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מוֺשָׁב noun masculine 2Kgs 2:19 seat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellers; — absolute ׳ מ Ps 107:4 + 4 t.; construct מוֺשַׁב Exod 12:40 + 9 t.; suffix מוֺשָׁבִי Job 29:7 etc.; plural construct מוֺשְׁבֵי Ezek 34:13 suffix 2 masculine plural מוֺשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם etc. Exod 12:20 + 11 t.; suffix 3 masculine plural מוֺשְׁבֹתָם etc. Exod 10:23 + 5 t.; מוֺשְׁבֹתֵיהֶם Ezek 37:23, but read ׳ מְשׁוּב their apostasies ᵐ5 Comm., see VB ; מוֺשְׁבוֺתֵיהֶם Ezek 6:14 —
1.
a.
seat
1Sam 20:18;
1Sam 20:25
(twice in verse);
Job 29:7 figurative אלהים יָשַׁבְתִּי
׳
מ
Ezek 28:2.
b.
sitting = those sitting, sitting company or assembly, מוֺשַׁב
עֲבָדָיו
1Kgs 10:5
(|| מַעֲמַד מְשָֽׁרְתָיו) = 2Chr 9:4 so Ps 1:1; Ps 107:32 (|| קהל).
2.
a.
dwelling-place of people tribe, etc., often= terriotory, district, or later, city;
Gen 10:39
;
Gen 27:39
(both
J
),
Exod
10:23 (
E
),
Num
24:21 (
J
E
),
Gen
36:43 (
P
),
Ezek
6:14; Ezek 48:15; 1Chr 4:33; 1Chr 6:39; 1Chr 7:28
הָאָרֶץ
׳
מ
Exod 34:13
= habitable places of the land; distinct from city עָרֵיהֶם בְּמוֺשְׁבֹתָם
Num 31:10
,
compare Ezek 6:6
,
but also עִיר מוֺשָׁב
Ps 107:4
;
Ps 107:7
;
Ps 107:36
of Zion as ׳
י
׳
מ
Ps 132:13
.
b. almost = abstract dwelling
עַיר בֵּית מוֺשַׁב
Lev 25:29
(
P
); ׳
אֶרֶץ מ
Num 15:2
land of your dwelling-places or dwelling (
P
).
c. = house Exod 12:20 (|| בית Exod 12:19),, Exod 35:3;
Lev 3:17;
Lev 7:26;
Lev 13:46
; Lev 23:3
; Lev
23:14;
Lev 23:21
;
Lev 23:31
;
Num 35:29
(all
P
),
Lev
23:17 (
H
).
3.
situation of city 2Kgs 2:19
location of image Ezek 8:3.
4.
time of dwelling
Exod 12:40
(
P
).
5.
collective = those dwelling, ׳
כֹּל מוֺשַׁב וגו
2Sam 9:12
all those dwelling in the house of ‚iba. — Ezek 37:28
see above and מְשׁוּבָה below שׁוּב.