From shakan; a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls) -- dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.
see HEBREW shakan
H4908. mishkan
מִשְׁכָּן noun masculine Exodus 26:6 dwelling-place, 'tabernacle'; — ׳מ 25:9 +; construct מִשְׁכַּן 38:21 +, etc.; plural construct מִשְׁכְּנֵי Ex 46:6 (ᵐ5 Bae Du מִשְׁכָּנוֺ, < י ׳מִשְׁכַּן); suffix מִשְׁכְּנֵיהֶם Ezekiel 25:4 (< משׁכנתיהם, "" טִירוֺתֵיהֶם), מִשְׁכָּנוֺת Habakkuk 1:6; Psalm 132:5; construct מִשׁכְּנוֺת 87:2 +, etc.; —
1 dwelling-place: וַאֲבִירָם דָּתָן מִשְׁכַּןקֹֿרַח; Numbers 16:24, 27 (P) [but here originally י ׳מִשְׁכַּן; see Commentaries]; in poetry = tomb, Isaiah 22:16.
2 elsewhere in singular always of abode of ׳י:
a. in General, of temple, מ ׳קְדשׁ Isaiah 46:5; כְּבוֺדֶ֑ךָ מִשְׁכַּן 26:8; ׳מ שְׁמֶ֑ךָ Isa 74:7.
b. שִׁלוֺ מִשְׁכַּן Isa 78:60.
c. ׳הַמּ in P, of ׳יs 'dwelling' (Exodus 25:9 RVm; rendered conventionally 'tabernacle'), of planks lined with vari-coloured tapestry, with a 'tent' (אֹהֶל) over it, filled with י ׳כְּבוֺד 40:34-35, over it cloud שׁכן Numbers 9:18, 22 (during the wanderings); its plan given by ׳י Exodus 25:9; 26:30; distinguished from מוֺעֵד אֹהֶל the 'tent' over it (compare אֹהֶל 3), 26:7, 12, 13; 36:14; 40:19; י ׳מִשְׁכַּן Leviticus 17:4 (H), Numbers 16:9; Numbers 17:28; 19:13; 31:30, 47; Joshua 22:19 (see also 1), 1 Chronicles 16:39; 21:29; 2 Chronicles 1:5; 29:6; ׳מ הָעֵדֻת Exodus 38:21; Numbers 1:50, 53 (twice in verse); 10:11; ׳מ מועד אהל Exodus 39:32; 40:2, 6, 29; 1 Chronicles 6:17, הָאֱלֹהִים בֵּית מִשְׁכַּן v.6:23, compare אֶתהַֿמִּשְׁכָּן נָשָׂא 23:26; compare מִשְׁכָּן (probably gloss on אהל), 2 Samuel 7:6 "" 1 Chronicles 17:5, + 76 t. P.
3 plural מִשְׁכָּנוֺת, dwellings (only in poetry):
a. of Israel, Numbers 24:5 (poem; "" אהלים), Jeremiah 30:18; Isaiah 54:2 4t.; of other nations Jeremiah 51:30; Habakkuk 1:6, compare Ezekiel 25:4 (see above); ׳מ עַוָּל Job 18:21; ׳מ רשׁעים 21:28; of wild ass 39:6("" בית); shepherds Song of Solomon 1:8; = tomb Psalm 49:12 (compare 1).
b. God's abode in Zion Ezekiel 37:27; Psalm 132:5; 132:7, compare 43:3; 84:2 ("" י ׳חַצְרוֺת).
[שְׁכֵן compare ᵑ7] verb dwell (Biblical Hebrew מִשְׁכָּן שָׁכַן,); —
Pe`al Imperfect3feminine plural יִשְׁכְּנָן Daniel 4:18 dwell, of birds, ב location
Pa`el causative: Perfect3masculine singular שְׁמֵהּתַּמָּה שַׁכִּן Ezra 6:12, of God, cause his name to dwell there.