Lexical Definition

‎מוֹשָׁב‎ môwshâb (mo-shawb') seat ^H:N-M
or מֹשָׁב môshâb (mo-shawb'); from ‎יָשַׁב‎

assembly, dwell in, dwelling(-place), wherein (that) dwelt (in), inhabited place, seat, sitting, situation, sojourning.

• a seat
• figuratively, a site
• abstractly, a session
• by extension an abode (the place or the time)
• by implication, population

1) seat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellers
1a) seat, sitting, those sitting, sitting company or assembly
1b) dwelling place, dwelling
1c) situation, location
1d) time of dwelling
1e) those dwelling, dweller

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מוֺשָׁב‎ noun masculine^{2Kgs 2:19} seat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellers; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ps 107:4 + 4 t.; construct ‎מוֺשַׁב‎ Exod 12:40 + 9 t.; suffix ‎מוֺשָׁבִי‎ Job 29:7 etc.; plural construct ‎מוֺשְׁבֵי‎ Ezek 34:13 suffix 2 masculine plural ‎מוֺשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם‎ etc. Exod 12:20 + 11 t.; suffix 3 masculine plural ‎מוֺשְׁבֹתָם‎ etc. Exod 10:23 + 5 t.; ‎מוֺשְׁבֹתֵיהֶם‎ Ezek 37:23, but read ‎׳‎‎מְשׁוּב‎ their apostasies ᵐ5 Comm., see VB; ‎מוֺשְׁבוֺתֵיהֶם‎ Ezek 6:14 —

1. a. seat 1Sam 20:18; 1Sam 20:25 (twice in verse); Job 29:7 figurative ‎אלהים יָשַׁבְתִּי‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ezek 28:2.
b. sitting = those sitting, sitting company or assembly, ‎מוֺשַׁב‎ ‎עֲבָדָיו‎ 1Kgs 10:5 (|| ‎מַעֲמַד מְשָֽׁרְתָיו‎) = 2Chr 9:4 so Ps 1:1; Ps 107:32 (|| ‎קהל‎).

2. a. dwelling-place of people tribe, etc., often= terriotory, district, or later, city; Gen 10:39; Gen 27:39 (both J), Exod 10:23 (E), Num 24:21 (JE), Gen 36:43 (P), Ezek 6:14; Ezek 48:15; 1Chr 4:33; 1Chr 6:39*; 1Chr 7:28 ‎הָאָרֶץ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 34:13 = habitable places of the land; distinct from city ‎עָרֵיהֶם בְּמוֺשְׁבֹתָם‎ Num 31:10, compare Ezek 6:6, but also ‎עִיר מוֺשָׁב‎ Ps 107:4; Ps 107:7; Ps 107:36 of Zion as ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ps 132:13.
b. almost = abstract dwelling ‎עַיר בֵּית מוֺשַׁב‎ Lev 25:29 (P); ‎׳‎‎אֶרֶץ מ‎ Num 15:2 land of your dwelling-places or dwelling (P).
c. = house Exod 12:20 (|| ‎בית‎ vExod 12:19),, Exod 35:3; Lev 3:17; Lev 7:26; Lev 13:46; Lev 23:3; Lev 23:14; Lev 23:21; Lev 23:31; Num 35:29 (all P), Lev 23:17 (H).

3. situation of city 2Kgs 2:19 location of image Ezek 8:3.

4. time f dwelling Exod 12:40 (P).

5. collective = those dwelling, ‎׳‎‎כֹּל מוֺשַׁב וגו‎ 2Sam 9:12 all those dwelling in the house of ‚iba. — Ezek 37:28 see above and ‎מְשׁוּבָה‎ below ‎שׁוּב‎.

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