Exodus 38:21:4Exod.38.21.W4TAB
מִשְׁכַּ֣ן
mishkan
“tabernacle of”
- Transliteration
- mish-KAN
- Extended
- mish-KAHN
- IPA
- /miʃˈkan/
Meaning by language
- English
- tabernacle of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-KAN
- phraseyour reading level
mish-KAN ha-e-DOOT
- 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 38:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 38:21, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁכַּ֣ן (mishkan) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.38.21.W4.S1) and character.