סָכַם (cmp. סָכָה) to look to, take in view. Macc. III, 10 (22ᵃ) (ref. to במספר Deut. XXV, 3, combined with ארבעים of next verse) מנין שהוא סוֹכֵם את הארבעים Ms. M. (ed. שהוא סמוך לארב׳) a number which faces (is matched in counting with) forty, (i.e. thirty nine); ib. 22ᵇ; Yalk. Deut. 937 סמוך את וכ׳; Yalk. Zech. 581 סוכם; Sifré Deut. 286 סמוך לארב׳.
Hif. - הִסְכִּים 1) to contemplate, plan. Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXIII, 7 (ref. to משכיות, ib.) יש שהיה מַסְכִּים וכ׳ (ed. Bub. מַשְׂכִּים) one planned to become a centurio, and thou madest him a general &c.; על כל מה שהיו מַסְכִּימִים העברת וכ׳ thou didst carry them beyond all they ever contemplated (to become). —2) (cmp. חָשַׁב, שָׁוָה) to harmonize; to agree. Sifra Vayikra, N’dab., ch. IV, Par. 4 ואתה דורש ומַסְכִּים לשמועה and thou interpretest the text and harmonizest it with the traditional law; Yalk. Lev. 440 ומסכים הלכה and harmonizest the tradition (with the text). Yeb. 62ᵃ והִסְכִּימָה דעתו לדעת וכ׳ and his (Moses’) opinion (the result of his deliberations) turned out to be in agreement with the Lord’s; Sabb. 87ᵃ וה׳ הקב"ה עמו the Lord agreed with him; ib. ה׳ הקב"ה על ידו the Lord approved his doing; a. fr.