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Strong's #7931 - שָׁכַן
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- to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside
- (Qal)
- to settle down to abide
- to abide, dwell, reside
- (Piel)
- to make settle down, establish
- to make or cause to dwell
- (Hiphil)
- to lay, place, set, establish, settle, fix
- to cause to dwell or abide
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2838) nks (סהכנ ShKN) AC: Dwell CO: Dwelling AB: ?: [from: kx]
V) nks (סהכנ ShKN) - Dwell: To stay or sit in one location. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (131): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Piel) dwell, abide, remain, inhabit, rest, set, continue, dweller, dwelling, habitation - Strongs: H7931 (שָׁכַן), H7932 (שְׁכַן)
Nm) nks (סהכנ ShKN) - I. Dwelling:The place of residence. II. Neighbor:A fellow dweller. KJV (21): habitation, neighbour, inhabitant, thereunto - Strongs: H7933 (שָׁכַן), H7934 (שָׁכֵן)
hm) nksm (מסהכנ MShKN) - Dwelling: The place of residence. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (140): tabernacle, dwelling, habitation, dwellingplace, place, dwell, tent - Strongs: H4907 (מִשְׁכַּן), H4908 (מִשְׁכָּן)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳שׁ Exodus 40:35 5t.; שָׁכֵ֑ן Deuteronomy 33:12 2t., etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singularיִשְׁכֹּן Genesis 16:12 +; יִשְׁכָּןֿ Numbers 9:17 2t.; 3 masculine plural יִשְׁכֹּ֑נוּ Jeremiah 49:31; 3 feminine plural תִּשְׁכֹּ֑נָּה Ezekiel 17:23, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׁכֹן Genesis 26:2; Psalm 37:27; שְׁכָןֿ Psalm 37:3; masculine plural שִׁכְנוּ. Jeremiah 48:28; Infinitive construct בִּשְׁכֹּן (Ges§ 45g) Genesis 35:22, לִשְׁמֹּן 2 Chronicles 6:1, etc.; suffix שָׁכְּנִי Exodus 29:46; שִׁכְנוֺ Deuteronomy 12:5 (but see Pi`el 1), etc.; Participle שֹׁכֵן Genesis 14:13 +, שֹׁכְּנִי (Ges§ 90 l m) Deuteronomy 33:16 3t.; suffix feminine singular שֹׁכַנְתְּי Jeremiah 51:13; Passive participle, apparently plural construct with art, הַשְּׁכוּנֵי Judges 8:11 (but corrupt, proper name, of a location needed, see GFM): —
1 settle down to abide:
a. of person: encamp Numbers 24:2 (E); settle permanently Psalm 102:29 (absolute: "" יִכּוֺן); כמלך׳שׁ Job 29:25 ("" ישׁב); settle down (to remain) Judges 5:17; תַּחְתָּיו 2 Samuel 7:10 = 1 Chronicles 17:9 (not to be removed); especially at rest, peace, in security, לבטח Jeremiah 23:6; Jeremiah 33:16; Deuteronomy 33:12, compare בין כתפים Deuteronomy 33:12; Psalm 16:9 (שׂמח ןן); בטח Deuteronomy 33:28; Proverbs 1:33; (ל)בדד Numbers 23:9 (poem) Jeremiah 49:31; Micah 7:14; land of Egypt Jeremiah 46:26 (remain undisturbed), so Jeremiah 50:39; Isaiah 13:20 ("" תֵּשֵׁב, compare ישׁב
4); with מרומים Isaiah 33:16; absolute Nahum 3:18, subject אדּירים (We רָֽשְׁנוּ, Now יִשְׁכְּבוּ; "" נָמוּ); Proverbs 7:11 her feet tarry not in her house.
b. of animals:כְּלָבִיא Deuteronomy 33:20; ב location Isaiah 34:11; Job 37:8; שָׁם Isaiah 13:21; birds תַּחַת׳שׁ (under) Ezekiel 17:23, בְּצֵל׳שׁ Ezekiel 17:23; with עַל = upon Ezekiel 31:13, = by Psalm 104:12; with accusative סֶלַע Job 39:28; absolute, of man under figure of bird, אָע֫וּפָה וְאֶשְׁכֹּ֑נָה Psalm 55:7.
c. things: withעַל of cloud, Job 3:5 settle down over; compare Exodus 24:16; Exodus 40:35; Numbers 9:17,18,22 (all P); with בְּ Numbers 10:12 (P).
