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title: שְׁכֵן — dwell · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: שְׁכֵן (lemma:שְׁכֵן), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 2 times: dwell. BDB 1906: vb. dwell. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁכֵן

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«שְׁכֵן» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **dwell** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:שְׁכֵן · **BDB:** שְׁכֵן

### Glosses

he.has.caused.to.dwell (1); they.dwelt (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dwell [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5db_5b5_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. dwell [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5db_5b5_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. dwell (BH שָׁכַן, מִשְׁכָּן);— Impf. 3 fpl. יִשְׁכְּנָן Dn 4:18 dwell, of birds, ב loc. causat.: Pf. 3 ms. שַׁכִּן שְׁמֵהּ תַּמָּה Ezr 6:12, of God, cause his name to dwell there.

### Jastrow 1903

שְׁכַן: to dwell, sit, nest to rest, settle to cause to dwell to fix, appoint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5db_5b5_5df/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** to dwell, sit, nest. Targ. Ps. CIV, 12 Ms. (ed. יִשְׁרוּן).—Gen. R. s. 65 וכל עוף דש׳ וכ׳ and whatever bird will nest with it (the starling, v. זַרְזִיר II), to its kind will it belong; Yalk. Ps. 794 דיִשְׁכּוֹן; ib. אתא … וש׳ גביה the Egyptian raven came and joined it; a. e. to rest, settle. Ḥull. 26ᵇ שָׁכְנֵי תיתאי, v. קְפֵי. Ib. 111ᵇ, v. קְפֵי. to cause to dwell. Targ. Cant. III, 10 (not דשְׁכֵין). to fix, appoint. Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᵈ top שַׁכְּנִית, v. ארקליס.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁכֵן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5db_5b5_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.18/)

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וְעָפְיֵ֤הּ שַׁפִּיר֙ וְאִנְבֵּ֣הּ שַׂגִּ֔יא וּמָז֨וֹן לְכֹ֖לָּא־בֵ֑הּ תְּחֹת֗וֹהִי תְּדוּר֙ חֵיוַ֣ת בָּרָ֔א וּבְעַנְפ֕וֹהִי יִשְׁכְּנָ֖ן צִפֲּרֵ֥י שְׁמַיָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and foliage its \[was\].beautiful and fruit its \[was\].plentiful and food for.all \[was\].on it under it it.dwelt the.animal\[s\] of the.field and in branches its they.dwelt the.birds of the.heavens

*JPS 1917:* whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was food for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation;

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[Ezra 6:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.12/)

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וֵֽאלָהָ֞א דִּ֣י שַׁכִּ֧ן שְׁמֵ֣הּ תַּמָּ֗ה יְמַגַּ֞ר כָּל־מֶ֤לֶךְ וְעַם֙ דִּ֣י ׀ יִשְׁלַ֣ח יְדֵ֗הּ לְהַשְׁנָיָ֛ה לְחַבָּלָ֛ה בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דֵ֖ךְ דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם אֲנָ֤ה דָרְיָ֙וֶשׁ֙ שָׂ֣מֶת טְעֵ֔ם אָסְפַּ֖רְנָא יִתְעֲבִֽד׃פ

*Word for word:* and (the) God who he.has.caused.to.dwell name his there may.he.overthrow every king and people who he.will.stretch.out hand his to violate to destroy the.house of.(the) God this which \[is\].in Jerusalem I Darius I.make a.decree diligently let.it.be.done

*JPS 1917:* and may the God that hath caused His name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples, that shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.'

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