Exodus 25:8 And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell shachanti שָׁכַנְתִּי among them.
The word “I may dwell shachanti שָׁכַנְתִּי” comes from “shachan שכן” which means “dwell, abide, place, remain, rest.”
The word “Tabernacle Mishkan מִּשְׁכָּן” is built from this root. G-d seeks to dwell and fill a holy place, set apart for His holiness.
This root is also the base of the word “draw me away mashacheni מָשְׁכֵנִי” in the Songs of Solomon: it is the innate desire of man to be drawn by spirituality, by G-d.
Song of Songs 1:4 Draw me away mashacheni מָשְׁכֵנִי! We will run after you. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will remember your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you.
The word Shechina שְׁכִינָה, divine Presence is also formed from this root.
The Living Word came to dwell among us:
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh, and tabernacled yishkon יִּשְׁכֹּן with us: and we saw his glory, a glory as of the only begotten from the Father, that he was full of grace and truth.
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