Succoth

There are three places called Succoth in the Hebrew Bible:

Succoth may mean:

• The Jewish festival of Sukkot.
• One of the stations (Succoth) during the Israelite exodus from Egypt (Exodus 12:37), thought to be El Arish.
• Succoth, Argyll and Bute, a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland
• Succoth-benoth, Babylonian deity
• The biblical site of Succoth in Transjordan (now Deir Alla)

•The place where Jacob settled after his bout with the Angel of YHWH: "And Jacob journeyed to Succoth (סכת), and built for himself a house, and made booths (סכת) for his livestock. Therefore the place is named Succoth (סכות)" (Genesis 33:17). Some have noted that this may indicate the point in time when people began to build stables for their cattle, but the meaning of the name of Jacob's mother Rebekah may already hint at that.

•Israel's first camp out of Egypt (Exodus 12:37 and 13:20, spelled סכת).

•A place in Transjordan based on Joshua 13:27 and once inhabited by the Israelite tribe of Gad.