Exodus 38:21:3Exod.38.21.W3TAB

הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙

hammishkan

“the tabernacle”

Transliteration: ham-mish-KAN
Extended: hah-mish-KAAN
IPA: /ham.miʃˈkaːn/

Meaning by language

English: the tabernacle

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

הַמ + מִּשְׁ + כָּן֙

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ham + mish + kan

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hammishkan

Alphabet Analysis

	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Mem	m as in mother
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Kaf	k with dagesh; kh without
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Nun Sofit	final form of Nun — at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
ham-mish-KAN
phraseyour reading level
EH-leh fe-koo-DEE ham-mish-KAN
clause
EH-leh fe-koo-DEE ham-mish-KAN mish-KAN ha-e-DOOT a-SHER poo-KAD al-PI mo-SHEH
sentence
EH-leh fe-koo-DEE ham-mish-KAN mish-KAN ha-e-DOOT a-SHER poo-KAD al-PI mo-SHEH a-vo-DAT ha-le-vi-YIM be-YAD EE-ta-MAR ben-a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN

Exegesis

The construct chain pekudei hammiskan {פְקוּדֵ֤י הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙ | pə-qû-ḏêy hammîš-kān} ‘records of the tabernacle’ and miskan ha-edut {מִשְׁכַּ֣ן הָעֵדֻ֔ת | miš-kān hā-ʿē-ḏût} ‘the Tabernacle of Testimony’ employs successive construct-state relationships to define the object and its function.

Root and etymology

Rootshin–kaph–nun

“to dwell, settle”

In context — Exodus 38:21

These are the records of the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle of Testimony , that were registered at the command of Moses for the service of the Levites by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

About this coordinate

Exodus 38:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 38:21, so the Hebrew word הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙ (hammishkan) 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 Exod.38.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.38.21.W3.S1) and character.

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