sokh denotes a sheltered enclosure, pictured as a lion’s refuge and as a place of concealment or protection.

The attested use points to a sheltered enclosure: a lion’s refuge in Jeremiah 25:38 and Psalm 10:9, and a place where someone is hidden in Psalm 27:5; Psalm 76:3 also places it within a location clause whose specific contribution is less clear in the translation.

1. Sheltered enclosure or refuge · dominant

   All four occurrences are masculine singular construct nouns. In Jeremiah 25:38 the APB renders the clause "He has forsaken his lair like a lion," and Psalm 10:9 likewise pictures a lion lying in wait in such a refuge; Psalm 27:5 presents it as the place where the speaker is hidden in distress. In Psalm 76:3 the APB renders only "There he broke the flashes of the bow," so the location is retained without a clearly isolated English equivalent for the term.

   Jeremiah 25:38Psalm 10:9Psalm 27:5Psalm 76:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses "lair" in Jeremiah 25:38, Psalm 10:9, and Psalm 27:5, while Psalm 76:3 has the broader locative "There." That variation does not establish separate senses.