Etymology?:
from šāqaq שָׁקַק ‘to rush’
Roots:
שׁקק
śaq n, m
1) mesh, sackcloth, sack, sacking
1a) sack (for grain)
1b) sackcloth
1b1) worn in mourning or humiliation
1b2) same material spread out to lie on
Mentioned in Genesis 42:35, 37:34, 42:27, 42:25 Codex Leviticus 11:32 Joshua 9:4 2 Samuel 3:31, 21:10 1 Kings 20:31, 20:32, 21:27 2 Kings 19:2, 6:30, 19:1 Isaiah 58:5, 22:12, 37:2, 20:2, 37:1, 15:3, 3:24, 50:3 Jeremiah 6:26, 4:8, 49:3, 48:37 Ezekiel 7:18, 27:31 Joel 1:8, 1:13 Amos 8:10 Jonah 3:8, 3:6, 3:5 Psalms 30:12, 35:13, 69:12 Job 16:15 Lamentations 2:10 Esther 4:3, 4:2, 4:4, 4:1 Daniel 9:3 Nehemiah 9:1 1 Chronicles 21:16