שכן

Cognate with Arabic سَكَنَ‎ (sakana, “to reside, inhabit”).

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שָׁכַן • (shakhán) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, infinitive לשכון / לִשְׁכֹּן‎, future ישכון / יִשְׁכֹּן‎)

1. to dwell, reside
   • Numbers 23:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏כִּי־מֵרֹאשׁ צֻרִים אֶרְאֶנּוּ וּמִגְּבָעוֹת אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ הֶן־עָם לְבָדָד יִשְׁכֹּן וּבַגּוֹיִם לֹא יִתְחַשָּׁב׃‎‎

     ki-merósh tsurím 'er'énu umig'va'ót 'ashurénu hen-'ám l'vadád yishkón uvagoyím ló yitkhasháv.
     kī-mērōš ṣūrīm ʾerʾénnū ūmiggəḇāʿōṯ ʾăšūrénnū hen-ʿām ləḇāḏāḏ yiškōn ūḇaggōyīm lō yiṯḥaššāḇ.

     For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

2. to be housed, located

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• שְׁכִינָה‎ (sh'khiná)

• H7931 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

שָׁכֵן • (shakhén) m (plural indefinite שְׁכֵנִים‎, feminine counterpart שְׁכֵנָה‎)

1. neighbor

• שְׁכוּנָה‎ (sh'khuná)

שָׁכֵן • (shakhén) (feminine שְׁכֵנָה‎, masculine plural שְׁכֵנִים‎, feminine plural שְׁכֵנוֹת‎)

1. neighboring

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔχn̩/

שכן • (shokhn) m, plural שכנים‎ (shkheynem)

1. neighbour