H4907

מִשְׁכַּן

mishkan · mish-kan'

residence

Lexicon

Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H4908 (מִשְׁכָּן);

residence

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: habitation.

Letters

מMem40
Picture: waves of water
Concrete
water · sea · blood · liquid
Extended
chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
Concrete
teeth · sharp · press · bow
Extended
to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
כKaf20
Picture: open palm
Concrete
palm · open hand · sole of the foot
Extended
to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
Concrete
seed · sprout · fish · offspring
Extended
life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy › the open hand that covers › the seed, life continuing

Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy of the open hand that covers of the seed, life continuing.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִשְׁכַּן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

habitation1 · 100%

Where it is used, by book.

Ezra1

Inflected forms found in the text.

מִשְׁכְּנֵֽהּ׃1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.