משכן

From the root שׁ־כ־ן‎ (sh-k-n). Compare שָׁכַן‎ (shakhán, “to dwell, to reside”).

• IPA^(key): /miʃˈkan/

מִשְׁכָּן • (mishkán) m (plural indefinite מִשְׁכָּנוֹת‎) [pattern: מִקְטָל]

1. dwelling, residence (as of a person or organization)
   • Numbers 24:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     מַה־טֹּבוּ אֹהָלֶיךָ יַעֲקֹב מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל׃‎

     ma-tóv 'ohalékha ya'akóv, mishk'notékha yisra'él.

     How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy dwellings, O Israel!

הַמִּשְׁכָּן • (hamishkán) m [pattern: מִקְטָל]

1. the tabernacle
   • Exodus 26, 12, Leningrad Codex.

     ‏וְסֶרַח הָעֹדֵף בִּירִיעֹת הָאֹהֶל חֲצִי הַיְרִיעָה הָעֹדֶפֶת תִּסְרַח עַל אֲחֹרֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן׃‎‎

     The remainder of the tent curtains, the remaining half of the curtain, must hang over the backside of the tabernacle.

From Hebrew מִשְׁכָּן‎ (mishkán, “tabernacle”).

משכן (miškan) m

1. (Zarphatic) tabernacle (residence)[1]