT["Succot","Succot-ward","Succoth","capanne","da-Succot","da-Succoth","e-Succot","in-Succoth"]·jav["Sukot","dhateng-Sukot","kasunyatan","lan-Sukot","saking-Sukot","wonten-Sukot"]·KO["그리고-숙곳","숙가","숙걷과","숙곳","숙곳-에","숙곳-에서","숙곳으로","숙곳을","숙곷이라","숫겳-의","에서-숙고도"]·PT["Sucote","Sukkot","Sukot","de-Sucote","de-Sukkot","de-Sukkot,","e-Succot","em-Sukkot"]·RU["Сокхоф","Сокхофа","Суккот","Суккота","Суккотом","Сукотом","в-Сокхоф","в-Суккот","в-Суккоте","и-Суккот","из-Суккота"]·ES["Sucot","Sukot","a-Sukot","de-Sucot","de-Sukot","en-Sucot","y-Sucot"]·SW["Sukothi","Sukoti","katika-Sukothi","kutoka-Sukothi","kwenda-Sukothi","la-Sukothi","na-Sukothi","na-kati-ya"]·TR["-da-Sukkot'ta","-dan-Sukkot'tan","Sukkot","Sukkot'a","Sukkot'tan","Sukkot'un","ve-Sukkot"]·urd["اور-سکوت","سُکّوت","سکوت","سکوت-سے","سکوت-کو","سکوت-کی","سکوت-کی-طرف","سکوت-کے","سے-سکّوت","میں-سکّوت"]
Gen 33:17, Gen 33:17, Exod 12:37, Exod 13:20, Num 33:5, Num 33:6, Josh 13:27, Judg 8:5, Judg 8:6, Judg 8:8, Judg 8:14, Judg 8:14 (+6 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
סֻכּוֹת18 n.pr.loc.;— 1. סֻכֹּ֫תָה (ה loc.) Gn 33:17(×2) (J; expl. from Jacob’s making booths), elsewhere סֻכּוֹת;—city E. of Jordan Ju 8:5 + 6 times Ju 8, Jos 13:27 (P); prob. also 1 K 7:46 = 2 Ch 4:17 (reading מַעְבֶּרֶת אֲדָמָה ford of Adamah GFM Ju 7:22 cf. BuhlGeogr. 206 Benz 1 K 7:46); עֵמֶק ס׳ ψ 60:8 = 108:8 is Jordan-valley near Succôth; on identif. cf. GFM Ju 8:5 BuhlGeogr. 260,…