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title: מִשְׁכָּן — dwelling-place · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִשְׁכָּן (4908), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 139 times: dwelling-place. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִשְׁכָּן

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«מִשְׁכָּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dwelling-place** — 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:** 139 times · **Key:** 4908 · **BDB:** מִשְׁכָּן²

### Glosses

tabernacle (53); the.tabernacle (48); of.the.tabernacle (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dwelling-place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4908/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4908/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ex 26:6 dwelling-place, ‘tabernacle’;—מ׳ Ex 25:9 +; cstr. מִשְׁכַּן 38:21 +, etc.; pl. cstr. מִשְׁכְּנֵי ψ 46:6 (𝔊 Bae Du מִשְׁכָּנוֹ, מִשְׁכַּן י׳); sf. מִשְׁכְּנֵיהֶם Ez 25:4 (משׁכנתיהם, ‖ טִירוֹתֵיהֶם), מִשְׁכָּנוֹת Hb 1:6 ψ 132:5; cstr. מִשְׁכְּנוֹת 87:2 +, etc.;— dwelling-place: מִשְׁכַּן־קֹרַח דָּתָן וַאֲבִירָם Nu 16:24, 27 (P) \[but here orig. מִשְׁכַּן י׳; v. Comm.\]; poet. = tomb, Is 22:16. elsewhere in sg. always of abode of י׳: in gen., of temple, קְדשׁ מ׳ ψ 46:5; מִשְׁכַּן כְּבוֹדֶ֑ךָ 26:8; מ׳ שְׁמֶ֑ךָ 74:7. מִשְׁכַּן שִׁלוֹ 78:60. הַמּ׳ in P, of י׳’s ‘dwelling’ (Ex 25:9 RVm; rendered conventionally ‘tabernacle’), of planks lined with vari-coloured tapestry, with a ‘tent’ (אֹהֶל) over it, filled with כְּבוֹד י׳ Ex 40:34, 35; over it cloud שׁכן Nu 9:18, 22 (during the wanderings); its plan given by י׳ Ex 25:9; 26:30; disting. from אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, the ‘tent’ over it (cf. אֹהֶל 3), Ex 26:7, 12, 13; 36:14; 40:19; †מִשְׁכַּן י׳ Lv 17:4 (H), Nu 16:9; 17:28; 19:13; 31:30, 47; Jos 22:19 (v. also 1), 1 Ch 16:39; 21:29; 2 Ch 1:5; 29:6; †מ׳ הָעֵדֻת Ex 38:21; Nu 1:50, 53(×2); 10:11; מ׳ אהל מועד Ex 39:32; 40:2, 6, 29; 1 Ch 6:17, מִשְׁכַּן בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים v 33, נָשָׂא אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן 23:26; cf. מִשְׁכָּן (prob. gloss on אהל), 2 S 7:6 ‖ 1 Ch 17:5, + 76 times P. pl. מִשְׁכָּנוֹת dwellings (only poet.): of Israel, Nu 24:5 (poem; ‖ אהלים), Je 30:18; Is 54:2 + 4 times; of other nations Je 51:30; Hb 1:6, cf. Ez 25:4 (v. supra); מ׳ עַוָּל Jb 18:21; מ׳ רשׁעים 21:28; of wild ass 39:6 (‖ בית); shepherds Ct 1:8; = tomb ψ 49:12 (cf. 1). God’s abode in Zion Ez 37:27 ψ 132:5, 7, cf. 43:3; 84:2 (‖ חַצְרוֹת י׳).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 60 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִשְׁכָּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4908/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 84:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.84.2/)

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מַה־יְּדִיד֥וֹת מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶ֗יךָ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* how! lovely dwelling.place(s) \[are\].your O.Yahweh of.hosts

*JPS 1917:* How lovely are Thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

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[Numbers 24:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.5/)

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מַה־טֹּ֥בוּ אֹהָלֶ֖יךָ יַעֲקֹ֑ב מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יךָ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* how! they.are.good tents your O.Jacob places your.dwelling O.Israel

*JPS 1917:* How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy dwellings, O Israel!

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