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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