H7932 H7932
To cause to dwell, to settle; to make one's name dwell (of God's presence in the temple)
An Aramaic verb meaning to cause to dwell or to settle. Its most significant use is in Ezra 6:12, where God is said to 'cause his name to dwell' in the Jerusalem temple—a technical phrase for divine presence and authorization. In Daniel 4:21, birds 'nest' or 'dwell' in the branches of Nebuchadnezzar's dream-tree, a simpler, more literal use. The multilingual evidence reflects both causative and simple dwelling senses, with the Ezra passage carrying profound theological weight in Second Temple contexts about where and how God's presence resides.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The Ezra passage echoes Deuteronomic theology of the 'name dwelling' in the chosen place, now applied to the rebuilt temple. The verb's causative force ('has caused to dwell') underscores divine agency in establishing sacred space. Daniel's usage is more mundane—birds nesting—but even here, the imagery of dwelling and inhabiting remains central. The Spanish 'hace habitar' and English 'has caused to dwell' rightly capture the causative nuance in Ezra. 2×
AR["أَسْكَنَ", "تَأْوِي"]·ben["বাস-করত", "বাস-করিয়েছেন"]·DE["[ישכנן]", "wohnte"]·EN["has-caused-to-dwell", "nested"]·FR["[שכן]", "habiter"]·heb["ישכנו", "שכן"]·HI["बसते-थे", "बसाया-है"]·ID["berdiam", "mendiami"]·IT["[ישכנן]", "[שכן]"]·jav["manggen", "njenengi"]·KO["거하게한", "거하며"]·PT["faz-habitar", "moravam"]·RU["вселил", "гнездятся"]·ES["anidaban", "hace-habitar"]·SW["ameweka", "walikaa"]·TR["kondu", "oturtturdugu"]·urd["بسایا", "بستے-تھے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [שְׁכֵן cf. 𝔗] vb. dwell (BH שָׁכַן, מִשְׁכָּן);— Pe. Impf. 3 fpl. יִשְׁכְּנָן Dn 4:18 dwell, of birds, ב loc. Pa. causat.: Pf. 3 ms. שַׁכִּן שְׁמֵהּ תַּמָּה Ezr 6:12, of God, cause his name to dwell there.