Deuteronomy 16:11:23Deut.16.11.W23TAB
לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן
leshaken
“to cause to dwell”
- Transliteration
- le-sha-KEN
- Extended
- leh-sha-KEHN
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈhexaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to cause to dwell
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-sha-KEN
- phraseyour reading level
le-sha-KEN she-MO
- clause
ba-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM
- sentence
ve-sa-MAKH-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-TE-kha ve-av-DE-kha va-a-ma-TE-kha ve-ha-LE-vi a-SHER bish-a-a-RE-kha ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER be-kir-BE-kha ba-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM
Exegesis
Finally, the Piel infinitive construct leshakken {לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן | lĕ-šaḵ-kēn} ‘to cause to dwell’ with shemo {שְׁמֹ֖ו | šĕ-mōw} ‘His Name’ presents a purpose clause expressing God’s intent to establish divine presence at the chosen sanctuary site.
Root and etymology
š-k-nshin–kaf–nun
“to dwell”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:11
And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God —you, your son, your daughter, your servant, your maidservant, the Levite who is within your gates, and the sojourner, the orphan, and the widow who are among you—in the place that the LORD your God will choose to cause His Name to dwell there.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:11:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Deuteronomy 16:11, so the Hebrew word לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן (leshaken) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.16.11.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.11.W23.S1) and character.