2 abide, dwell:
a. of men: absolute Psalm 37:27 (לְעוֺלָם); שָׁ֫מָּה Isaiah 65:9; with ב location Psalm 69:37; Job 18:15; Job 30:6; Micah 4:10; Jeremiah 48:28 10t.; לְחוֺף יִמִּים Genesis 49:13; with עַל, by Judges 5:17; Jeremiah 51:13; upon Jeremiah 37:29; על פני Genesis 16:12 (J); with עִם with Psalm 120:5; Psalm 120:6; with accusative Proverbs 2:21; Jeremiah 17:5 5t.; מִן ֗֗֗ עַד Genesis 25:18 (J); שֹׁכְנֵי אָ֑רֶץ Isaiah 18:3 ("" ישְׁבֵיתֵבֵל).
b. of the dead: שֹׁכְנֵי עָפָר Isaiah 26:19 ("" רְפָאִים); compare Job 26:5 ("" id.), so mortals; שֹׁכְנֵי בָתֵּי חֹמֶר Job 4:19; דוּמָה׳שׁ Psalm 94:17 (i.e. שׁאול).
c. of God:בָּֽעֲרָפֶל ׳שׁ 1 Kings 8:12 2 Chronicles 6:1 (poem); מָרוֺם Isaiah 33:5; עַד Isaiah 57:15; מָרוֺם וְקָדוֺשׁ Isaiah 57:15; סְנֶה׳שׁ Deuteronomy 33:16 (theoph.); בְּאָֽהֳלֵישֵֿׁם Genesis 9:27 (J, see Br MP 82; al. Japheth subject); בְּתוֺכָם Exodus 25:8; Exodus 29:46; Numbers 5:3 (all P), Ezekiel 43:9; with בְּתוֺךְ elsewhere Exodus 29:45 (P) + 6t.; ב location Psalm 85:10; later בְּצִיּוֺן Joel 4:17; Joel 4:21; בְּהַר צִיּוֺן Isaiah 8:18; Psalm 68:17; Psalm 68:19 (absolute) + 4t.; שֹׁכֵן יְרוּשָׁלִַם Psalm 135:21.
d. things:אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד, with את Leviticus 16:16 (P); שָׁם׳מִשְׁכַּן י Joshua 22:19 (P); אוֺר Job 38:19.
e. abstract subj,:מִשְׁמָּט Isaiah 32:16 (בַּמִּדְבָּר); חָכְמָה with accusative עָרְמָה Proverbs 8:12.
Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular שִׁכֵּן Psalm 78:60; 1 singular שִׁכַּנְתִּי Jeremiah 7:7,12; Imperfect 1 singular אֲשַׁכְּנָה Jeremiah 7:3; Infinitive construct שַׁכֵּן Numbers 14:30 7t.; suffix שַׁכְּנוֺ Deuteronomy 12:5 (so read for ᵑ0לְשִׁכְנוֺ, compare Kö ii. l. 21); —
1 make settle down, establish: בָּֽאָדָֽם׳אֹהֶל שׁ Psalm 78:60 especially in Deuteronomy , לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֺ שָׁם establish his name there (compare šakan šuma as Canaanism Wkl TelAm.138 Revelation 20; 181.6) Deuteronomy 12:11; Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 16:2,6,11; Deuteronomy 26:2, compare Jeremiah 7:12; Nehemiah 1:9; + לָשׂוּם אֶתִשְֿׁמוֺ שָׁם לְשִׁכְנוֺ Deuteronomy 12:5 (read לְשַׁכְּנוֺ).
2 make to dwell: with accusative of person, ב location, Numbers 14:30 (J) Jeremiah 7:3,7.
Hiph`il Perfect 1 singular הִשְׁכַּ֫נְתִּי Ezekiel 3:24; Imperfect 3 masculine singular jussive יַשְׁכֵּן Psalm 7:6, וַיַּשְׁכֵּן Genesis 3:24; Psalm 78:55, etc.; —
1. a. lay, כבודי לעפר lay my honour in the dust (of death); place, set, Genesis 3:24 (J); place, establish, אהל מועד at Shilo Joshua 18:1 (P).
b. cause birds to settle, עַל Ezekiel 32:4.
2 cause to dwell, with accusative of person, ב location, Psalm 78:55; compare Job 11:14.
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