שָׁכַן shâkan — to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
Translated in the KJV as abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell, have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, remain, rest, set.
a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to H7901 through the idea of lodging; compare H5531, H7925); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively).
shâkan in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 40Participle (active) 23Sequential perfect (weqatal) 13Perfect (qatal) 13Infinitive construct 8Wayyiqtol 6Imperative 4Cohortative 2Jussive 1Participle (passive) 1
God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Pi'el
Infinitive construct 8Perfect (qatal) 2Cohortative 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Then there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the Lord:
And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.
Hiph'il
Wayyiqtol 3Jussive 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›