Booth
BOOTH
A shelter, made usually of poles fixed upright in the ground, and covered over with green boughs, Gen 33:17 . The great feast of tabernacles, or booths, had its name from the circumstance that the Jews were directed by their law to dwell in booths during the seen days of this feast, Lev 23:40-42 ; Neh 8:14 .
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Booth
(, sukkah’, often rendered ” tabernacle” or ” pavilion”), a hut made of branches of trees, and thus distinguished from a tent properly so called. Such were the booths in which Jacob sojourned for a while on his return to the borders of Canaan, whence the place obtained the name of Succoth (Gen 33:17); and such were the temporary green sheds in which the Israelites were directed to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles (Lev 23:42-43). SEE SUCCOTH; SEE TABERNACLES, FEAST OF. As this observance was to commemorate the abode of the Israelites in the wilderness, it has been rather unwisely concluded by some that they there lived in such booths. But it is evident from the narrative that, during their wanderings, they dwelt in tents; and, indeed, where, in that treeless region, could they have found branches with which to construct their booths ?
Such structures are only available in well-wooded regions; and it is obvious that the direction to celebrate the feast in booths, rather than in tents, was given because, when the Israelites became a settled people in Palestine and ceased to have a general use of tents, it was easier for them to erect a temporary shed of green branches than to provide a tent for the occasion. SEE COTTAGE.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Booth (2)
(, sukkah’, often rendered ” tabernacle” or ” pavilion”), a hut made of branches of trees, and thus distinguished from a tent properly so called. Such were the booths in which Jacob sojourned for a while on his return to the borders of Canaan, whence the place obtained the name of Succoth (Gen 33:17); and such were the temporary green sheds in which the Israelites were directed to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles (Lev 23:42-43). SEE SUCCOTH; SEE TABERNACLES, FEAST OF. As this observance was to commemorate the abode of the Israelites in the wilderness, it has been rather unwisely concluded by some that they there lived in such booths. But it is evident from the narrative that, during their wanderings, they dwelt in tents; and, indeed, where, in that treeless region, could they have found branches with which to construct their booths ?
Such structures are only available in well-wooded regions; and it is obvious that the direction to celebrate the feast in booths, rather than in tents, was given because, when the Israelites became a settled people in Palestine and ceased to have a general use of tents, it was easier for them to erect a temporary shed of green branches than to provide a tent for the occasion. SEE COTTAGE.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Booth
a hut made of the branches of a tree. In such tabernacles Jacob sojourned for a season at a place named from this circumstance Succoth (Gen. 33:17). Booths were erected also at the feast of Tabernacles (q.v.), Lev. 23:42, 43, which commemorated the abode of the Israelites in the wilderness.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Booth
BOOTH.The Heb. sukkh (note Gen 33:17 RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ) was a simple structure made of the branches of trees, which the peasant erected for rest and shelter in his field or vineyard (Isa 1:8 RV [Note: Revised Version.] ). In AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] it is variously rendered booth, cottage, hut, pavilion, tabernacle, tent. The booth was also a convenient shelter for cattle (Gen 33:17) and for the army in the field (2Sa 11:11 RV [Note: Revised Version.] ).
A. R. S. Kennedy.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Booth
booth, booth: The Hebrew word sukkah (rendered in the King James Version booth or booths, eleven times; tabernacle or tabernacles, ten times; pavilion or pavilions, five times; cottage once) means a hut made of wattled twigs or branches (Lev 23:42; Neh 8:15). In countries where trees are abundant such wattled structures are common as temporary buildings as they can be constructed in a very short time. Cattle were probably housed in them (Gen 33:17). Such hurriedly-made huts were use d by soldiers (2Sa 11:11; 1Ki 20:12) and by harvesters – hence, the name feast of booths or tabernacles (see TABERNACLES, FEAST OF). Job (Job 27:18) uses booth (parallel moth’s house) as a symbol of impermanence. Similar huts were erected in vineyards, etc., to protect them from robbers and beasts of prey. The isolated condition of Jerusalem in the time of the prophet Isaiah is compared to a booth in a vineyard (Isa 18:1-7).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Booth
Booth, a hut made of branches of trees, and thus distinguished from a tent properly so called. Such were the booths in which Jacob sojourned for a while on his return to the borders of Canaan, whence the place obtained the name of Succoth (Gen 33:17); and such were the temporary green sheds in which the Israelites were directed to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles (Lev 23:42-43). As this observance was to commemorate the abode of the Israelites in the wilderness, it has been rather unwisely concluded by some that they there lived in such booths. But it is evident from the narrative, that, during their wanderings, they dwelt in tents; and, indeed, where, in that treeless region, could they have found branches with which to construct their booths? Such structures are only available in well-wooded regions; and it is obvious that the direction to celebrate the feast in booths, rather than in tents, was given because, when the Israelites became a settled people in Palestine, and ceased to have a general use of tents, it was easier for them to erect a temporary shed of green branches than to provide a tent for the occasion.
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Booth
Made of boughs
Jon 4:5
Made for cattle
Gen 33:17
Made for watchmen
Job 27:18; Isa 1:8; Isa 24:20
Prescribed for the Israelites to dwell in, during the Feast of Tabernacles, to celebrate their wanderings in the wilderness
Lev 23:40-43; Neh 8:15-16
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Booth
Booth. Gen 33:17. See Dwelling.
Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible
Booth
Lev 23:42 (c) This may be taken as a type of the transient character of our lives here on earth in order to remind us that we are pilgrims and strangers.