07931

07931 ןכַשָׁ shakan shaw-kan’ ‭a primitive root [apparently akin (by transmission) to 07901 שָׁכַב‎ shakab through the idea of lodging]; v; [BDB-1014b] {See TWOT on 2387 ‭AV-dwell 92, abide 8, place 7, remain 5, inhabit 4, rest 3, set 2, continue 1, dwellers 1, dwelling 1, misc 5; 129

‭1) to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside

1a) (Qal)

‭ 1a1) to settle down to abide

‭ 1a2) to abide, dwell, reside

1b) (Piel)

1b1) to make settle down, establis

1b2) to make or cause to dwell

1c) (Hiphil)

‭ 1c1) to lay, place, set, establish, settle, fix

‭ 1c2) to cause to dwell or abide

‭* Semantic Scope of שָׁכַן conveys the idea of settling down, "establishing residence, pitching a tent, or taking up permanent habitation". "שָׁכַן weaves through Scripture as a golden thread: from patriarchal tents to the cosmic New Jerusalem". "may he dwell in the tents of Shem” (Genesis 9:27). Abram “settled by the oaks of Mamre” (Genesis 13:18)