Lexical Definition

‎מִשְׁכָּן‎ mishkân (mish-kawn') tabernacle ^H:N-M
from ‎שָׁכַן‎

dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.

• a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave
• also the Temple)
• specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)

1) dwelling place, tabernacle
1a) dwelling-place
1b) dwellings

See Greek: αἰχμαλωσία · ἐνοικέω · κάλυμα · κατάλυμα · κατασκήνωσις · κιβωτός · οἶκος · σκηνή · σκήνωμα · συναγωγή

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: mish.kan (‎מ‎ִ‎ש‎ְׁ‎כ‎ַּ‎ן‎ "habitation" מִשְׁכַּן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: שָׁכַן
‎מִשְׁכָּן‎ noun masculine Exod 26:6 dwelling-place, 'tabernacle'; — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 25:9 +; construct ‎מִשְׁכַּן‎ Exod 38:21 +, etc.; plural construct ‎מִשְׁכְּנֵי‎ Exod 46:6 (ᵐ5 Bae Du ‎מִשְׁכָּנוֺ‎, < ‎׳‎‎מִשְׁכַּן י‎); suffix ‎מִשְׁכְּנֵיהֶם‎ Ezek 25:4 (< ‎משׁכנתיהם‎, || ‎טִירוֺתֵיהֶם‎), ‎מִשְׁכָּנוֺת‎ Hab 1:6; Ps 132:5 construct ‎מִשׁכְּנוֺת‎ Ps 87:2 +, etc.; —

1. dwelling-place: ‎מִשְׁכַּןקֹֿרַח דָּתָן וַאֲבִירָם‎; Num 16:24; Num 16:27 (P) [but here originally ‎׳‎‎מִשְׁכַּן י‎; see Commentaries]; in poetry = tomb, Isa 22:16.

2. elsewhere in singular always of abode of ‎׳‎‎י‎:
a. in general, of temple, ‎׳‎‎קְדשׁ מ‎ Isa 46:5 ‎מִשְׁכַּן כְּבוֺדֶ֑ךָ‎ Isa 26:8 ‎שְׁמֶ֑ךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Isa 74:7.

b. ‎מִשְׁכַּן שִׁלוֺ‎ Isa 78:60.
c. ‎׳‎‎הַמּ‎ in P, of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s 'dwelling' (Exod 25:9 RVm; rendered conventionally 'tabernacle'), of planks lined with vari-coloured tapestry, with a 'tent' (‎אֹהֶל‎) over it, filled with ‎׳‎‎כְּבוֺד י‎ Exod 40:34; Exod 40:35 over it cloud ‎שׁכן‎ Num 9:18; Num 9:22 (during the wanderings); its plan given by ‎׳‎‎י‎ Exod 25:9; Exod 26:30 distinguished from ‎אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד‎ the 'tent' over it (compare ‎אֹהֶל‎

3.), Exod 26:7; Exod 26:12; Exod 26:13; Exod 36:14; Exod 40:19 ‎׳‎‎מִשְׁכַּן י‎ Lev 17:4 (H), Num 16:9; Num 17:28*; Num 19:13; Num 31:30; Num 31:47; Josh 22:19 (see also

1.), 1Chr 16:39; 1Chr 21:29; 2Chr 1:5; 2Chr 29:6 ‎הָעֵדֻת‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 38:21; Num 1:50; Num 1:53 (twice in verse); Num 10:11 ‎אהל מועד‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 39:32; Exod 40:2; Exod 40:6; Exod 40:29; 1Chr 6:17*, ‎מִשְׁכַּן בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים‎ v.1Chr 6:23*, compare ‎נָשָׂא אֶתהַֿמִּשְׁכָּן‎ 1Chr 23:26 compare ‎מִשְׁכָּן‎ (probably gloss on ‎אהל‎), 2Sam 7:6 || 1Chr 17:5, + 76 t. P.

3. plural ‎מִשְׁכָּנוֺת‎, dwellings (only in poetry):
a. of Israel, Num 24:5 (poem; || ‎אהלים‎), Jer 30:18; Isa 54:2 + 4 t.; of other nations Jer 51:30; Hab 1:6, compare Ezek 25:4 (see above); ‎עַוָּל‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Job 18:21 ‎רשׁעים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Job 21:28 of wild ass Job 39:6(|| ‎בית‎); shepherds Song 1:8 = tomb Ps 49:12* (compare 1).
b. God's abode in Zion Ezek 37:27; Ps 132:5; Ps 132:7, compare Ps 43:3; Ps 84:2* (|| ‎׳‎‎חַצְרוֺת י‎).

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