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

2 elsewhere in singular always of abode of ׳י:

a. in General, of temple, ׳קְדשׁ מ Isaiah 46:5; מִשְׁכַּן כְּבוֺדֶ֑ךָ Isaiah 26:8; שְׁמֶ֑ךָ ׳מ Isa 74:7.

b. מִשְׁכַּן שִׁלוֺ Isa 78:60.

c. ׳הַמּ in P, of ׳יs 'dwelling' (Exodus 25:9 RVm; rendered conventionally 'tabernacle'), of planks lined with vari-coloured tapestry, with a 'tent' (אֹהֶל) over it, filled with ׳כְּבוֺד י Exodus 40:34,35; over it cloud שׁכן Numbers 9:18,22 (during the wanderings); its plan given by ׳י Exodus 25:9; Exodus 26:30; distinguished from אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד the 'tent' over it (compare אֹהֶל 3), Exodus 26:7,12,13; Exodus 36:14; Exodus 40:19; ׳מִשְׁכַּן י Leviticus 17:4 (H), Numbers 16:9; Numbers 17:28; Numbers 19:13; Numbers 31:30,47; Joshua 22:19 (see also 1), 1 Chronicles 16:39; 1 Chronicles 21:29; 2Chronicles 1:5; 29:6; הָעֵדֻת ׳מ Exodus 38:21; Numbers 1:50,53 (twice in verse); Numbers 10:11; אהל מועד ׳מ Exodus 39:32; Exodus 40:2,6,29; 1 Chronicles 6:17, מִשְׁכַּן בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים v.1 Chronicles 6:23, compare נָשָׂא אֶתהַֿמִּשְׁכָּן 1 Chronicles 23:26; compare מִשְׁכָּן (probably gloss on אהל), 2 Samuel 7:6 "" 1 Chronicles 17:5, + 76 t. P.

3 plural מִשְׁכָּנוֺת, dwellings (only in poetry):

a. of Israel, Numbers 24:5 (poem; "" אהלים), Jeremiah 30:18; Isaiah 54:2 4t.; of other nations Jeremiah 51:30; Habakkuk 1:6, compare Ezekiel 25:4 (see above); עַוָּל ׳מ Job 18:21; רשׁעים ׳מ Job 21:28; of wild ass Job 39:6("" בית); shepherds Songs 1:8; = tomb Psalm 49:12 (compare 1).

b. God's abode in Zion Ezekiel 37:27; Psalm 132:5; Psalm 132:7, compare Psalm 43:3; Psalm 84:2 ("" ׳חַצְרוֺת י).

[שְׁכֵן compare ᵑ7] verb dwell (Biblical Hebrew שָׁכַן, מִשְׁכָּן); —

Pe`al Imperfect3feminine plural יִשְׁכְּנָן Daniel 4:18 dwell, of birds, ב location

Pa`el causative: Perfect3masculine singular שַׁכִּן שְׁמֵהּתַּמָּה Ezra 6:12, of God, cause his name to dwell there.